What Voice Type Am I? - Complete Vocal Range Test
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- Опубліковано 14 тра 2024
- Have you ever wondered "what voice type am I"? In this video I will take you through a complete vocal range test to determine your voice classification, also known as vocal fach. You will discover how to find your vocal range, and the transition points in your voice known as the primo and secondo passaggio that will help you determine whether you are a bass, baritione, tenor, alto, mezzo or soprano.
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I need a little help understanding one thing... during the primo passagio test I was comfortable in chest voice throughout the scale ... my secondo passagio is an F5 and my range was an F3 to just above a C6 (test was performed without vocal warmup ) help?
I hit A2 - C5 , my primo passagio is in Mi4 and my escond is in La4, what voice type am i? Im tenor but what voice subtype, im Daniel Real singer, i have many songs
First all of u need to be able to sing properly from diaphram.
If u not using ur diaphram properly ur larynx will rise faster than it shud.
That why we can read comments like B3 primo and G4 secondo passagio ...
Btw: My lowest note G2 with fry F2
Primo - C4# Secondo - F4#
Highest note - G5
And even im 33 i have very bright tone with little dark timbre so im guessing im Dramatic Tenor.
@@DanielRealcantante I've listen to ur songs and for me u are Lyric Tenor.
@@ulquiorra635 Thank you very much , i have been classified like lyric or light lyric
I came into this thinking I was a soprano, and having sung soprano for years. Turns out, after all this time, I’m actually a soprano. I am shook.
Never know. Sang soprano for years. Hit 40, list all my highs and dropped an octave. Skipped mezzo completely and went straight to Contralto/tenor
Same for me being an alto with a semi high range. Crazy
I don't get it.
Sopranos family ?
@@bluscorpion its a joke.
"sing an AH vowel"
me: softly hums to self because I do not want to sound stupid in front of my family members
same but even when I'm alone lol
omg sameee
😂😂😂😂
Thought i was the only one 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
*I AM DOING THIS RIGHT NOW*
After watching this video, I can concluded I have a voice.
Don’t forget contraltos! I feel like this is often described as a “rare” female voice type but it seems to be more common than one thinks. The contralto register divides are confusing because the chest register is larger than the other female voice types, so it’s hard to place yourself using your chart. But other than that, the exercises in this video are great and very helpful!
Wow I came here to comment exactly the same thing, I'm a female and the whole video was very confusing for me until I saw the final chart, where I would be a Tenor with a higher range at the top. I guess this is what they call Contralto. I've always known that I had a deep voice but I don't feel like it is rare, I've met other female singers with low voices like mine, and generally most female singers can sing the same songs as me (I always choose the ones in low register because my voice is stronger there)
For sure! I'm female, and now have a range of B2 to F/G5. I can comfortably sing A4 in chest voice, although my normal speaking voice is A3. I sing tenor in my chorale.
That’s the song daddy sang bass momma sang tenor. I think it’s about the voice we develop, since higher notes are more valued , but also contralto or tenor females are the male bass equivalent and they usually don’t fully develop their lows until after 40. Soprano(high C) in high school by placement but more mezzo by where my voice say and once I hit 40, tenor on a good day and lower with subharmonic. Any of my tenor /contralto ladies should pick up the skill. David Larson it’s a great resource. Super fun to let the note drop and watch the faces
He said that they are more specific, and that he was just doing the types in his book.
Am I a contralto when my speaking voice is around D3?
I’m a female but I feel like I was more comfortable before the female notes came in
Sounds like your either an alto or a mezzo soprano with an excellent extension into the lower register.
Idk what i am.. Im a girl but my primo was C4 but my Secondo was a E4
Any ideas
@@grace-dm1jl Hey!!!! It sounds like you're an alto! You may eventually mature into a mezzo soprano as you get older. Only time will tell. Tell Naruto I said hi! :)
Male vs. female notes is weirdly restrictive and inaccurate - there are alto men, tenor women, etc, and as a nonbinary person I think we should stop gendering notes in the first place. Sing where you're comfortable and expand your range from there.
