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Sthayi or Asthaayi is an initial phrase or line of a fixed, melodic composition in Hindustani music.[1] 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.[2]

Sthayi means an octave.

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  1. ^ Article Title[usurped]
  2. ^ Te Nijenhuis, Emmie (1974). Indian Music: History and Structure. BRILL Academic. pp. 80–81. ISBN 90-04-03978-3.


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