In general, female voices are higher in pitch than male voices, although everybody’s voice range is individual and there are many variations. The “range” of a persons voice is determined by the highest and lowest notes they can sing.

When you are learning to copy recorded versions of songs by ear, you may feel that you have the correct notes but your version sounds higher or lower than the one you are copying. For example, if you are a female singer learning from a version of a song sung by a male singer, your version may be higher. This is because you have a higher voice range than the male singer. In this case you are likely to be singing the notes in a different octave to the original.

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