@@theWeaverofTales I agree. I've been labeled an alto but I can very easily go down into the tenor range and I really struggle with high notes even though I'm female. I think it's annoying how everything has to be labeled with a gender.
i cant tell if im harmonizing or singing the actual note
SO many times I realized I was singing up an octave by mistake, trying to come in low to high.
@@bee2731 You'd be surprised how often accidentally harmonizing is among non- professional singers. Especially when they have trouble singing out. Learn some actual singers terminology before you decide to make rude comments on others singing abilities okay?
@@lora1002 "singers terminology" my ass, being tone deaf is being tone deaf
@@bee2731 spoke like someone who doesn’t know anything about singing. You and your ass should really be more informed. It’s kinda embarrassing.
@@lora1002 alright buddy
Thank you. I had always considered myself an alto, primarily because I sang in the alto section in choral groups. But I could slip into a soprano part if the piece does not go above E5. This session indicates I am more a mezzo, and that feels right to me.
Alto for choir is actually more of a mezzo. Contralto is the alto here
So, if contralto is the alto here and that is still too high for me, I‘m a tenor? This vid so far seems to implicate that is only for males =| wtf
Most females singing 'alto' are actually mezzos - the comments about contraltos being rare are genuinely true. Not white rhino rare, but still unusual. I honestly think there are also a lot of mezzos singing the sop lines (usually the ones who have to stick to the tune and can't hold a part!)
@@lilyfel2118 I know at least one male soprano and several male altos, and I've sung tenor in choir - so it's possible. However, if you're not trained then you might just not be used to using your head voice. Your passaggio points are probably a better indicator than your extreme range, especially at the top end.
I’m a soprano , I just went into my whistle register 2 days ago. I’m so excited !!
"Congratulations, your voice range is Alto!"
me, who loves alto and has always sung alto and nothing else: What a surprise
HEhehe :P
what are some few examples of alto pop songs?
I felt this
@@CyclesAreSingularities like which ones ?
I consider myself a baritone but I was in boys choir when I was young so I’m kinda like a baritenor lol, but like u said I can’t do this range for long, I had a teacher in college take me up to an aflat above the staff but that was only once lol
Ian: Okay, sing the same note as the piano.
Me, a complete beginner: But I'm not a piano... ?
SAMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
So, you're telling me you can't identify what note to sing when it's played on the piano?
@@pavese1379 yes, I cant
@@sibelhernandez5981 ight, you're tone deaf then
@@pavese1379 Or I'm someone who knows nothing about music...
I must say, you've explained this better than my treble chorus teacher! I've always wondered why even some lower alto note were a little to high for me, turns I'm more comfortable in a baritone/tenor range(both feel pretty comfortable to me)
Sadly, I'm not able to transfer to the Bass Chorus my school has do to personal reason. I can explain if someone wants but won't if someone doesn't ask.
@@SockMan-vt1gcwell now I'm curious
@@SockMan-vt1gcso I guess I'm someone who is asking lol
@@-Teague- Ahh sorry was at school. So, the bass chorus at my school is guys only and my school doesn't really agree with the fact that I'm trans(ftm) so even if I signed up for bass chorus, they would put me in treble chorus. I don't take choir anymore because of it.
@@SockMan-vt1gc I'm sorry to hear that :( trans stuff aside it's silly to separate the choirs by gender instead of by actual vocal pitch imo
i actually got what i was thinking all of this time
it’s perfectly alto-mezzo soprano range
thank you so much!
The noises I made trying to do this 😭
Lol
LMAOO ME
You're cutee
@@learnerdecuriousqueen3320 who me??
@@learnerdecuriousqueen3320 simp
As an Italian, I liked how you pronounced primo e secondo passaggio 🤗 and tessitura! In a Southern Italy accent
Mamy Mimma hehe my days as an opera singer have paid off 😆
Does singing in mixed and head voice count in determining vocal category?
@@riksinha5 yes
The CORRECT accent 🇮🇹
Lol I hadn’t heard the term tessatura since I was in high school and we put on the play Gypsy . It was the name of one of the strippers
Hi Ian. I do quite a bit of karoake & sometimes struggle with figuring out how much I need the KJ to lower the key on songs, particularly female singers. I always considered I was Alto, but turns out I'm a Tenor through and through. So it now makes sense why I might struggle getting that starting key just right. Thanks so much for this easy to follow video! I've subscribed to your channel to learn more, improve my singing skills while ensuring I don't damage those voc chords!
