Singing in a Choir
Kör, stämma, repetition — Sweden sings in choirs more than almost anywhere.
Sweden's choir nation: one in twenty sings, tenors are scarce, Lucia processions glow — ett ljud större än en själv, ingen sjunger ensam.
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en kör
a choir
Tip: lit. the same.
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en körförening
a choral society
Tip: lit. the same.
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en kyrkokör
a church choir
Tip: lit. the same — the commonest kind.
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en kammarkör
a chamber choir
Tip: lit. the same.
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en manskör
a male voice choir
Tip: lit. the same.
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en studentkör
a student choir
Tip: lit. the same.
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var tjugonde svensk sjunger i kör
one Swede in twenty sings
Tip: lit. the same — a real statistic.
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en dirigent
a conductor
Tip: lit. the same.
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en körledare
a choirmaster
Tip: lit. the same.
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en stämma
a part
Tip: lit. the same — soprano, alto and so on.
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sopran
soprano
Tip: lit. the same.
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alt
alto
Tip: lit. the same.
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tenor
tenor
Tip: lit. the same.
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bas
bass
Tip: lit. the same.
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tenorbrist
a shortage of tenors
Tip: lit. the same — universal and eternal.
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sjunga fyrstämmigt
to sing in four parts
Tip: lit. the same.
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en repetition
a rehearsal
Tip: lit. the same — 'rep' for short.
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tisdagar klockan sju
Tuesday at seven
Tip: lit. the same.
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en uppsjungning
a warm-up
Tip: lit. the same.
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slappna av i käken
to relax the jaw
Tip: lit. the same.
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stöd
breath support
Tip: lit. the same — the whole technique in one word.
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andas med mellangärdet
to breathe from the diaphragm
Tip: lit. the same.
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en förskjuten andning
a staggered breath
Tip: lit. the same — so the phrase never breaks.
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smälta samman
to blend
Tip: lit. the same — nobody should stand out.
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lyssna mer än man sjunger
to listen more than you sing
Tip: lit. the same — the golden rule.
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intonation
intonation
Tip: lit. the same.
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sjunka
to go flat
Tip: lit. 'to sink'.
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stiga
to go sharp
Tip: lit. 'to rise'.
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en tonpipa
a pitch pipe
Tip: lit. the same.
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hitta tonen
to find the note
Tip: lit. the same.
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en svår insats
a difficult entry
Tip: lit. the same.
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komma in ett slag för sent
to come in a beat late
Tip: lit. the same.
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hela kören hör det
the whole choir hears it
Tip: lit. the same.
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och ingen säger något
and nobody says anything
Tip: lit. the same — very Swedish.
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ett folkvisearrangemang
a folk song arrangement
Tip: lit. the same.
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en sättning av Alfvén
an Alfvén setting
Tip: lit. the same — the choral canon here.
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en julkonsert
a Christmas concert
Tip: lit. the same.
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Lucia
Saint Lucia
Tip: lit. the same — the thirteenth of December.
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ett ljuståg
a candle procession
Tip: lit. the same.
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sjunga i mörkret klockan sju
singing in the dark at seven
Tip: lit. the same.
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en vårkonsert
a spring concert
Tip: lit. the same.
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sjunga i studentmössa
singing in the university caps
Tip: lit. the same — on the thirtieth of April.
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en körresa
a choir tour
Tip: lit. the same.
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en buss, en väska och en pärm
a bus, a bag and a folder
Tip: lit. the same.
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sjunga i en stenkyrka
to sing in a stone church
Tip: lit. the same.
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ett efterklang på fem sekunder
a five-second reverberation
Tip: lit. the same.
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ett ljud större än en själv
a sound bigger than yourself
Tip: lit. the same.
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hela poängen med kör
the whole point of a choir
Tip: lit. the same.
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ingen sjunger ensam
nobody sings alone
Tip: lit. the same.
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och alla behövs
and everybody is needed
Tip: lit. the same.