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