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What is singing range? If you are a music student, you definitely know the answer to the question. In fact, you can even tell us what’s your singing range is. But for those who simply love listening and singing along with music, singing range can be a total stranger. In a nutshell, a singing range or vocal range is the spectrum of pitches that a human voice can produce.

The actual definition of singing range is the span from the lowest to the highest note a person can create with their voice. A person who studies singing range may define it more as the range of “musical useful” pitches. That means the pitches a particular singer can use when performing their style of music. Which ever definition you go by, singing range is different for everyone and that is why we have so many different types of singing.

Vocal ranges along with other vocal characteristics help to classify singing voices into voice types. The most common voice types are called Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Contralto, Countertenor, Tenor, Baritone and Bass. The Soprano is the highest pitch voice type and Bass is the lowest.

The voice types Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano and Contralto are to women, and the voice types Countertenor, Tenor, Baritone and Bass are to men. These voice types can help to easily determine which pitch a singer is more comfortable singing. A singer may be able to sing in different pitch, but he or she can only be classified into one voice type.

Individuals have all different abilities when it comes to singing. Opera singers are well noted for their ability to sing such high notes. Over the years there have been people noted for their singing range and ability to hit the highest or even lowest notes.

Charles Kellogg claimed that he had a 12.5 octaves singing range, which is really extraordinary for a male singer. Many have failed though, to verify Mr. Kellogg’s claim. The Guinness World Book of Records is one place to see the people who holds the title of having great singing range and these singing ranges have been verified.

Another record holder is a woman in Brazil who had the greatest sing range of eight octaves and the highest note of a G10. In the United States, a man is known for having six octaves singing range, who holds the lowest human note title. You see, a human voice is undeniably an instrument with tons of different abilities.