Altered Version 1: Details

Problem: The pitch drops at the note E (re) in bar 6 and bar 8.

Possible solutions:
- In choral music, there can be a tendency to be a little flat on ‘re’, especially in a descending melodic line. As music theorist Per-Gunnar Alldahl observes, ‘too dark 2nd degrees are very common in causing a choir to fall’. (Choral Intonation, p. 14). With this in mind, the conductor uses high-quality sung demonstration for the singers to imitate, taking particular care in tuning the ‘re’.
- The conductor uses supportive conducting gestures and active facial expression to encourage the singers to ‘lift’ the re and place it carefully in relation to the overall tonality.