Find your vocal tier in about three minutes. This free vocal tier test measures three things a microphone can judge fairly: your range, how accurately you match five notes, and how steadily you hold one. You get a score out of 100 and a tier from 1 (Beginner) to 5 (Elite), with the exact formula shown below and a tip for your weakest area.
Vocal Tier Test
Three short steps, about three minutes: your range, how accurately you match five notes, and how steadily you hold one. You get a score out of 100 and a tier from 1 to 5. Headphones help: the reference notes shouldn't reach the microphone.
- 1. Range
- 2. Pitch
- 3. Stability
- Result
Lowest note: sing “ah” and slide down slowly, holding each note for a second. Your lowest steady note is kept.
Lowest: · Highest:
Match the note: press Play, listen, then press Sing and hold the same note steadily until it is marked.
Hold one note: press Play to hear a comfortable note, then press Hold and sing it as steadily as you can for three seconds.
Scored with this site's published formula (range 40 + pitch 40 + stability 20). It measures range, tuning and steadiness only, not tone, style or musicianship.
Sound is analysed in your browser. Nothing is recorded or uploaded. Stop if anything strains.
What Is a Vocal Tier?
“Vocal tiers” are an informal way singers rank ability online, from beginner to elite, usually in tier lists of famous voices. Those lists are opinions. This test is different: it scores only the parts of singing that can be measured objectively from your own microphone, so two people who sing the same way get the same result. It doesn’t judge tone, style or emotion, which need a human listener.
How the Vocal Tier Test Works
- Range: sing your lowest and highest steady notes, or enter them. The wider your controlled range, the more points.
- Pitch accuracy: the test plays five notes spread across your range. Sing each one back and hold it; the test measures how many cents (hundredths of a semitone) you are sharp or flat.
- Stability: sing one comfortable note for three seconds. The test measures how much the pitch wobbles.
Use headphones if you can, so the reference notes don’t reach the microphone, and warm up first with a few vocal warm-up exercises. If you’re not sure how to find your lowest and highest notes, read how to find your vocal range. Without a microphone you can still enter your range and get a range-only score.
How Your Score Is Calculated
| Part | Points | How it is scored |
|---|---|---|
| Range | 0–40 | By octaves: under 1 → 6, 1–1.5 → 14, 1.5–2 → 22, 2–2.5 → 28, 2.5–3 → 34, 3–3.5 → 38, 3.5 or more → 40 |
| Pitch accuracy | 0–40 | Average error over the five notes: 10 cents or less → 40, falling evenly to 0 at 80 cents; a note not detected in 8 seconds counts as 100 cents |
| Stability | 0–20 | Pitch wobble (standard deviation) while holding: 5 cents or less → 20, falling evenly to 0 at 40 cents |
| Total | Tier |
|---|---|
| 90–100 | Tier 5: Elite |
| 75–89 | Tier 4: Advanced |
| 60–74 | Tier 3: Intermediate |
| 40–59 | Tier 2: Developing |
| 0–39 | Tier 1: Beginner |
Many listeners start to hear a held note as out of tune somewhere between 10 and 25 cents, which is why the pitch score is strict. Range is capped at 40 points because a wide range is not worth more than accurate, steady singing. A three-octave range, for example, already earns 38; to see why that is a very good result, read is a 3 octave range good?
Example score
A singer with 2.2 octaves (28 points), an average pitch error of 24 cents (32 points) and 12 cents of wobble (16 points) scores 76: Tier 4, Advanced. The same singer with 40 cents of pitch error would score 23 for pitch and 67 overall: Tier 3.
Before You Start: Set Up for a Fair Score
- Headphones: wired or built-in earbuds stop the reference notes reaching the microphone. Bluetooth headsets often switch to a low-quality microphone mode, so use the device’s own microphone.
- A quiet room: turn off fans, music and the TV; background sound can be mistaken for your voice.
- Distance: keep the device about 30–50 cm from your mouth and sing at a comfortable, medium volume.
- A warm voice: a cold voice loses notes at both ends and wobbles more, which costs points in every part.
Vocal Tier Test vs Vocal Range Test
A vocal range test measures one thing: how wide your range is and where it sits. That is the right tool for finding your voice type or checking whether a song fits. The vocal tier test uses your range as only 40% of the score and adds two skills a range test ignores: hitting a note you hear, and holding a note without drifting. That makes it a better picture of how well you sing today, and a better way to track practice, because pitch accuracy and stability improve much faster than range.
What Each Tier Means
- Tier 1, Beginner: everyone starts here. Warm up, sing along with a reference note and retest in a few weeks.
- Tier 2, Developing: the basics are there. Pitch matching and steady long notes are the fastest gains.
- Tier 3, Intermediate: a solid voice with clear strengths; practice lifts the weakest score quickly.
- Tier 4, Advanced: strong range and pitch with good control; fine-tune consistency.
- Tier 5, Elite: a wide, accurate and very steady voice, the level of experienced performers.
How to Move Up a Tier
- Pitch: play a note, sing it, and check it with the pitch detector until you land within about 10 cents. A few minutes a day is enough.
- Stability: practise long, soft notes with relaxed, steady breath support, building up to eight or ten seconds without wobble.
- Range: add notes gradually with sirens and lip trills; follow how to increase your vocal range and stop at any strain. Track your span with the octave range test.
- Retest fairly: same room, same time of day, same headphones, after the same warm-up.
What the Test Can’t Measure
A score out of 100 is a snapshot of range, tuning and steadiness on your device today. It can’t hear tone colour, diction, dynamics, style or how moving your singing is, and a cheap microphone or a noisy room can lower the result. Use it to track your own progress over weeks rather than to compare yourself with famous singers. For a closer look at your range and the singers who share it, use the vocal range calculator, or check your voice type with the voice type test.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is my vocal tier?
Take the test above: it combines your range, pitch accuracy and stability into a score out of 100 and a tier from 1 to 5.
Is Tier 3 good?
Yes. Tier 3 (60–74 points) means a solid voice with some areas to polish, typical of committed amateur singers.
Why is my pitch score low when I sing in tune?
Reference notes leaking from speakers into the microphone, background noise, or sliding into notes can lower it. Use headphones, hold each note steadily and try again.
Can I improve my vocal tier?
Yes. Pitch and stability improve quickly with daily practice; range grows more slowly. Retest every few weeks.
How long does the vocal tier test take?
About three minutes: a minute for your range, a minute or two for the five notes and a few seconds for the held note.
Does it work on a phone?
Yes, in current Chrome, Safari, Edge and Firefox. Allow microphone access when asked and use earbuds for the pitch step.
Is my voice recorded?
No. The sound is analysed in your browser as you sing and is never stored or uploaded.