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Are you one of those aspiring to have a professional singing career? If you are, know that dreams can certainly turn to reality. But before you reach the peaks of your dreams, you got to climb from the basics first. I intend to help you in that process. One of the basic principles you have to know about is vocal range. Learn about the things discussed in this article and find out your vocal range.

Your voice is considered to be the most complex musical instrument. Knowing how it works equips you on how to use it better. Your voice is the sound produced when your vocal chords or vocal folds vibrate against each other as you breath out air through them. These vocal chords or vocal folds are found in your throat.

Different people have different vocal fold sizes and that is why people have differently pitched voices. Men usually have larger vocal folds and thus produce a lower pitched voice. Women on the other hand have smaller vocal folds and thus produce a higher pitched vocal. These various voice pitches are called vocal ranges.

There are six basic groups of vocal ranges. I have listed them and arranged them according to highest to lowest pitch. They are:

1. Soprano

2. Mezzo-Soprano

3. Alto

4. Tenor

5. Baritone

6. Bass

The first three categories (Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, and Alto) are normally female vocal ranges. I used the word “normally” because there are a few men who can actually sing in these ranges even in their natural voice.

In the same way, the remaining three categories of vocal ranges are for males but some females can sing in these low pitched ranges.

You need to know your range so that you can learn to sing within it. Singing within your range helps you avoid straining which can damage your vocal chords.

Whatever range you are in, you can still learn to widen that and reach other ranges in the future. It takes good practice and training though. Like me, when I started singing, I could only sing within the bass range. After some time, I upgraded to a baritone. Now I can sing tenor and even rarely hit an alto pitch.

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