Talk:Hatsune Miku/@comment-5012713-20120823161452/@comment-5017500-20120907171132

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Yes, it's really true.

Miku's optimum range is written in Scientific Pitch Notation (SPN). It was known to Japanese creators from long ago. For example, see this Piapro page which was written in March 2008 (written in Japanese). Actually some creators including me knew it soon after the release of Miku.

You wrote: "But this means... Info on Miku page ≪...≫ is wrong". Yes, it's wrong. Remember Prima is made as a professional soprano singer. If her upper limit was E5 in SPN, you couldn't call her soprano; you had to call her alto. So her limit must be E6 in SPN (= E5 in Yamaha notation). Human soprano singers sometimes sing in even higher notes such as F6 (or G6 in rare cases). See Wikipedia entry of "Soprano".

Of course, Miku also "can" sing E6 (in SPN), because Vocaloid's synthesis engine has a pitch shift algorithm. But using her in such a high note is not recommended, at least officially by Crypton. (Though some producers like to use her in high notes...)