Voice Type Classifier

The tool detects your pitch live with the YIN algorithm and tracks the lowest and highest notes you hold steadily, plus your tessitura (the pitch region where you spend most of your singing time — not your extremes, but your comfortable center). It then compares your range and tessitura against the typical ranges of seven voice types — bass, baritone, tenor, countertenor, contralto, mezzo-soprano, soprano — and picks the best fit. The confidence reflects how clearly one type fits better than its neighbours; if your range straddles two, confidence is low and that’s honest. The comparison chart shows every type’s typical span with your measured range overlaid. Everything runs live on your device; nothing is recorded.

Range alone cannot fully determine voice type. Professional vocal classification (the Fach system) also weighs timbre (bright vs dark), vocal weight, where your voice sits comfortably, and your passaggio — the register break or bridging point where the voice transitions from chest voice to head voice. Two singers with the same range can be different voice types depending on where their passaggio falls and how their voice resonates. Use this voice type test as a fun, data-driven starting point, and let a voice teacher make the real call. To track the raw pitch data underlying your range, the pitch detector shows your current note and cents deviation in real time.

The passaggio (Italian for "passage") is the transition zone where the voice shifts registers — from the fuller chest-voice resonance to the lighter head-voice or falsetto production. Most singers have two: a primo passaggio (lower break) and a secondo passaggio (upper break). Crucially, where these transitions fall is one of the clearest markers of voice type: a baritone's passaggio sits lower than a tenor's, even if both can reach the same top note with effort. This is why range alone is not enough for a reliable classification.

Equally important is the difference between range and tessitura. Range is the full span of notes you can produce; tessitura is the narrower band where your voice sits comfortably and sounds its best. Two singers can share an identical range yet belong to different voice types because their tessituras differ. Add timbre (the characteristic colour of the voice) and the passaggio location, and you have the four pillars of professional Fach classification. A browser pitch tool like this one can estimate tessitura from the notes you use most — see the singing range detector for a guided session focused on that comfortable zone — but passaggio location and tonal colour require a trained teacher's ear. If you want to explore the spectral side of your voice, the vocal formant analyzer shows the resonance peaks (F1/F2/F3) that contribute to your voice's timbre.