I'm in about the same range you are. I can consistently sing from E2 to F#4, right where my passaggio is. I can strongly sing the Bb5 in "The Music of the Night" and sustain it, but I choke on the C5.😝and sometimes can hoot to D5. Thanks for the clear discussion on determining the different ranges. Very good.
I've been singing in church as a soprano all my life and always wondered why I couldn't hit the sorta "high" notes that seemed easy enough for everyone else, but after doing this test I realize I have a range more consistent with a high mezzo... our choir only had soprano & alto sections, so it all makes sense now! They had to put me somewhere lol
i can go higher than a c6 (terrible but managable) so i have no idea what my voice range is :( my lowst is e3 based on this test though.
I got stuck on all the soprano 2 parts through most of last year except for the brief period I sang alto at my teachers request. Singing alto damaged my voice because I couldn’t sing the lower notes and I was moved back to soprano 2. My friend commented on it and asked if I thought that I might be a mezzo. He was very right and now it makes sense why I’m stuck in between the parts.
You're not alone. My church practice hosted a joint choir practice tonight with 4 other congregations (80 people give or take) and I was one of just 2 Baritone singers.
Just a note that alto in choir is actually more mezzo. The alto here is contralto and equivalent to a make contra tenor
I was having fun being part of choirs in school and I hated getting the "high" parts, I can barely do mezzo on a good day, given that I am most comfortable in the range of alto/tenor. So I was singing low compared to the majority of the other girls.
I felt like I was stuck some odd place halfway between the girls and the boys and neither really worked for me. 😆
I still had fun, though.
F2-E5, primo passagio at C4, secondo passagio at F#4
god looked at me and said "lady tenor"
Im a lady Baritone or lady or enor (I can do both)
Same! D2-C6, primo at D#4, secondo at D#5
seems like I am joining the lady tenor club: Range: C3 - C6, Primo at D4, Secondo at A4 - I've been singing everythin from low Alto to high Soprano in Choir... I feel betrayed.
Another female tenor at A2-F5 lol
C#2 - E5, primo G4, segondo E4
Wow, very helpful thank you. When I first started vocal training 5 years ago I was classified a bass-baritone. Now my passaggio placements put me into the tenor range
I quit chorus a long, long time ago, but as an experienced lecturer working with large auditories, i found, i need to train my vocal abilities, to breathe properly, to make my voice sound nicely. Have no idea if there are trainings for the teachers or lecturers, but the way you explain things is very clear and involving!
"You may be able to hit notes in other categories as well"
...
i cannot even hit the ones inside my category ;-;
same
I can legit hit notes from E2-F6 and I'm a guy this don't make no sense
@@islandeatssand684 oh yeah me too I can hit super low notes like D2, and I can reach E5 with falsetto, notes above E5 are like screaming but I can hit them, the highest note I’ve ever reached is like a G6, but I find it easy to reach notes below Eb6
@@islandeatssand684 Bro how the fuck I my range is only B1/Bb1-G#3. G#3 is before my voice just gets fucked.
*sigh* Damn. I never knew I was vocally fached. 🙇🏻♂️
Hahahaha! That’s brilliant. Glad someone said it! Lol...”fached” haha
:D
😂😂😂😂
rofl
😂😂
Thank you! That was a really helpful and interesting video
So this is what you look like huh! Cool. I've been using your work for a bit now. Thank you for such great content :)
I was put in soprano my whole choir life...turns out I might be an alto after all.
same
It's the same or even worse with guys. Most High School choirs don't even have a single legit bass, at least by the standard of singing a full C2 or lower. Similar but to a lesser extent with tenors. My hs is weird though because there were actually two of us basses, but no tenors and about 20 baritones. We also had one girl who could sing tenor, and she sang that often in our acapella group.
Edit; I mean we have people in every voice part, but few of the "basses" and "tenors" could actually sing bass or tenor.
