Whether in the car, in the shower, or on stage in front of hundreds or thousands of people, you prefer to deliver a sensitive, mysterious, and/or reserved performance.
You’re emotionally moved by agile, artful, and technically dazzling voices that transition through the vocal registers effortlessly.
It’s common for you to be comfortable, charming, and whimsical when you sing.
People who’ve heard you sing might say that your voice is mesmerizing, calming, and/or soulful.
People might say that your voice is primal and visceral.
It’s common for you to be passionate, theatrical, and expressive when you sing.
Loudness, breathiness, and vocal distortions are less appealing to you than purity of tone and vocal agility.
You like to listen to pure voices that resonate with the space around you and blend well with other voices or instruments.
You get “chills” when you hear voices that sound strong, ringing, and focused.
These three instruments might represent your voice: The trumpet, the French horn, and the electric guitar.
You engage your audience with your relaxed, easy going nature and your ability to tell a story with your voice.
Power, resonance, and a singer’s high range are more important to you than breathiness, vocal agility, and roughness in a voice.
It’s important for you to deliver a passionate and engaging vocal performance with powerful and high vocals.
You might describe your own voice as soothing, resonant, and buoyant.
You generally showcase the middle to mid-high part of your range and sometimes you let your voice softly “flip” or yodel from one part of your voice to another.
Your favorite singers tend to have a lightness to their voice in addition to a breathy and/or wispy quality.
Sometimes it might feel like your voice “moves” faster than you intend it to move when you’re performing riffs, runs, and melisma.
Soft and gentle singing comes naturally to you, but it’s somewhat difficult for you to sing loudly.
You gravitate toward singers whose voices sky rocket to the high notes with intensity and conviction.
It takes more effort for you to sing in a soft manner than it does to sing loudly.
When you sing it feels like a gentle breeze moving through your voice box.
It’s common for you to be demure, subdued, and calm when you sing.
You want the audience to feel your pain and/or frustration through the power of your voice.
Singing powerfully in the upper part of your vocal range seems to come naturally to you.
When you sing you motivate yourself or others with your confident and strong state-of-mind.
When you sing, sometimes it feels “locked” in your middle/lower voice (the part of your vocal range that is the most like your speaking voice).
Vocal range, vocal power, and a strong presence are characteristics that attract you to a singer.
A singer’s lower register and the variety of vocal textures that they demonstrate is more appealing to you than clarity of tone, vocal acrobats and/or vocal range.
These three instruments represent your voice: The tuba, the upright bass, and/or the bass guitar.
These three instruments adequately represent your voice: the flute, the harp, and the violin.
You notice your voice is somewhat loud, bright, and it probably sticks out if you’ve ever sung in a choir.
You regularly use vocal distortions in order increase the realness/relatability of your voice.
You connect with your audience through your sensitivity and your melancholy nature.
These three instruments adequately represent your voice: the saxophone, the harp, and the marimba.
You get the “good chills” when you hear singing voices that sound husky, raspy, gravelly, and unpolished.
You would say that your voice has some nasality, “brightness”, and/or a resonant “ring” quality to it.
It’s common for you to be assertive, authoritative, or “amped up” when you sing.
Approachable and inviting voices that flow and fade like the wind catch your attention.
You feel like your voice is amplified by your mouth, nasal passages, and your whole face.
Vocal clarity and purity of tone are not terms that you would use to describe your singing voice.
It’s important for you to convey raw emotion with vocal “distortions”
Your voice shimmers and resonates easily without sounding loud. Some people might even say your voice is “yummy” or “buttery”.
Sometimes if feels like your voice doesn’t have a lot of “traction”, which makes it feel like your voice is somewhat detached or disconnected.
When you sing, you prefer to keep your lips, tongue, and neck relaxed in order to make the most fluidlike and free flowing sounds.
You rely on unbridled singing with lots of high notes to showcase what you can do with your voice.
You can easily make your voice loud without needing to sing in the high part of your range.
You sing in a fun, easygoing, and playful manner, but your voice is also well suited for sad or melancholy songs.
You generally showcase the mid-low to mid-high part of your range preferring to keep your voice controlled and “in the pocket” or the “sweet spot” (the most comfortable part of your vocal range).
You gravitate toward singers who have “raspy”, “gravelly”, and/or “booming” low voices.
When you sing you feel some sound pressure reverberating in your mouth and sinuses almost as if there’s an echo chamber or cathedral in your head.
People might say that your voice is intense, focused, and dazzling.
Gentleness, purity of tone, and “lightness” are more appealing to you than loudness, vocal range, and vocal distortions/roughness.
You get “goosebumps” when you hear voices that sound soft, emotional, and tender.
Singing in your lower vocal register/“chest voice” seems to come naturally to you.
You share your effortlessly produced voice with a sense of breath flow and softness, which allows you to produce your unique sound.
You harness the impurities of your voice to increase the emotional impact of the song.
Your favorite singers tend to have a pure, agile, and free-flowing sound.
People might say that your voice is soothing, gentle, relaxing, and/or “silvery”.
A distinct and sturdy voice is more appealing to you than an agile and pure voice.
You would say that your voice has an airy and breathy quality to it.
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