Your voice type is decided mostly by where your comfortable notes sit, not by how many notes you can reach. This free voice type test takes three notes: your lowest comfortable note, your highest comfortable note and the note that feels easiest to sing.
It shows how closely your range fits soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto, tenor, baritone and bass, answers “soprano or alto?” (or “tenor or bass?”) for choir, and estimates your comfortable zone, your tessitura.
Voice Type Test
Three notes: your lowest comfortable note, your highest comfortable note and the note that feels easiest to sing. Sing them or choose them to see how closely your voice fits each voice type (soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto, tenor, baritone or bass), whether a choir would likely put you on soprano or alto (tenor or bass), and where your comfortable zone probably sits.
No result yet. Sing or choose your lowest and highest comfortable notes, then the note that feels easiest.
- Your range
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- Octave span
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- Closest voice type
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- Soprano or alto? Tenor or bass?
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- Comfortable zone (estimate)
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- Easiest note
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Typical range Typical tessitura Your range Your easiest note · Match = how closely your range lines up with each type
This is an estimate from three notes, not a classification. Range and comfort are only part of voice type: tone colour, weight and where your voice changes register matter too, and a voice teacher hears those. Sing gently and stop if anything feels strained.
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How to Take the Voice Type Test
- Warm up for a few minutes with gentle humming and slides. Choose Compare with: all six voice types, typically female types or typically male types.
- Press Start microphone and allow access. Step 1: sing your lowest comfortable note on “ah” and hold it. After about a second of steady singing, the button reads Save … as lowest. Press it.
- Step 2: sing your highest comfortable note the same way and save it. Your result appears straight away.
- Step 3: sing the note that feels easiest, one you could sing all day, and save it. The result updates. You can also press Skip step 3.
- Already know your notes? Choose Choose notes, pick your lowest, highest and (optionally) easiest notes, and press Find my voice type.
Comfortable means clear and controlled. To find your lowest note, start near your speaking pitch and move down one note at a time. Stop when the tone turns thin, breathy or creaky, then go back up one note. Find your highest note the same way going up, and stop before you shout, squeeze or crack. A note is only saved when you hold it steadily, so slides and cracks don’t count.
The Six Voice Types: Range, Tessitura and Choir Part
| Voice type | Typical range | Typical tessitura | Usual choir part | Typical register changes |
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| Soprano | C4–C6 | D4–G5 | Soprano | about E♭4 and F♯5 |
| Mezzo-soprano | A3–A5 | B3–E5 | Second soprano or alto | about E4 and E5 |
| Contralto | F3–F5 | G3–C5 | Alto | about G4–A4 and D5 |
| Tenor | C3–C5 | D3–G4 | Tenor | about D4 and G4 |
| Baritone | A2–A4 | B2–E4 | Bass or low tenor | about B3 and E4 |
| Bass | E2–E4 | F2–B3 | Bass | about A♭3 and D♭4 |
These are the ranges and tessituras the test uses. Each type spans about two octaves, and neighbouring types overlap by most of that. What separates them is where the two octaves sit and where the voice feels easiest. See all six side by side on the vocal range chart. The register changes are reference points from voice-teaching tables (lyric voices for the male types). The test shows them but does not measure them.
What Your Result Shows
- Closest voice type: the type your range lines up with best. If two types are too close to call, it says your range sits between them.
- Match for every type: a percentage for all six on the chart. It shows how much of your range and the type’s range overlap.
- Soprano or alto? / Tenor or bass?: the choir part your range fits better.
- Comfortable zone (estimate): a likely tessitura worked out from your range.
- Easiest note: where your third note sits against the typical tessitura, and which type it leans toward.
- Your range and octave span: your two notes with their frequency in Hz, and how many octaves and semitones lie between them.
Soprano or Alto? Tenor or Bass?
Most choirs sing in four parts: soprano (C4–C6), alto (F3–F5), tenor (C3–C5) and bass (E2–E4). The test compares your range with the two parts for your voice group and names the one you fit better. If you fit both about equally, your easiest note tips the answer when it sits at least two semitones closer to the middle of one part. If it doesn’t, the answer is “Either part”.
Mezzo-sopranos and baritones sit in the middle, so their answer depends on their own notes. A mezzo range of A3–A5 fits the soprano part a little better, and a baritone range of B2–G4 fits the tenor part a little better. Many choirs still put mezzos on second soprano or alto, and baritones on bass. For the differences in sound, read how to tell a soprano from an alto, and for all four parts see choir vocal ranges.
Example Ranges and Their Results
| Lowest–highest comfortable note | Compared with | Closest type (match) | Choir answer | Comfortable zone |
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| F2–D4 | Typically male | Bass (88%) | Bass | G2–A3 |
| B2–G4 | Typically male | Baritone (83%) | Tenor | C♯3–D4 |
| D3–B4 | Typically male | Tenor (88%) | Tenor | E3–F♯4 |
| G3–D5 | Typically female | Contralto (79%) | Alto | A3–A4 |
| B3–G5 | Typically female | Mezzo-soprano (83%) | Soprano | C♯4–D5 |
| D4–B5 | Typically female | Soprano (88%) | Soprano | E4–F♯5 |
Moving both notes by two or three semitones can change the answer, because the types overlap. C3–A4, for example, matches tenor and baritone equally (88% each), so the test says your range sits between them. That is where the third note helps.