Same lol. I was always put in sopranos but when I checked I'm the exact example of alto (D3-A5)✌🏼
I was classified as an alto- mezzo but I guess now I’m a soprano 😭😭
I was mezzo in high school, but I remember feeling very tired after singing higher in my range when in a choral thing one weekend.
I'm wondering if I'm alto.
This was so accurate it creeped me out. I wrote down the notes, D3-A5. The chart came up and o was an EXACT alto. Then you said altos transition to head voice around G4. I tested and it was exactly right! Never had a video explain it so well!
me too!
SAMEE
same, i am also an alto
THAT’S MY EXACT VOC RANGE ONG LOL
I am bro same what da hell im d3-A5
That have been such a comprehensive self test to test as you go on a singing journey, as when you haven't sung in a while, your range can slip away from you if you haven't exercised. Thanks
what a conclusion ! love it ! thanks
Thanks Ian! I’m 16 and I’ve been training myself for 3 years. You’re the only coach who’s actually changed my voice for the better. I’ve only used your videos for a month but that’s all it took!
Did you Learn Vibrato here?
@@MrLight-jx7ie there are vids sir have made on the subject, browse through the channel thank you.
@@mohithart3824 Thank you ☺
I like Eric Arceneaux and Adam Mishan as vocal coaches as well 'cause they get to gritt!
I hope your puberty experience was better than mine. I just want to get it over with but it's so slow for me. Voice has been cracking for so long and slowly dropping from that squeaky voice I had.
I usually use falsetto instead of my head voice. I wanna stop doing that but it just became so habitual that I actually forgot how to sing in my head voice🙂
Yeah I have the same problem. I usually belt in chest voice for high notes and have forgotten how to use head voice 🥴
@Axzhel Alversado It does. Cheers for the comment.
@Axzhel Alversado Oof I actually got covid and can’t really sing so I’ve yet to test it out. I’m gonna take the other guy’s word for it haha, thanks!
Sameeee it's so bad ndwjocksbfk I've done the same for using chest voiceI can't belt to save my life lol I stayyyy using falsetto
@Axzhel Alversado update! i recovered and am suddenly better at using head voice? i don't really understand much about the technicalities tbh but i got my head voice back and i don't really know how hah. it's a lot lighter and my voice has gotten brighter, more flowy and smooth, less rigid. it offers a lot more versatility and i can do much more than before :3
Excellent. Thank you, Ian.
I’m an alto but can definitely hit some mezzo notes, thank you for this test!
Low Test - 2:39
High Test - 3:48
Male Primo - 7:09
Female Primo - 7:37
Secundo - 8:47
Thank you
you are a godsend thank you
D#3
I just pressed translate and the Male Primo said "Evil First" XD
c2
I don't know if I am hitting any of these notes or not. Also, I don't know if I'm just getting out of breath or hitting the limit of my voice lmao.
I can relate...
If you pause and try a note again and still can't hit it, it's outside your (current) range
Me too! Is there any tips for this?
@@NeptuneCookies ear training, and lots of it
@@NeptuneCookies Just try to imitate the note...you can watch compilations of high notes and memorised them, see the note on screen and listen if it sounds the same. I recommend you the channel FeDsax98. IDK but I hope it helps you
Excellent Video!! Thank you, Mate! Baritone - Primo B3 - Secondo E4
That was fun! I learned a lot, but I still don't know which one I belong to yet. Gonna have to watch more of your stuff! Thank you!
Here in march 2024
As a female they tried to put me into saprano because im a girl but I now sing the lead of mens choir as a baritone lmao
impressive whats your lowest note?
JESUS CHRIST!
@@L.O.752that’s some serious range 🤣🤣
@@jatariharltey9207 IKR??
oh hell nahhh what the fuckkk😭😭
Him: We'll sing a note everyone can reach. Middle C.
Me: *Cries in bass
*cries in super high soprano*
🤣😂
@June@97 its tone deaf but ok
cmon you have middle C as a bass
Middle c is my highest chest note so I can relate that it is very hard as a bass
Yep! I'm gonna fly all the way to Australia to work with you.
i have about 20 years of choral experience and have sung everything between tenor II to soprano I. But now that I'm in my 30s, my voice has settled a bit and I no longer feel comfortable in the rafters. I reached out to a voice teacher friend to give me an official vocal test and just tell me what I SHOULD be singing, because I'm currently singing with 3 groups and singing 3 different voice parts. I'm fully planning to give her the results I got here and see if that helps when I meet with her lol (range A2-G5, primo passaggio around D4, secondo passaggio D5). super helpful!
why is my range literally 8 notes...
