vocalrange

Cyndi Lauper · 1983

Can you sing Girls Just Want To Have Fun?

Girls Just Want To Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper runs from C4 to E5 — 1 octave and 4 semitones.

In the original key it sits inside 4 of the 7 classical voice types: countertenor, contralto, mezzo-soprano and soprano.

The two notes were read from 2 sources and the row is marked low confidence.

Where the song sits

C4 to E5, on the C2–C6 scale the test measures.
Girls Just Want To Have Fun, as the catalogue holds it.
Lowest noteHighest noteSpanOriginal keyYearGenreDifficultyKaraoke popularity
C4E516 semitones · 1 octave and 4 semitonesG Major1983Pop1 of 54 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 12 semitones
BaritoneG2–G4NoDown 9 semitones
TenorC3–C5NoDown 4 semitones
CountertenorE3–E5YesOriginal key
ContraltoF3–F5YesOriginal key
Mezzo-sopranoA3–A5YesOriginal key
SopranoC4–C6YesOriginal key

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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