Vocal Range Calculator
Pick your lowest and highest comfortable notes and see your range in octaves, your likely voice type, and where you sit on the piano. No microphone.
Not sure which notes those are? Here is how to find them, or let the microphone find them in about two minutes.
Two notes give you the edges of your range. Where your voice actually likes to sit, your tessitura, tells you more than either end does, and that is what the microphone test is built to find.
Know the edges. Now find the middle.
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How to find your two notes
You need a reference pitch. The Play buttons above give you one; a piano, a keyboard app or a tuner app works too.
- Warm up for a minute. Hum, sigh on a slide from high to low, and lip-trill. A cold voice reads narrower than it is.
- Find the bottom. Hum a comfortable note, then step down one key at a time. Stop at the last note that still has a clean tone. Creak and fry do not count.
- Find the top. Go up past your speaking pitch and keep climbing on “ah” or a hum. Head voice and falsetto count. Stop when the note strains, flips or thins out to a whistle.
- Match each note to the menu. Play the note from the menu and sing along. If you are between two, pick the one you can hold for three seconds.
- Check it on another day. Ranges move with sleep, hydration and time of day. Two readings a few days apart are worth more than one.
If you cannot tell whether you matched the note, that is what the free vocal range test is for. It listens and names the note for you.
The six voice types your two notes are read against
The rows your result lands in are highlighted once you have picked both notes. Ranges overlap on purpose; the type is about where the voice sits comfortably, not the outer notes alone.
| Voice type | Typical range | Octave span | Known for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soprano | C4 – C6 | 2 octaves | Highest women’s voice; bright and agile above the staff |
| Mezzo-soprano | A3 – A5 | 2 octaves | The most common women’s voice; warm through the middle |
| Contralto (Alto) | F3 – F5 | 2 octaves | Lowest women’s voice; rich and dark, and rare |
| Tenor | C3 – A4 | Just under 2 octaves | Highest common men’s voice; bright at the top |
| Baritone | G2 – F4 | Just under 2 octaves | The most common men’s voice; warm through the middle |
| Bass | E2 – C4 | Just under 2 octaves | Deepest men’s voice; the least common of the six |
Want the long version, with famous singers in each row and what the overlaps mean? Read the vocal range chart explained.
Vocal range calculator FAQ
How does the vocal range calculator work?
You pick your lowest comfortable note and your highest. The calculator counts the semitones between them, turns that into octaves, and reads the pair against the same voice-type chart shown further down this page. Nothing is recorded and nothing leaves your device until you choose to type an email address.
How do I find my two notes without a microphone?
Use the Play buttons under each menu, or any piano or keyboard app. Hum a comfortable note, then step down one key at a time until the sound stops being a clean tone. That is your lowest note. Go back up past your speaking pitch and keep climbing until the note starts to strain or flip. The last clean note is your highest. Count head voice and falsetto; leave out vocal fry and whistle.
Is this as accurate as the microphone test?
It is as accurate as your ear. The calculator does the arithmetic and the classification exactly the way the test does; the difference is that here you decide which two notes you can sing. If you are not sure you matched the note, take the free vocal range test instead and let the microphone find them.
What voice type am I?
Your two notes are a strong clue, and the result names the most likely type for a female voice and for a male voice. The final call also depends on tessitura, the part of your range where the voice sits easily, and on tone. Ranges overlap on purpose, so treat the result as a starting point.
Is a two-octave range good?
Yes. An untrained adult voice usually measures about 1.5 to 2 octaves, and two octaves covers most popular music. Trained and professional voices run to three octaves and beyond. The famous five- and six-octave figures usually count whistle tones and vocal fry.
Does the calculator record anything?
No. It runs in your browser with no microphone. The only thing it can send is the email address you type into the form, and only when you press the button.
Want the microphone to do the counting?
The free vocal range test listens to three notes, names them for you and shows the same result in about two minutes.
Take the free vocal range test