Same
I'm not sure if you're exaggerating, but you should watch what you consume before you sing and you should be well hydrated while you sing.
mine is like also that 😭
same. C2 to G3 is my furthest possible humming range
@@kam9908 come on sing it don’t hmm it
F1 - D5. This confirms what a vocal coach told me a few years ago - she was also a trained opera singer. She called me a Bass-Baritone, which I'd have to agree with. 95% of pop songs, I have to use head voice just to get up that high. But I can sing Johnny Cash like no one else!
I'm thinking about getting a vocal coach. Should I get an opera teacher, or should I get a musical theatre one? or is there no real difference as a beginner?
@@EternalSilence4ever in my opinion either way should be fine. The basics of proper singing technique are all the same: warm ups, throat relaxation, proper breathing, good posture, etc. As long as that person has been trained properly themselves - the biggest issue is learning to do it right so you don't damage your vocal chords by straining them.
I don't like Johnny Cash but its certainly fun to impress people with it. I am B1-G4 (G4 is a little rough though)
@@infelicitas I like Johnny simply because he's one of the few guys I can comfortably sing. I can sing to around F#1 in chest/fry mix, but I have to destroy my voice to sing a high G. It's easier in falsetto ofc but I want to sound like Robert Plant yk
@@specialknees6798 I love that haha. Good luck on your journey assuming you plan to expand your range
I was never quite sure whether I was a true bass until I tried almost every voice range test on UA-cam and realizing that they all stop at E2. I tried this one and I didn't lose any quality or become breathy all the way down to C2 and I could've kept going. Also my primo passagio happened at like C#3/D3 and I consistently topped out before reaching C4 so I can't accurately find my secondo passagio. This is the best test I've found and I'm still too low to accurately measure myself with it.
Thank you for the clarity and detail. Confirmed my suspicions that I'm a baritone.
As a formal choral singer and now mostly a worship singer at church I found this lesson very interesting. I've always been an strong alto/tenor and can both registers relatively comfortable. However when I went down toward the baritone and up to the messo notes it was a struggle. This brief lesson showed me areas that I can work on without vocal fatigue or injuries 🙂
I was classified as a baritone in high school, but I would struggle to get the lowest notes of the range out above a faint whisper. The problem was that the choir director was only concerned with how high you could go and I wasn’t trained to use my head voice. Later in college I was re-classified as a tenor, as I was given the test and discovered that my larynx would raise on a C#4. After some remedial training I was able to belt a C5 with relative ease and even hit that extremely difficult D5.
What training did you got?
After years of singing soprano I noticed my chest voice feeling more resonate and rich going to lower notes, so I came back to check my range after years. And I hit a D#3 as my lowest comfortable note! My lowest has always been a F3 since I was 12! I don't know what I did, but my voice deepened a little within the past year. I'm 26 lol I didn't think my voice would change suddenly in my mid 20s. Hello Alto lol
I'm curious did your high range drop too?
This was very educational. Thank you
Piano: *stops at C6*
Me: "Wait! Come back! I'm not done yet!"
8:58
When I was a young boy
My father took me into the city
To see a marching band
He said, "Son, when you grow up
Would you be the savior of the broken
The beaten and the damned?"
He said, "Will you defeat them?
Your demons, and all the non-believers
The plans that they have made?"
"Because one day, I'll leave you a phantom
To lead you in the summer
To join the black parade"
ahahahhahahahah
I read it and didn't recognize the lyrics but it was familiar then I hit the time mark and it was all clear lol
thank you sir!very helpful!
thank you so much this was really helpful!!!
