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Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna · 2016

Can you sing This Is What You Came For?

This Is What You Came For by Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna runs from G3 to E5 — 1 octave and 9 semitones.

In the original key it sits inside 2 of the 7 classical voice types: countertenor and contralto.

The two notes were read from 3 sources and the row is marked medium confidence. Three sources, and they disagreed. This is the narrowest one.

Where the song sits

G3 to E5, on the C2–C6 scale the test measures.
This Is What You Came For, as the catalogue holds it.
Lowest noteHighest noteSpanOriginal keyYearGenreDifficultyKaraoke popularity
G3E521 semitones · 1 octave and 9 semitonesA minor2016Dance/Electronic4 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 12 semitones
BaritoneG2–G4NoDown 9 semitones
TenorC3–C5NoDown 4 semitones
CountertenorE3–E5YesOriginal key
ContraltoF3–F5YesOriginal key
Mezzo-sopranoA3–A5NoUp 2 semitones
SopranoC4–C6NoUp 5 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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