vocalrange

Chris Brown · 2008

Can you sing Forever?

Forever by Chris Brown runs from B2 to G#4 — 1 octave and 9 semitones.

It sits inside none of the 7 classical voice types in the original key. The smallest move that gets it into one is down 1 semitone, into the baritone range.

The two notes were read from 1 source and the row is marked medium confidence. One source, read at its narrowest.

Where the song sits

B2 to G#4, on the C2–C6 scale the test measures.
Forever, as the catalogue holds it.
Lowest noteHighest noteSpanOriginal keyYearGenreDifficultyKaraoke popularity
B2G#421 semitones · 1 octave and 9 semitonesB major2008Pop2 of 53 of 5

Which voice types it fits in the original key

The bands are the classical voice types as the sourced Wikipedia articles state them. A voice type is settled by timbre and tessitura as well as span, so a band this song fits is not on its own your voice type.

Every band the song is measured against, in the key it was recorded in.
Voice typeBandFits as written?Smallest shift that fits
BassE2–E4NoDown 4 semitones
BaritoneG2–G4NoDown 1 semitone
TenorC3–C5NoUp 1 semitone
CountertenorE3–E5NoUp 5 semitones
ContraltoF3–F5NoUp 6 semitones
Mezzo-sopranoA3–A5NoUp 10 semitones
SopranoC4–C6NoUp 13 semitones

Where these numbers come from

Every source the row was read from is listed below. The page prints note names, a key, a year and a genre, and nothing about the recording itself.

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