How accurately do you sing? This free pitch accuracy test plays target notes, listens while you sing them, and gives you a score out of 100 with your average error in cents, whether you tend to sing sharp or flat, how long you stay in tune and how steady your notes are. The ear test measures the finest pitch difference you can hear, and the free check shows the intonation of any note.
Pitch Accuracy Test
You hear each target note, then sing it on “ah” and hold it for 3 seconds. Nothing is recorded or uploaded.
Your pitch accuracy
- Average error
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- Tendency
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- In tune (±10¢)
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- Close (±25¢)
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- Stability
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- Time to find the pitch
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| Target | You sang | Average | In tune | Stability |
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You hear two short tones. Is the second tone higher or lower? The difference gets smaller as you answer correctly, until the test finds the smallest pitch difference you can hear. Use headphones in a quiet room.
No microphone needed.
Your pitch discrimination
- Average error
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- In tune (±10¢)
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- Tendency
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Sing or play any note and hold it: see how many cents sharp or flat it is.
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How to Take the Pitch Accuracy Test
- Choose Your voice (low, medium, high or higher) and how many notes the test has. Keep “any octave” on if a target is too high or low for you.
- Press Start test and allow the microphone. The test measures the room noise for a moment.
- Listen to the target note, then sing it on “ah” as soon as it stops, and hold it for three seconds. Watch the gauge and the pitch line: green is in tune.
- After the last note, read your report: score, average error, tendency, time in tune, stability and time to find the pitch, plus a row for every note.
- Press Test again to practise; your best score is kept on this device.
How the score works: each note scores 100 minus 2 points per cent of average error (0 cents = 100, 10 cents = 80, 25 cents = 50, 50 cents or more = 0). Skipped notes score 0. The final score is the average of all notes.
What Your Pitch Accuracy Result Means
| Result | What it tells you | Good target |
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| Score | Overall accuracy of all notes | 70+ good, 85+ excellent |
| Average error | How far from the target you were, in cents (100 cents = 1 semitone) | Under 15 cents |
| Tendency | Whether you sit sharp (above) or flat (below) on average | Within ±5 cents |
| In tune (±10¢) | Share of the time you were within 10 cents | Over 50% |
| Stability | How much your pitch wobbles while holding the note | Under ±12 cents |
| Time to find the pitch | How quickly you land on the note after you start singing | Under 0.5 s |
Most listeners start to hear a note as out of tune somewhere between 10 and 25 cents. More about the unit in what cents are in music tuning.
Fine Pitch Test: How Well Can You Hear Pitch?
Singing in tune starts with hearing in tune. In the ear test you hear two short tones and answer whether the second is higher or lower. It starts with an easy 100-cent step, makes the difference smaller each time you answer correctly and larger when you miss, and stops when it has found your threshold: the smallest difference you can hear reliably.
| Threshold | What it means |
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| Under 10 cents | Excellent: the level of trained musicians and piano tuners |
| 10–25 cents | Very good: you notice when a singer is slightly out of tune |
| 25–50 cents | Average for people without ear training |
| Over 50 cents | Needs practice: ear training improves this quickly |
Use headphones in a quiet room; no microphone is needed. The ear training guide has exercises to improve your result.
Intonation Checker for Any Note
The free check tab works like an intonation checker: sing or play any note and see how many cents sharp or flat it is compared with the nearest note, or with a note you choose. It keeps a running average error, time in tune and tendency, which is useful for long tones and for instruments.
Pitch Accuracy vs Pitch Stability
Accuracy is whether you land on the right note; stability is whether you stay there. A singer can hit the centre of a note on average and still wobble around it, or hold a very steady note that is 20 cents flat. The report separates the two so you know what to practise. Vibrato is a regular, even wobble and is not a fault; see what vibrato is.
Why Do Singers Go Sharp or Flat?
- Flat: tired voice, weak breath support, low energy, or not hearing yourself clearly.
- Sharp: tension and pushing on high notes, nerves, or over-correcting.
- Slow to find the pitch: scooping up into notes instead of starting on them.
Fixes for each are in why singers go sharp or flat, and warm-ups that help in vocal warm-up exercises to stay on pitch.
How to Improve Your Score
- Hum the target quietly before you sing it out loud.
- Start the note on pitch instead of sliding into it.
- Keep steady airflow and relax your jaw and throat on higher notes.
- Practise five minutes a day, then retest; watch the average error fall.
- Make it fun with the pitch matching game, and read the full plan in how to improve pitch accuracy.
Accuracy, Microphone and Privacy
The test uses the same pitch detection as our pitch detector, accurate to about a cent on clean notes. Noise, echo and very breathy singing make readings less stable; see how microphone quality affects accuracy. Everything runs in your browser and nothing is recorded or uploaded. To see the notes you sing in real time without a test, use the online pitch detector.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a good pitch accuracy score?
70 or more is good and 85 or more is excellent. Beginners often start between 40 and 60 and improve quickly with daily practice.
How many cents off is out of tune?
Differences under about 10 cents are hard to hear; 20–25 cents sound noticeably out of tune to most listeners.
Can I test my pitch without singing?
Yes: the ear test checks how well you hear pitch differences, with no microphone.
Why did my note count in another octave?
With “Accept the note in any octave” on, singing the right note an octave higher or lower counts. Turn it off for a strict test.