"Jag kan inte leva om det inte är rent!" - En intervjustudie där tre körledare beskriver sitt arbete med intonation

Sammanfattning: The purpose of the study is to investigate and compare how three experienced choir leaders describe their work with intonation in their choirs. The intention is to find out what factors they mean affect the intonation and what working methods they consider effective to achieve a good intonation in the choir. In order to achieve the goal of the study, qualitative interviews were conducted with three choir leaders in whose choirs the author has previously sung, and still sings in. Thus, this study partly builds on the author's own experiences of the choir leaders' way of working with intonation. The results of the study show that the informants believe that there are many different factors that affect the intonation in choral singing. A good singing technique, a conscious listening, similar tone formation and music theoretical knowledge are some of the factors that, according to the informants, provide the conditions for a good intonation. From the results of the study it can be concluded that it’s important to work with intonation in a varied and playful manner, to avoid creating vocal tensions that hinder the singers in their music making. According to the informants, it can sometimes be more effective to work indirectly with intonation, by focusing on, for example, phrasing, textual content or musical expression, instead of pronounced intonation exercises.