Listen to a short melody, sing it back and see how close every note lands, in cents. This singing test gives you a pitch accuracy score out of 100 and tells you if you lean flat or sharp. Free, no sign-up, right in your browser.
How it works
Three short rounds, each one a little harder than the last. Put on headphones if you have them and find a quiet spot.
Step 1
Choose lower voice or higher voice so the melodies sit in a comfortable range, then press Start and allow microphone access. Headphones help: the mic should hear only you, not the reference notes.
Step 2
Each round plays a reference first: one held note, then a 5-note melody, then an 8 or 9-note melody with a few jumps. After two clicks, sing it back on “la” or “ah” at the same speed. Any octave works.
Step 3
You get a score out of 100, the note you actually sang against each target, how many cents off it was, and whether you tend to sing flat or sharp. Retry any round, then copy or share your result.
Quick reference
Your overall score is the average of every note you sang, 14 or 15 in all. Here is what each band usually means and what to practice next.
| Score | Result | What it usually means | Practice next |
|---|---|---|---|
| 90–100 | Excellent pitch | Nearly every note within 15 cents | Harmonies and songs with big jumps |
| 75–89 | Good pitch | Mostly in tune, a few notes drift | Landing notes without sliding in |
| 55–74 | Getting there | Melody shape right, several notes off | Slow scales with a tuner |
| 0–54 | Keep practicing | Many notes off or missed | Matching single notes first |
Each note is scored by its median pitch, skipping the first fifth of the note so a small scoop doesn't count against you. Within 15 cents is spot on (full marks), 15–40 cents is slightly off (70–100 points), and points fall to zero at 200 cents, two semitones away. Notes too quiet to hear count as missed. A cent is 1/100 of a semitone.
Highlights
A simple listen-and-repeat format, scored in the same unit a tuner uses. Here is what happens behind your score.
Lower voices start around C3 and higher voices around C4, shifted a little each time so you can't memorize the answer. Singing the melody an octave up or down still counts, because that's musically correct. Pick whichever voice feels easiest.
While you sing, a needle shows how high or low you are against the target, and a pitch line traces your voice over the melody. Afterward each note gets its own verdict: spot on, slightly off, off or missed, with the exact number of cents.
If your notes average more than 12 cents low or high, the result says so and suggests a fix: steadier breath for flat singing, less pushing for sharp. It also points out missed notes and tells you when the longer melody with leaps tripped you up.
Pitch detection runs in your browser, so your singing is analyzed on your own device and never uploaded. There's no account and nothing to download, and you can retake the singing test as often as you like to track progress.
Pitch accuracy is the first thing most listeners notice. A voice can be thin, untrained or shy and still sound pleasant if the notes are right, while a big, rich voice sounds wrong the moment it drifts a quarter-tone off. That's why measuring pitch is a fair first answer to “am I a good singer?”, and why choirs often check pitch matching before anything else.
It isn't the whole answer. This test doesn't score tone, breath control, diction or expression, and it uses short, simple melodies rather than real songs. A high score means your ear and voice are working together; it doesn't mean you'll sound like a recording artist. A low score on a first try often reflects nerves, a cold voice or a melody pitched awkwardly for you.
For feedback on the rest, Rate My Singing uses AI to comment on tone, control and rhythm from a short clip (it needs a free account and uses credits). If you want your range rather than your accuracy, the vocal range test finds your lowest and highest notes, and every other free check lives in the voice tests hub.
Most people who sing off-key are not tone deaf. Research on poor-pitch singers, such as Pfordresher and Brown's 2007 study, found that most of them could hear pitch differences normally; the trouble was turning what they heard into the right vocal settings. That's good news, because ear-to-voice coordination improves with practice. If you're unsure whether hearing is the issue, the tone deaf test checks it with no microphone.
The usual culprits are easier to fix than they sound. Flat singing often comes from low energy or running out of breath at the end of a phrase. Sharp singing tends to come from pushing volume or tension on higher notes. Scooping, sliding up into every note from below, costs points on short notes. And a melody that sits too low or too high for your voice pulls everything off.
Practice in small, frequent doses. Five to ten minutes a day of matching single notes, then short scales, beats one long session a week. Use a voice tuner to watch your pitch while you hold a note, then take the singing test again every week or two to track your score. Our guide on how to sing in tune has a full 10-minute daily plan.
Last updated October 21, 2026
Use cases
Anyone who wants a straight answer about pitch, from first-time singers to choir regulars.
Get an honest baseline before you pay for lessons or apps, and see whether pitch or something else is holding you back.
Check your pitch matching before an audition, or practice holding your note steady while the parts around you move.
Find out whether that sour chorus is your pitch or the song's key, then pick songs you can land.
Retest every week or two to show progress as a number, note by note, instead of relying on how a lesson felt.
FAQ
Quick answers about scores, headphones and what the test measures.
Still have a question?
The quickest way to find out is to try it yourself. It only takes a minute.
Three short rounds, a score out of 100 and a note-by-note breakdown. Free, no sign-up, and your voice never leaves your device.
