Sthayi or Asthaayi is an initial
phrase
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or line of a fixed,
melodic
A melody (from Greek μελῳδία, ''melōidía'', "singing, chanting"), also tune, voice or line, is a linear succession of musical tones that the listener perceives as a single entity. In its most literal sense, a melody is a combinat ...
composition in
Hindustani music
Hindustani classical music is the classical music of northern regions of the Indian subcontinent. It may also be called North Indian classical music or, in Hindustani, ''shastriya sangeet'' (). It is played in instruments like the violin, sita ...
. It's a way of systematizing the parts of a composition. The Sthayi part of a
Dhrupad
Dhrupad is a genre in Hindustani classical music from the Indian subcontinent. It is the oldest known style of major vocal styles associated with Hindustani classical music, Haveli Sangeet of Pushtimarg Sampraday and also related to the South In ...
is the first of four stanzas and uses the middle octave's first
tetrachord and the lower octave notes.
Sthayi means an octave. Shadjam to NIshadham is called sthayi or an octave. It is called a position. Basically there are 3 stayis but 5 stayis are correct too.
Anumandra sthayi, mandra sthayi, madhya sthayi, tara sthayi and athithara sthayi.
See also
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Antara (music)
References
Hindustani music terminology
Musical form
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