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. Anumandra sthayi, mandra sthayi, madhya sthayi, tara sthayi and athithara sthayi.

See also
  • India portal
  • Music portal
Antara (music)

References
  1. http://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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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