Pitch test
Hear a note, sing it back and see how close you were in cents, ten times in your own range. Free, in your browser, and nothing is recorded.
Sing ten notes back and see how close you get.
Takes about 3 minutes. It uses your microphone. Your browser measures the pitch and keeps no recording.
How it works
- 1Press Start and allow the microphone. Somewhere quiet works best.
- 2Sing one comfortable “aah” so the test can find your range.
- 3Each note plays, then it's your turn: sing it back and hold it for about two seconds. Afterwards a line shows where your voice landed against the note.
- 4You see your average distance from the notes in cents and how many were in tune, within 50 cents.
Questions
Is this a perfect pitch test?
No. This measures pitch accuracy: how close you sing to a note you've just heard. Naming notes with no reference is perfect pitch, and the perfect pitch test measures that.
Is my voice recorded?
No. Your browser measures the pitch of your voice many times a second and throws the sound away. Nothing is recorded, stored or uploaded, and the microphone switches off when the test ends.
What counts as in tune?
Within 50 cents (half a semitone) of the note. Trained singers are usually within 25. Singing the right note an octave higher or lower counts as right, since men and women often sing the same tune an octave apart.
I was way off. Can I get better?
Yes. Pitch matching improves quickly with practice and feedback: hear the note, see where your voice landed, adjust. Singing slowly helps too. In one study most people who sang off-key at normal speed sang in tune when they slowed down (Dalla Bella and colleagues, 2007).
It says it can't hear me. What do I do?
Sing a little louder, move closer to the microphone, and make the room quieter. A laptop's built-in microphone works; a headset microphone works better.