Sthayi

{{Short description|Initial phrase or line of a Hindustani musical composition}}'''Sthayi''' or '''Asthaayi''' is an initial phrase or line of a fixed, melodic composition in Hindustani music.<ref>{{usurped|1=[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 is a way of having 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.<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>

''Sthayi'' means an octave.

==See also== *{{Portal-inline|India}} *{{Portal-inline|Music}} *Antara (music)

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Category:Hindustani music terminology Category:Musical form