Singing Carrots Pitch Accuracy Test tells you whether you sing in tune in about two minutes. Put on headphones, enable your microphone, match one note, sing a short five-note melody, then sing a full scale. The test scores your precision and sustain and shows whether you tend to land flat or sharp. This guide covers how to run it and, just as important, how to read the result. It’s free and runs in your browser. No instrument, no sign-up.
Want to know why you sing out of pitch? See why do you sing out of pitch. Want the fixes and a practice routine? See how to sing in tune: 7 simple fixes. This page is about finding out where you stand and understanding your score.
Can I sing in tune?
Most people can, and more than think. True tone-deafness is rare; if you can hear when a note sounds off, your pitch perception works and the gap is trainable. A test gives you an honest starting point instead of a guess. Not sure whether you can sing at all? Start with our friendly self-test, then come back here to measure it precisely.
Before you start: headphones and a microphone
Headphones are required, not optional. The test plays reference notes, and without headphones your mic hears those notes as well as your voice, which throws off the reading. Any earbuds work. You’ll also need to allow microphone access when the test asks. If you use Bluetooth headphones and the audio feels out of sync with the visuals, open the settings gear (top right) and adjust the latency compensation.
How to use the Pitch Accuracy Test, step by step
1. Open the test and put on your headphones. The first prompt asks you to confirm your headphones are on and to enable your mic. Do both before continuing.
2. Tell it about your voice. The test asks two quick questions: your experience level (struggle to hit notes / mostly in tune / professional) and whether it’s testing a male or female voice, and calibrates the melody to suit you.
3. Step 1 — match a single note. A target note lights up green on the keyboard. Sing it and hold it. If it’s too hard to reach, you can choose your own starting note using the buttons at the bottom of the screen.
4. Step 2 — sing a five-note melody. This is the warm-up. Follow the notes as they play and try to hit all five. If the melody sits too high or too low for you, adjust the first note and try again. If it’s still too fast, tap This test is too hard and the test slows the tempo down.
5. Step 3 — sing the scale. This is the actual test: a full major scale of 15 notes. Sing along as each note plays. You’re allowed a few misses, so don’t panic over one wobble. Keep going.
6. Read your result. You’ll see how many of the 15 notes you hit, plus a detailed analysis of your precision, your sustain, and the flat/sharp pattern of your misses. The next section explains exactly what those mean.
7. Watch the replay and track your progress. You can replay your attempt to see where you drifted, and the test saves your result so you can retest later and watch the numbers move.
What the test measures
It reports two scores and a breakdown. Precision is how close your notes land on the target pitch. Sustain is how steadily you hold a note once you’ve found it. And a pitch-quality breakdown sorts every note into too low, slightly low, precise, slightly high, or too high — so you see the pattern of your misses, not a pass/fail.
How to read your result
Every note is sorted by how far it landed from the target. Precise means you were perfectly in tune. Slightly low or slightly highmeans you were within one semitone — close enough that most listeners wouldn’t hear it, but worth tightening. Too low or too highmeans you missed by more than a semitone. Your precision score counts slightly-off notes as hits as long as you held them briefly, so it rewards finding the note even if you didn’t center it. Your sustain score is how long you held each note stably without drifting — you don’t need 100%; 70–80% is already a strong result. The pattern tells you more than the number: a run of slightly low means you land just under pitch, and low sustain with good precision means you find notes but lose them.
Do most people sing flat or sharp?
Flat, by a wide margin. Singing Carrots analyzed 632,000 missed notes and found that 65.7% were flat. That is: sung under the target — not sharp. On rising melodic lines the effect is even stronger: 81.3% of misses are flat. So if your result shows a lot of slightly low, you’re in the majority, and drifting flat is one of the most trainable habits to fix. For why this happens, see why do you sing out of pitch.
Frequently asked questions
Is there an app that tells you if you can sing? Yes — this test scores your pitch accuracy in real time and shows exactly where you’re on and off.
Is this an AI that rates my singing? It measures your pitch objectively against the target notes and reports precision, sustain, and your flat/sharp pattern. Singing Carrots also offers an AI vocal coach that turns those results into practice.
Do I really need headphones? Yes. Without them the mic picks up the reference notes along with your voice and the reading isn’t reliable.
What if the notes are too high or too low for me? Use the buttons at the bottom of the screen to change the starting note so the melody sits in your comfortable range.
How long does it take? About two minutes for all three steps.
What’s the difference between the Pitch Accuracy Test and Pitch Training? The test measures where your pitch is now. Pitch Training is the practice game that helps you improve it. Take the test first for a baseline, then use Pitch Training to work on what it showed you.
Is it free? Yes — the Pitch Accuracy Test is one of Singing Carrots’ free tools.