Abda betauhid

Shira with tawshiḥ by Shalem Shabazi, signed Alshabazi, written alternately in Hebrew and Arabic. It is sung in many celebrations, and particularly in the seven feast days after a wedding. 

This recording features Yosef, Yehuda and Uri Cohen sing the first two stanzas, the first in Arabic and the second in Hebrew. Their style of singing emphasizes their family relationship and the fact that they are accustomed to singing together, and is of a light and playful character. It includes asymmetrical rhythmical formulae, and hiatuses filled with spontaneous stylized movements of the hands and snapping of fingers. The melody is mostly within the range of a tetrachord, with the addition of a minor third at the end of each verse. The tawshiḥ has a short melody of its own, which ascends and descends within a tetrachord.