Can you sing Song Sung Blue by Neil Diamond?
Song Sung Blue by Neil Diamond runs G2 to C4 (17 semitones), rated easier for karaoke. Hum for 30 seconds to see your exact percent fit before you step up.
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Vocal character
warm easygoing · baritone, gentle sway
Editorial estimate, used as a minor fine-tuning signal alongside your vocal range, not a substitute for hearing the song.
Singing Song Sung Blue: what your voice is in for
Song Sung Blue is one of the friendliest entries in the entire researched catalog: a difficulty score of 30, a researched G2 to C4 range spanning 17 semitones, and a melody Neil Diamond built to be hummed by everyone within earshot. The stored key is G major at 94 percent confidence, and both basses and baritones fit the stored range outright.
The deciding element, such as it is, is charm: the melody strolls stepwise through the low male register, and the singer's whole job is keeping it buoyant, a light bounce in the phrasing, gentle dynamic swells, no heaviness anywhere. Simple songs expose lifeless delivery faster than hard ones. The technique is buoyant legato, connected but never sticky, with a smile audible in the vowels. The page's key math gives baritones a two semitone lift to A major as their mathematically ideal seat, and basses a one semitone drop to F# major. Tenors, altos, and everyone above take the six semitone lift to C# major, where the stroll keeps its ease. This is a genuine first-song candidate for a new singer.
Practice cue: sing it while doing something else, washing dishes, walking. If the song survives divided attention, you have the ease it asks for.
Written from this song's researched range on file, G2 to C4 (17 semitones), original key G major. July 2026.
Sing Song Sung Blue by Neil Diamond With Lyrics
Sing along with the lyrics in the karaoke-style video below, then compare the song against your Vocal ID.
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What key is Song Sung Blue in?
HumMatch's audio analysis reads Song Sung Blue in G major at 94% confidence and about 109 BPM, a confident read, so the original key shown here is a solid starting point for practice or transposition.
Can I sing Song Sung Blue at karaoke?
Few entries in Pop songs HumMatch tracks stretch as wide as Song Sung Blue: its 17-semitone span lands in the top 70%.
Highest and lowest notes
The available song-fit estimate places the low note around G2 and the high note around C4. If either edge feels tense, try a different key.
Vocal style
Song Sung Blue's peak note (C4) sits comfortably within a typical bass's range, and every voice type above it too.
Karaoke difficulty
Compared with the typical Pop song HumMatch tracks, Song Sung Blue scores more familiar for karaoke: 86/100 against a median of 58.
Who it likely fits
Lower and balanced voices may find this one of the easier Neil Diamond starts.
Who may struggle
Much of Song Sung Blue's 30/100 karaoke-difficulty rating traces back to a range in the top 70% widest for Pop.
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Range Guide
Song Sung Blue is estimated around G2 to C4. Compare that with your Vocal ID before choosing the original key. If your comfortable high note is below the song’s hardest section, try a lower key or one of the safer alternatives below.
Perfect For These Voice Types
An easy baritone singalong; almost any lower voice can carry this comfortably.
Best when your Vocal ID overlaps the main melody without strain.
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Song fit FAQ
Song Sung Blue spans roughly G2 to C4: about 17 semitones. Your safest move is to compare that against your own Vocal ID.
Across the 17 Neil Diamond songs with researched vocal ranges on HumMatch, the sung notes run from F2 to G5, about 38 semitones (roughly 3.2 octaves). See the full Neil Diamond vocal range guide for voice type and the hardest songs.
Song Sung Blue scores 30/100 for karaoke difficulty on HumMatch, which rates as easier. Compared with the typical Pop song HumMatch tracks, Song Sung Blue scores more familiar for karaoke: 86/100 against a median of 58.
Song Sung Blue's peak note (C4) sits comfortably within a typical bass's range, and every voice type above it too.
Lower and balanced voices may find this one of the easier Neil Diamond starts.
Song Sung Blue may work at karaoke if the original key sits comfortably for you and you know where the risky chorus or low phrases happen.
Hum 3 notes in HumMatch and compare your Vocal ID against Song Sung Blue, safer alternatives, and higher-risk picks.
Song Sung Blue by Neil Diamond is in G major. HumMatch's audio analysis detects this key at 94% confidence, and that score is shown on the page so you know how solid the read is.
Song Sung Blue runs at about 109 BPM, as measured by HumMatch's audio analysis.
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