As a voice teacher starting with a classical background, this is a really nice overview of finding voice types! I appreciate that you mention that lower female voice types have a higher primo passaggio which is definitely correct; I remember being told by my teachers in the past that mezzi had lower passagios than sopranos, my G4 break always confused them, lol.
my mixed voice mixes too well, I can't tell wehere my chestvoice stops or where my headvoice begins anymore hahah
Same too
HOW 😭
OH MY GOSH YEAH SAME. I've been singing in mixed like my whole life lolz. just sing louder and then you can tell
no me too 😭
I got D4 would that be a bass? For primo passaggio
This was a very helpful video. i have identified that the range I can comfortably sing is called alto, but I can reach some tenor and mezzo notes when needed.
Great video! So helpful.
I have a voice crack, which completely messes up me knowing anywhere where my range may be ._.
Its pretty funny that I am a boy...But I am a soprano! So when you said "Its the ladies' turn!" I couldnt help it but chuckle! I love this video though, very helpful :)
Great video - I always struggled to properly define which group I'm also in.
thanks for the encouragement!
"Sing with no Boundaries".... love it.
I've always been misplaced in groups
G2 - C6 🦋
Perfect .. thanks for this brilliant lesson ..I am a BARITONE and all my life I was searching for my vocal range .. finally I find it in this video .. exactly as you mentioned my Primo is Bb3-B3 and Secondo is Eb4-E4 .. thanks Ian .. You have my utmost respect and admiration.
If you were in a choir, what would be the absolute lowest note you'd tell them you can sing?
Love this video and I'll sure check out more of your channel. My over all range is C2 to G4, my primo ended up being at F3 and secondo I think was at E4 but it was kinda hard to feel tbh and I ended up on different notes when I re-did the test. I don't think I have a lot of secondo to begin with. It's very faint. But either way, neither my primo nor my secondo seemed to match anything lol. I do know how to use both chest voice and head voice, because I used to use only head voice up until my early 20's, and then I switched because my voice dropped a lot, so now I can do both, but I'm more comfortable with chest voice.
I'd consider myself a bass based on the general range I'm the most comfortable at, which is D2 to D4. But yes I can also function fairly well as baritone as well. I sing along quite effortlessly to both bass and baritone singers, but I've noticed I've a slight comfort preference in the bass kinda territory in general, aside from the really deep stuff below C2. And there's no chance I could function as a tenor or beyond, considering I can't even make noise higher than a G4.
I'm a beginner musician. I just started learning how to play the piano, and with that my long buried passion for singing re-surfaced. So I'm trying to put some effort into also improving my singing voice as a kinda secondary musical endeavor. Piano is still my primary focus.
As a kid I was very passionate about singing and was in the school choir every year. I was placed as an alto already at age 12. So I've always known I had potential for reaching depth. But I was told I was awful at singing so eventually sadly I stopped. But I'm starting to overcome that now. Because honestly I'm starting to really like the idea of being a female bass/baritone singer. People seem to think that's cool, and that inspires me. I don't want for that to become a wasted gift.
Hi Many thanks for our clear explaination. I've come out as Mezzo, I think. F3 to Bb5 with Primo Passaggio Bb4 or A4 and Second Passaggio as D#5. Depending on the warmth and relaxation of my voicebox. Thanks for the confidence in encouraging us to develop singing outside the classical boundaries
I literally don't know HOW to sing with the piano 😭
Neither can I 😕
that means you are tone deaf
@@kam9908 Me and half the comment section? Okay.
@@jasminewilliams3351 only a very small minority of people are tone deaf
@@kam9908 a LOT of people can't tell the difference between one note and the next note before or after it. I can't physically transfer a piano note to what I think it sounds like in voice. Piano notes aren't human voice, and I can't translate it down to the note. Unless you have a musical gift, you aren't gonna do it either. I would need somebody that can actually determine that to hear me physically, because there's next to no difference to me on half of the 2nd Octave, and I can't tell whether I can get down to C2, E2, A2, or whatever else. It's all blended because a piano note and human note are two different things.
This video was so helpful ! Thank you so much for making it! I fall between alto and tenor it seems, and I really appreciate what you said at the end!