Tessitura: Why the Third Note Matters
Two singers can share a range and still sound best in different places. Tessitura is the part of your range where singing feels easiest and sounds best. It is often a better clue to voice type than your highest or lowest note. The test uses it in two ways:
- Your easiest note is compared with each type’s typical tessitura. If your range sits between two types and your easiest note is at least two semitones closer to the middle of one tessitura, the result says it leans toward that type.
- Your comfortable zone is estimated as two semitones above your lowest note up to five below your highest. That is the same pattern as the typical tessituras in the table above. It needs at least an octave between your notes.
Check the estimate against songs you enjoy: most of their notes should fall inside it. For more on this, read what tessitura is and how to find yours.
Passaggio: Where Your Voice Changes Gear
A passaggio is a zone where the voice shifts register, for example from a heavier chest voice to a lighter head voice. Voice teachers use it as a classification clue, because it sits at different notes for different types. A lyric tenor usually shifts around D4 and G4, and a lyric baritone around B3 and E4.
To check yours, slide slowly up on “ah” from a low, easy note. Notice where the voice wants to flip, thin out or change colour. If that happens near the register changes shown for your result, it points the same way. The test can’t hear register changes; it only lists the typical notes. Chest voice vs head voice explains what the shift feels like.
Voice Types for Men and Women
Most men sing as tenors, baritones or basses, and most women as sopranos, mezzo-sopranos or contraltos. That is why you can compare with the typically male or typically female types only. The labels describe ranges, not people. Some women sing comfortably in the tenor range, and some men sing alto or soprano notes in a trained head voice or falsetto (countertenors). Compare with all six types if your result surprises you. The female vocal range chart and male vocal range chart show each group in detail.
How the Test Decides
- Match: the overlap between your range and a type’s range, divided by the span both cover together, in semitones. A2–F4 against baritone (A2–A4) overlaps 20 of 24 semitones, so the match is 83%.
- Ranking: the match, minus a small penalty for the distance between the middle of your range and the middle of the type’s range. A short range inside two types goes to the nearer one.
- Between two types: shown when the top two are within 0.06 on that ranking, or show the same match percentage.
- Saving a sung note: the note must stay within one semitone for about 0.8 seconds. The detector follows pitches from about 60 to 1,400 Hz (roughly B1 to F6) and uses standard tuning, A4 = 440 Hz.
What This Test Can’t Tell You
- Tone colour and weight: a dark, heavy voice and a bright, light voice can share the same range. Teachers weigh this heavily, and the test does not measure it.
- Training and age: ranges grow with practice, and voices keep changing into adulthood, so a result can shift over time.
- A final label: the result is an estimate from three notes, not a classification. Use it as a starting point with a teacher or choir director, not as a limit on what you sing.
Tips for an Accurate Result
- Test after a short warm-up, such as one from vocal warm-ups for beginners, but not after a long singing session.
- Use comfortable notes, not your most extreme ones. Voice type is about the notes you can use in songs.
- Test in a quiet room with the phone or microphone about arm’s length away. Sing one clear voice on an open vowel.
- Test on two or three different days and compare the results.
Microphone and Privacy
The microphone starts only when you press Start and stops when you finish, press Stop, skip step 3 or leave the page. It needs a secure (https) page. If your browser blocks it, choose your notes by hand instead. Sound is analysed in your browser while you sing, and the tool does not record, store or upload it. Read the privacy policy for the wider site and how our tests measure your voice. This is a practice tool, not medical advice. Sing gently and stop if anything feels strained.
Voice Type Test FAQ
Am I a soprano or an alto?
Take the test and read the “Soprano or alto?” answer. By range, a comfortable top note around A5 or higher points to soprano, and a comfortable low note around F3 or G3 points to alto. If you fit both parts about equally, the note that feels easiest can tip the answer.
What is the most common voice type?
Baritone for men and mezzo-soprano for women are usually described as the most common.
Can my voice type change?
Your range can grow with training and change with age, and some singers are reclassified as their voice matures. Retest every few months and compare.
Is the voice type test accurate?
It measures the notes you sing and compares them with fixed type ranges, so the same notes always give the same answer. How well that answer fits you depends on choosing truly comfortable notes, and voice type also depends on tone colour. Treat a “between” result as a sign to listen for those clues too.
What is the difference between vocal range and voice type?
Your range is every note you can sing. Your voice type is a category based on where your comfortable notes and tessitura sit, plus tone colour. Two people with the same range can be different types.
Do I have to do step 3?
No. The result appears after step 2. Step 3 adds your easiest note, which helps when your range sits between two types or fits two choir parts equally.
Is my voice recorded?
No. Sound is analysed in your browser as you sing and is not recorded, stored or uploaded by the tool.