Il est bel et bon - Pierre Passereau - Vidita Kanniks, voice. 4K UHD video; sargam & French.

Here is Passereau’s ’Il est bel et bon’ (a song about spouses and chickens) sung in sargam (Indian solfege) followed by the fun original French. Visit Vidita online: Every choir kid has sung this piece, but it’s still one of my all-time favorites. Part of the reason why this piece is so popular (my theory) is because it’s written in one of the most attractive scalar modes of all time, ’Dorian’ (in the western tradition), ’Kharaharapriya’ as classified in the Carnatic system of 72 mela ragas or ’Kaafi’ in the Hindustani thaat system: essentially a natural minor mode with raised scale degree 6. This creates a timeless soundscape and is heard in 9th/10thc Gregorian chant, all the way through the medieval periods and prominently in various folk music traditions of the world (notably English/Celtic). Indian classical ragas derived from this mode include Bhimpalasi, Reeti Gaulai, Miyan ki Malhar, only to name a few. Dorian chords are u