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Vocal range test
Find your lowest and highest notes, the voice type your range fits and the choir part to try. Free, with no account, and nothing recorded.
How to use it
- Tap Start and allow the microphone. Sing "ah" on a low note you can hold easily, then go lower one note at a time; then do the same going up.
- Light and easy, no straining: stop at the first sign of strain. After each step, play the note it heard to check it.
How to take the test
Warm up first if you can: slide your voice up and down on an "ng" for 30 seconds. Then tap Start and sing "ah" on a low note you can hold easily.
Step down one note at a time and hold each for about a second: the keyboard lights the note you're on and marks your lowest so far. When the next note won't come cleanly, tap Done, then play back the note it found to check it. Step 2 does the same going up, light and easy.
More about your voice adds an optional step for your comfortable range: sing "Happy Birthday", or count to ten in a sung voice. No microphone? Tap "No mic? Pick your notes on the keyboard" and choose your lowest and highest keys by ear; each key plays its note.
Voice types and their ranges
The usual ranges the test compares your notes with, and the choir part each type often sings. They overlap, and many voices sit between two types, so a type is a guess from range alone. Trained soloists often reach well beyond these.
Range, comfortable range and voice type
Your range is everything from your lowest note to your highest. Your comfortable range, sometimes called tessitura, is the middle where you could sing all evening. A voice type weighs both, along with the colour of your voice and where it changes gear between registers.
For choosing a part, the comfortable range matters most: a part that sits near the top of your range for a whole song will tire you, even if you can reach every note.
Note names and octaves
A note's name is its letter and its octave. Octaves are counted from C, and middle C is C4, so B3 is the note just below middle C and C5 the C an octave above it.
G2 is the G an octave and a fourth below middle C, near the bottom of a bass's range. A4, the A above middle C, is the 440 Hz note an orchestra tunes to. Prefer Do Re Mi? Options switches the names.
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Questions
How do I find my vocal range?
Sing "ah" on an easy low note and step down one note at a time, holding each for a second, until the next won't come cleanly; then do the same going up. Don't push for your highest note: stop at the highest you can sing without strain. Your easy range matters more than your widest one, for choosing a part and for your voice.
What voice type am I?
Your range gives a first guess, and the test names the type it fits best. But range is only one clue: where your voice feels easy, and where it changes gear, matter too. Take the type as a guess, and a teacher or choir director can confirm it.
Am I a soprano or an alto?
Look at where singing stays easy, not only at your top note. If the soprano range, about C4 to A5, feels comfortable for a whole song, try soprano; if its top tires you and about F3 to D5 feels at home, try alto. A mezzo-soprano sits between the two, and in a choir often sings Soprano 2 or Alto 1.
What is the average vocal range?
There's no single average: it depends on the voice and on training. Each of the usual voice-type ranges in the table below spans two octaves or a little less, and men's voices sit roughly an octave below women's.
How many octaves is a good vocal range?
There's no score to beat. Most choir parts sit within about an octave and a half, less than a whole voice type's range: nearly every part in Stackapella's library does. What matters is that your easy range covers the part you sing.
Can I increase my vocal range?
A little, with light, regular practice, like slides on "ng" and easy scales, which can make the edges of your range easier over weeks and months. Keep it gentle and stop at the first sign of strain.
Should I count falsetto or head voice?
Count what you can sing, and say how. After step 2 the test asks whether your top note used falsetto; if it did, the result says your full-voice range ends a little lower. The voice type leans on your lowest note, because top notes are the ones most often strained or sung in falsetto.
How accurate is an online vocal range test?
It reads a clear note you hold for a second well, but a microphone sometimes takes a sung note for one an octave off. That's why the test plays back each note it found: if it doesn't match yours, sing that step again. Your range also moves with how warmed up you are, so retake it in a few weeks.
Which choir part should I sing?
The result suggests one: Bass for a bass, Bass or Tenor 2 for a baritone, Tenor for a tenor, Alto for an alto, Soprano 2 or Alto 1 for a mezzo-soprano and Soprano for a soprano. Choirs split a part when the music divides, and the director has the last word, often after hearing you sing.
Is anything recorded?
No. The microphone opens only when you tap Start, your pitch is worked out on this device, and nothing is recorded, kept or sent. A result you save stays on this device.
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