Sthayi or Asthaayi is an initial
phrase
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or line of a fixed,
melodic
A melody (), 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 combination of pitch and rhythm, while more figuratively, the term c ...
composition in
Hindustani music
Hindustani classical music is the Indian classical music, classical music of the Indian subcontinent's northern regions. It may also be called North Indian classical music or ''Uttar Bhartiya shastriya sangeet''. The term ''shastriya sangeet'' ...
. It is a way of having 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 (for example in the Haveli Sangeet of Pushtimarg Sampradaya), and is als ...
is the first of four stanzas and uses the middle octave's first
tetrachord and the lower octave notes.
''Sthayi'' means an octave.
See also
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Antara (music)
Antarā is the equivalent of a verse in Hindustani classical music.
In Hindustani classical music, the fixed ( dhrupad/bandish) section is in four parts of which only the first two are performed regularly: Sthāyī (pallavi in Carnatic music) - t ...
References
Hindustani music terminology
Musical form
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