Sthayi

Sthayi or Asthaayi is an initial phrase or line of a fixed, melodic composition in Hindustani music.^[1] It's a way of systematizing the parts of a composition. The Sthayi part of a Dhrupad is the first of four stanzas and uses the middle octave's first tetrachord and the lower octave notes.^[2]

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.^{[clarification needed]} Anumandra sthayi, mandra sthayi, madhya sthayi, tara sthayi and athithara sthayi.

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^ http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2008111451170100.htm&date=2008/11/14/&prd=fr&
^ Te Nijenhuis, Emmie (1974). Indian Music: History and Structure. BRILL Academic. pp. 80–81. ISBN 90-04-03978-3. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

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[1] ttp://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2008111451170100.htm&date=2008/11/14/&prd=fr&

[2] Te Nijenhuis, Emmie (1974). Indian Music: History and Structure. BRILL Academic. pp. 80–81. ISBN 90-04-03978-3. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

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