Petiha

Based on a piyyut of Raphael Antebi, this petiha, is considered to be the most distinguished piece of this genre in the Baqqashot. Yom qadosh u-mevorakh - Saba. Hu yom shabbat- modulates to Ajam (on B flat), returns to Saba. U-netato-Nahawand (on D). Hi hemda-Rast. Ata ehad- Rast, modulating to Bayyat. In the course of the improvisation the tune of the famous Arabic song by Farid al-Atrash Nura ya  nura  is sung. The coda modulates to Saba through Bayyat.