Vocal Analyzer
How to test your vocal range
- Warm up for a minute. Hum, do a few lip trills or sirens. A cold voice gives you a smaller range than you really have.
- Press Start and allow the microphone.
- Find your floor. Sing “ah” on a comfortable note and step down a note at a time. Stop when your voice turns to creak or breath.
- Find your ceiling. Step back up past your normal speaking pitch until the note becomes strained. Falsetto and head voice count; screaming does not.
- Hold each note for a moment. Only notes you sustain for 0.3 seconds are counted, so a crack or a slide past a note does not inflate your range.
What counts as your range
Your full range runs from the lowest to the highest note you can produce. Your usable range is the part you can sing with a steady, controlled tone, and your tessitura is the narrower stretch where singing feels easy and sounds best. This test measures the notes you hold, so it sits between full and usable range. Be honest: notes you can only touch while straining are not much use in a song.
Range changes from day to day with sleep, illness and how warmed up you are, and it widens with training. Test on a few different days and keep the result you hit consistently.
Typical ranges by voice type
Classical teaching describes six main voice types. The ranges below are the ones commonly quoted for trained singers; untrained voices often fall a little short at both ends.
| Voice type | Typical range | In hertz |
|---|---|---|
| Bass | E2 – E4 | 82 – 330 Hz |
| Baritone | A2 – A4 | 110 – 440 Hz |
| Tenor | C3 – C5 | 131 – 523 Hz |
| Alto (contralto) | F3 – F5 | 175 – 698 Hz |
| Mezzo-soprano | A3 – A5 | 220 – 880 Hz |
| Soprano | C4 – C6 | 262 – 1047 Hz |
Your range on its own points toward a type but does not settle it. The voice type test ranks all six against your notes and explains what else decides it.
Reading note names
Notes use scientific pitch notation: a letter, an optional sharp (♯) and the octave number. Octaves start at C, so B3 is followed by C4. C4 is middle C (262 Hz) and A4 is the 440 Hz tuning note. Your speaking voice is probably somewhere between A2 and C4 — check it with the voice Hz test.
Frequently asked questions
What is a good vocal range?
There is no score to beat: many well-known songs sit within about an octave and a half. What matters more is how much of your range you can use with a steady, pleasant tone.
Does falsetto count in my vocal range?
Yes. Falsetto and head voice are part of your range if you can sustain a note there. Many singers note their chest-voice range and falsetto range separately.
Why is my highest note different every time?
Range depends on warm-up, hydration, fatigue and time of day; voices are usually lower and narrower in the morning. Warm up first and test on more than one day.
Can I extend my vocal range?
Usually, with regular training, mostly at the top and mostly in how much of your range you can use comfortably. Push gradually: hoarseness or pain means stop for the day.
Why did the test miss a note I sang?
A note is recorded only after you hold it within half a semitone for 0.3 seconds. Very breathy or quiet notes may also not register; sing a little louder and closer to the mic.
Sources
- Voice-type ranges are the ones commonly quoted in classical voice teaching; they describe trained adult voices and overlap by design.
- A. de Cheveigné & H. Kawahara, “YIN, a fundamental frequency estimator for speech and music”, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 111(4), 2002. doi:10.1121/1.1458024 — the pitch detector this tool uses.
By Soluto, independent developer, not a clinician · Published · How this tool works and where the numbers come from