Hello who else is magically coming back to this video every year enjoying it all over again. Been some time but this is still an absolutely hilarious masterpiece
I've been transitioning, and my voice has just started to change so I've decided to take this test once a week to see how my voice changes. My voice so far has changed quite a bit. My vocal range at the start of this used to be from F1 to around G4, though I do know that that varies based on the day. Today when I tried this again my range was from E2 to D5. I have long since been a subscriber on all of my accounts, and I love your content.You are the person who originally inspired me to sing. I never though I would actually start making enough money on commissions to upgrade my equipment, and now here I am two years later, still installed with courage, and following my next goal. Thank you so much, I don't know if I could be here without you. Thank you Ian castle.
I'm 15 and my voice is still changing. It cracked for the first time last year.
I am in the high school choir. I can do alto notes and tenor notes. I was in alto last year and tenor this year.
Thats so sweet :,) if u dont mind me asking, whats your vocal range now after 2 months?
you were able to go down to F1!? damn
When you say "transitioning" are you talking about the voice change of puberty, or a gender transition?
Thank you! Your warmups have improved my voice considerably!
Hyumifu that’s great to hear
i loved this, thank you! You are a great explainer with a solid, confident, speaking delivery.
Thank you for giving us free music class
Ms. Jennifer Sheehan told me I was classified as a light lyric soprano and prepared me to go to college as a vocal major. My range is C3 to G6 and I am working to extend my vocal range and improving to be a better singer. I am singing Soprano II and Alto I in (lower-division) freshmen and sophomore years and will be singing Soprano I and Alto II in (upper-division) junior and senior years in two choral ensembles and participating in an Opera/Musical Theatre Workshop!!!
Thank you so much for your generous knowledge and care for each voice type.
This is so helpful! I’ve always been voiced as a Soprano, but according to your chart, I’m a textbook Mezzo! 😊 makes a lot of sense for me.
Amazing ! Thanks a lot :)
I love how you describe call register as a melodic yell!
This is the first time I find such a good explanation. It's difficult if you have been trying out for years all kinds of things with your high baritone voice and so the passagio's can be camouflaged with so little effort that it's hard to spot them now. But there in that high baritone zone, some voices probably could be so light and trained well, that singing tenor is not unhealthy?? On the other hand, in choirs that the tenors often all sing in a thin head voice, very different from the noble Italian tenor sound. Basses in choirs often lower the larynx, try to sing thick and so some of them might be low tenors without knowing because once used to this, they might never discover their high potential. I am almost convinced though that no high baritone could sing Nessun Dorma really easily and while the aria "Herr, lehre doch mich" is easy for any baritone, the weight will always lack when a high baritone sings it. I curse this voice type which allows you to do almost anything but nothing really perfect ;-)
I’ve been doing musical theatre since primary school and out of all the warm ups, rehearsals, performances, lessons etc not once was I ever taught or explained to what true vocal ranges are and most importantly actually how to find your own. This is just fantastic and extremely helpful, I only wish I knew this decades ago!! Thank you so much for making this video. I will definitely be passing this on to others.
Great video !! I have a voice similar except c#4 and f#4 in then primo
@Aussie Vocal Coach, I am glad I found your channel. I sang in choirs all through my school years and now sing in my church choir. I mostly sing Soprano, but sometimes 2nd Soprano (if offered in that particular piece of music).
My range for this video was F#3-F#5. For the other 2 tests, I wasn't really sure what to look for, but my best guesses are: Primo G4 and Secondo B4. I think I'm a Mezzo with a bit of a higher range. Definitely not a true Soprano anymore now that I'm in my early 50s (I was as a teenager!). What do you think??
P.S. I have subscribed and I am looking forward to doing some of your vocal exercises :)
This is so interesting and fun to do, I am a bit of a low baritone but since I have a chest voice from about D2-B4 doing the middle range stuff in chest was fun to go through. I actually managed to get out C#2 and C2 as well but it wasnt quality or resonant. my full vocal range including extended techniques is about D1-E5 but my head voice and falsetto are a bit weak and I want to strengthen them more
In choir, I’ve always sung alto. My notes all hit solidly between alto and tenor. Thank you for creating a clear and straightforward vocal fach test.
❤is there a name for someone who sings Tenor and alto?
