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In [[Hindustani music]], '''meend''' (Hindi: [[wikt:मीण्ड|मीण्ड]], {{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|[[wikt:مینڈ|مینڈ]]}}}}) refers to a [[glissando|glide]] from one note to another.<ref>[http://www.itcsra.org/alankar/meend/meend_index.html Introduction to Meend] at the [[ITC Sangeet Research Academy]].</ref> It is an essential performance practice, and is used often in vocal and instrumental music. On the [[veena]], [[sitar]], [[sarangi]] and other plucked stringed instruments, it is usually done by pushing the strings across the frets to vary their effective length and tension; compare [[portamento]] and [[finger vibrato]]. This can be done on wind instruments like the [[bansuri]] by using the fingers to cover the holes in a manner that the changes between discrete pitches are imperceptible. It is considered a sort of ''[[Ornament (music)#Indian classical music|alankar]]'', or ornament.

''Meend'' is an important part of any classical performance; however, it is a technique not possible on a [[hand-held harmonium]] often used in musical concerts (or on the [[santoor]]). For this reason, traditionalists singing [[khyal]] prefer an accompaniment on an instrument such as a [[sarangi]] that can perform ''meend''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Encyclopaedic Dictionary of World Musical Instruments|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j5oJXHBMBEwC&pg=PA273|accessdate=13 July 2013|publisher=Global Vision Pub House|pages=273–}}</ref>

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