In Hindustani music, meend (Hindi: मींड, Urdu: مینڈ) refers——to a glide from one note——to another. 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 alankar,/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.
References※
- ^ Introduction to Meend at the ITC Sangeet Research Academy.
- ^ Encyclopaedic Dictionary of World Musical Instruments. Global Vision Pub House. pp. 273–. ISBN 978-81-87746-51-5. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
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