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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Initial phrase or line of a Hindustani musical composition}}'''Sthayi''' or '''Asthaayi''' is an initial [[phrase (music)|phrase]] or line of a fixed, [[melodic]] composition in [[Hindustani music]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110606111425/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2008111451170100.htm&date=2008/11/14/&prd=fr& Article Title]</ref> 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#Indian-specific tetrachord system| tetrachord]] and the lower octave notes.<ref>{{cite book|first=Emmie|last=Te Nijenhuis |author-link=Emmie te Nijenhuis |title=Indian Music: History and Structure |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NrgfAAAAIAAJ |year=1974|publisher= BRILL Academic|isbn=90-04-03978-3 |pages=80–81}}</ref><br />
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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.{{Clarify|date=February 2019}} <br />
Anumandra sthayi, mandra sthayi, madhya sthayi, tara sthayi and athithara sthayi.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*{{Portal-inline|India}}<br />
*{{Portal-inline|Music}}<br />
*[[Antara (music)]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Hindustani music terminology]]<br />
[[Category:Musical form]]<br />
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