@@NikkiBrown4theLord contralto
@@Dualis58 Awesome, thank you! I've always called myself a Talto. Lol
Great fun to test this, I have been following vocal class at the local academy and discovered your online lesson a few weeks ago when I was looking for Pentatonic scale practive and since then I have been doing your lessons regulary.
my test put me on Baritone / Tenor F2 to G4 (primo C#4 sec F4)
Very interesting and highly educative.
A2-F#5! Lots of training and practice but I feel like I've been blessed!
Does anyone else feel that he's playing the notes too fast? I can't keep up and I can't pause that fast
Yeah it can seem a bit fast; try putting the video speed on 0.75× when he is playing the notes, maybe it'll help :)
GRAIN
@@DepthOfMusic i was thinking of doing that but dont the notes change when you change the speed?
@@sy8081 Depends. It's normally not enough to make a difference.
@@sy8081 Not on youtube.
Great video. I’m a Mezzo-Soprano…lmao. A vocal coach I got after high school figured this out. And this test confirmed. Lol. 😂
Very helpful,thanks
I have a pretty wide actual range, but never tried this "test" in all the years I sang in school. I was pretty spot on calling myself a "low tenor/bari-tenor," usually singing tenor 2 in choir. The lower part of baritone was more reliable than the upper part of tenor, but my primo/secondo is comfortably at the bottom of the tenor range. Thanks for the video - it was fun!
Thank you for this, I have always been classified as a tenor. Occasionally diving into alto ranges to "beef up" man-power when there are shortages in that range. Once or twice, I've done a bit of Baritone. Your test confirmed Tenor Vocal Range for me.
Great video
Very helpful.
I could easily find my range, but the Primo and Secondo were so tricky, I am not sure I did it right.
Finally after so long I know my voice type (I am a high tenor) thank you so much
Mezzo! Thanks this helps so much
As a young teenager I could easily sing to A3-C6 pushing it to E6 was doable but a little airy.
As a later teen into my 50’s my range shifted and I discovered that my best quality voice was from F3-F5. I could push it a little on either end on good days. Now as a Grandma my voice has shifted again. I can sing comfortably C3-C5. Again depending on the day I can do B flat 3 up to E5. I can still hit G5 but only briefly in a staccato sound, but cannot sustain it. Part of the issue that I’ve been recovering from is scar tissue on my vocal chords from a significant voice loss (whisper only no sound) caused by coughing hard enough to break ribs with bronchitis for 3 months in 2013. My ENT said to take it slowly and exercise my voice gently to bring it back. I had a monotone range at first and couldn’t sustain any notes. Now I’m actually happy with my lower voice. My Primo note is B4, not sure I understand how to decide the secondo.
Thanks for this awesome explanation, and test. I had fun discovering my newfound range. Do you think it could be Contralto or Tenor? I love Karen Carpenter songs, they seem to feel best when I sing.
I teach beginning and intermediate piano.😁❤️
This video was amazing! Keep up the good work!
My range is D3-F5 (Alto & Mezzo)
Primo is C4 (Tenor)
Secondo is B4-F5 (Tenor, Alto & Mezzo)
I normally sing as an alto on the choir but I sang as a Tenor a few months ago and recently continued singing Tenor since there aren't many tenors now 😁
I enjoy singing even the soprano notes sometimes, I'm working on my range so that I can achieve some higher and lower notes 😊
I was classified as a soprano in high school but I am much more comfortable in alto. Because I strained so much to sing those soprano notes, now my voice is shot. So sad. :(
Yeah, that sucks. At my middle school, we switch which voice parts we sing throughout the year to extend our range. While I get where they’re coming from, it’s real annoying to be a contralto singing soprano
I had this problem in church choir a few years ago. I could hit some soprano notes, but not others. :(
Is there anyway to fix a shot throat? I've never sang before, I'm new to it but I'm almost positive I fudged my voice. Once when I was young me and my aunt (we're the exact same age) were doing a scream competition. We literally screamed to the very top, every atom in our lungs. And each time that happened we'd do it even higher when we thought we couldn't (lmao imagine what the neighbors were thinking XD). Don't know what to do, think or start with
I always got classified as a baritone - when I started studying musical theatre and got trained by really talented teachers, I found out that I am actually a bass 👍🏻