Hit the note
Listen to the note and sing it back, first time. The microphone measures how many cents off your first steady note is: up to 10 cents off is worth 100 points. Five notes per player, all within each person’s range.
- 1 to 8 players
- 30 s per person
- Trains: ear and pitch
Result
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Who’s playing?
One at a time: on each person’s turn, pass the phone.
Up to 8 players per game.
Everyone sings in their own range: the notes move up or down to fit the singer’s voice, so low and high voices compete on equal terms.
Sing a comfortable note
An easy “ah”, as if you were speaking in song. Hold it until the bar fills up.
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(no sound)
How to play
- Type in everyone’s name and choose each voice: a profile, the saved range or “sing a note” to calibrate on the spot.
- On your turn, listen to the note and sing it back on a vowel, holding it for a moment. Your first steady note counts: no adjusting as you go.
- There are five notes per player. At the end, the group ranking and the result link; playing alone, you can challenge someone to sing the same sequence.
How it scores
Each note is worth 0 to 100 according to the error in cents (hundredths of a semitone): up to 10 cents off, 100 points; from there it drops in a straight line to 0 at 100 cents, a whole semitone. The same note an octave higher or lower counts the same. The score is the average of the five notes.
Frequently asked questions
What is a cent?
It’s a hundredth of a semitone: from C to C♯ is 100 cents. Hardly anyone notices a 10-cent error; 50 cents already sounds out of tune.
Why does singing an octave lower count?
Because it’s the same note, just lower or higher. A man singing a note meant for a female voice, for example, usually sings it an octave lower, and that’s right.
Are the notes the same for everyone?
The sequence is the same (the same steps up and down), moved into each person’s range. In a challenge by link, whoever receives it sings the same sequence as the challenger.