I have created Vocal Workouts for each voice type. Check out the Playlists below: Tenor Workouts: kzfaq.info/sun/PLNz17Ilnj5RM6Kom2wdAkyXSgUkcNdSsX Baritone Workouts: kzfaq.info/sun/PLNz17Ilnj5ROLew-jEgJy2MjnAywkORbm Bass Workouts: kzfaq.info/sun/PLNz17Ilnj5ROZax1Bjt98PJggsQmPbL7Y Soprano Workouts: kzfaq.info/sun/PLNz17Ilnj5RPbOQVtkHqswOhCgRn7qMbd Mezzo Workouts: kzfaq.info/sun/PLNz17Ilnj5RMirezj6ij0LM2EV9XNE7-Q Alto Workouts: kzfaq.info/sun/PLNz17Ilnj5RPUXaarbMSftLtHNl_yNaXJ

"sing an AH vowel" me: softly hums to self because I do not want to sound stupid in front of my family members

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.

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!

I’m a female but I feel like I was more comfortable before the female notes came in

The noises I made trying to do this 😭

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.

I’m a soprano , I just went into my whistle register 2 days ago. I’m so excited !!

i cant tell if im harmonizing or singing the actual note

Ian: Okay, sing the same note as the piano. Me, a complete beginner: But I'm not a piano... ?

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)

i actually got what i was thinking all of this time it’s perfectly alto-mezzo soprano range thank you so much!

"Congratulations, your voice range is Alto!" me, who loves alto and has always sung alto and nothing else: What a surprise

F2-E5, primo passagio at C4, secondo passagio at F#4 god looked at me and said "lady tenor"

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!

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

"You may be able to hit notes in other categories as well" ... i cannot even hit the ones inside my category ;-;

*sigh* Damn. I never knew I was vocally fached. 🙇🏻‍♂️

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 was never quite sure whether I was a true bass until I tried almost every voice range test on KZfaq 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.

As an Italian, I liked how you pronounced primo e secondo passaggio 🤗 and tessitura! In a Southern Italy accent

I was put in soprano my whole choir life...turns out I might be an alto after all.

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!

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

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

why is my range literally 8 notes...

Thank you! That was a really helpful and interesting video

what a conclusion ! love it ! thanks

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🙂

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.

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 :)

Excellent. Thank you, Ian.

Him: We'll sing a note everyone can reach. Middle C. Me: *Cries in bass

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!

Yep! I'm gonna fly all the way to Australia to work with you.

I’m an alto but can definitely hit some mezzo notes, thank you for this test!

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

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!

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

Thank you for the clarity and detail. Confirmed my suspicions that I'm a baritone.

my mixed voice mixes too well, I can't tell wehere my chestvoice stops or where my headvoice begins anymore hahah

Low Test - 2:39 High Test - 3:48 Male Primo - 7:09 Female Primo - 7:37 Secundo - 8:47

This was very educational. Thank you

Great video - I always struggled to properly define which group I'm also in.

Piano: *stops at C6* Me: "Wait! Come back! I'm not done yet!"

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!

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 ._.

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.

Very interesting and highly educative.

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!

I literally don't know HOW to sing with the piano 😭

Does anyone else feel that he's playing the notes too fast? I can't keep up and I can't pause that fast

thanks for the encouragement!

I love how you describe call register as a melodic yell!

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 🙂

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.

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

thank you so much this was really helpful!!!

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 :)

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.

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!

thank you sir!very helpful!

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"

I could easily find my range, but the Primo and Secondo were so tricky, I am not sure I did it right.

I range from C2 to D5. I can't be a bass, a baritone or a tenor. I've always considered myself a baritone. I need to warm up to get to C2, naturally I'll start at D2, same for D5, warmed up no problem, also Eb5, but to keep it safe I don't usually go over C5 and below E2. I have no falsetto, or actually I can do falsetto but the highest note it's the same or lower than head voice or even chest voice and for some reason I can manage in falsetto only vowels like oo or ee

Thank you for giving us free music class

Thank you! Your warmups have improved my voice considerably!

"Sing with no Boundaries".... love it. I've always been misplaced in groups G2 - C6 🦋

Excellent Video!! Thank you, Mate! Baritone - Primo B3 - Secondo E4

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!!!

I'm female and my range is almost exact match with tenor's range from the table... Is it even ok? XD I don't know anything about singing but I want to start vocal exercising

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.

Great video. I’m a Mezzo-Soprano…lmao. A vocal coach I got after high school figured this out. And this test confirmed. Lol. 😂

Great video !! I have a voice similar except c#4 and f#4 in then primo

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!

i loved this, thank you! You are a great explainer with a solid, confident, speaking delivery.

Amazing ! Thanks a lot :)

Mezzo! Thanks this helps so much

Thank you so much for your generous knowledge and care for each voice type.

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.

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

Very helpful,thanks

I've been singing soprano all my life. Turns out I'm a baritone after all.

My range: D3-D5. I definitely can’t get anywhere near A5. My passagio points don’t match those you have for alto, they’re more like those you have for tenors.

Great video

I'm not sure how well my brain could wrap itself around this test or if I managed to follow it properly... But looking at the songs I'm capable of singing without encountering too many problems, I'm most comfortable in the range of tenor and alto.

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. :(

A2-F#5! Lots of training and practice but I feel like I've been blessed!

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.

Is his shirt an Electric Forest reference, because that gives him Major bonus points 😄

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

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 trained my voice to go down to a D2 and I plan to go even lower!

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 👍🏻

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.

Finally after so long I know my voice type (I am a high tenor) thank you so much

Very helpful.