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Katy Perry featuring Nicki Minaj · 2017

Can you sing Swish Swish?

Swish Swish by Katy Perry featuring Nicki Minaj runs from D#3 to G#4 — 1 octave and 5 semitones.

In the original key it sits inside 1 of the 7 classical voice types: tenor.

The two notes were read from 2 sources and the row is marked medium confidence. Two sources, and they disagreed. This is the narrower one.

Where the song sits

D#3 to G#4, on the C2–C6 scale the test measures.
Swish Swish, as the catalogue holds it.
Lowest noteHighest noteSpanOriginal keyYearGenreDifficultyKaraoke popularity
D#3G#417 semitones · 1 octave and 5 semitonesF minor2017Hip-hop2 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–C5YesOriginal key
CountertenorE3–E5NoUp 1 semitone
ContraltoF3–F5NoUp 2 semitones
Mezzo-sopranoA3–A5NoUp 6 semitones
SopranoC4–C6NoUp 9 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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