yo what's your vocal range??
I’ve been taking private voice lessons under professionals in classical singing and musical theater since I was 15 years old, and now I’m almost 27-and-half, so it’s been almost twelve-and-a-half years since then. Technically, I’m capable of using a three octave vocal range from F#3-F#6/Gb6. I’ve learned arias and songs in which I’ve touched all three of those octaves at one point or another in private lessons. Of course, the extremes of the lower end (A3-F#3) and upper end (E6-F#6) aren’t notes I’m capable of singing when I’m on my period, I’m feeling exhausted, or I have a scratchy throat. I’d say I fall in the fach of light lyric soprano with a coloratura extension.
Range in and of itself doesn’t determine voice type, though There are sopranos who never sing higher than a C6. There are mezzos, contraltos, baritones, basses, and tenors who can hit notes well above and/or below their vocal passagio. Range is about the passagio your voice sits most comfortably. It’s not how many octaves you can produce. That being said, while it’s impressive for the average person with no professional vocal training, the average professionally trained singer can generally access about three octaves. Anything more than that is a rare gift.
