Vocal range
Which part do you sing?
Sing from your lowest to your highest comfortable note. Every note you hold is written on the staff, and your range is set beside the choir's four parts.
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Ready when you are
Sing on an “ah” and hold each note a moment. Go down until it stops being comfortable, then up.
Your range
Range is not the whole story: a choir places you by where your voice sits easiest, and may still put you somewhere else.
Your range is kept on this device, and the app shows it beside the part picker.
The choir's four parts
Roughly how far the parts go in choral music. A single piece seldom goes all the way, and sometimes a little further.
Soprano
Lowest C4Highest A5
The highest part, and most often the one with the tune. Higher women's voices and children.
Alto
Lowest G3Highest D5
Below the soprano, in the middle and low of women's voices. Often carries the harmony.
Tenor
Lowest C3Highest A4
The highest men's part. Written in the treble clef an octave down, or in the bass clef.
Bass
Lowest E2Highest D4
The lowest part, the one the choir stands on.
Range is not everything
Two singers with the same range can belong in different parts. What decides is where the voice is at home: where it rings easily and can stay for a long time. That is called tessitura.
Measure when your voice is warmed up, and do not push it. The test asks for what is comfortable, not the highest note you have ever reached.
If you already sing in a choir, your choir leader places you. The test is for anyone wondering where to begin.