Challenge your limits! A collection of Vocaloid songs with high keys and soaring high melodies
Many people probably have the impression that “Vocaloid songs have high keys.” In fact, the pitch range you can manipulate with synthetic vocal software is quite wide.
If you own one, you know—you’ve probably tried making it sing at absurdly high pitches, right? In this article, I’ve put together a list of Vocaloid songs with high keys! I think it’s a playlist that can help you choose songs for karaoke or cover videos.
Strictly speaking, in music theory there’s a difference between “a melody that includes high notes” and “a song with a high key,” but I’ve kept things loose here to be more accessible.
By all means, challenge the limits of your own vocal cords!
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Challenge Your Limits! A Collection of High-Key, High-Treble Melodic Vocaloid Songs (51–60)
Super Protagonist feat. Hatsune MikuPinokio P
Currently popular in the Vocaloid community as a seemingly eccentric yet deeply meaningful masterpiece, “Super Protagonist feat.
Hatsune Miku” is a new song by the well-known Vocaloid producer PinocchioP, featuring an ostentatious, flashy melody.
While the vocal line contains no long sustained notes, it involves drastic pitch changes and stays in a consistently high range, making it highly challenging.
Rather than being difficult for hitting high notes per se, it’s the continuous production of high notes that poses the real challenge.
Consider adding it to your repertoire.
Pamelabarūn
A Vocaloid producer also known under the singer-songwriter name Keina Suda, Balloon’s track is a high-velocity number that reaffirms their enduring popularity, having taken first place in the BokaColle 2021 Autumn TOP 100 ranking.
With consistently high pitches, rapid-fire delivery, and a complex melody, it’s the perfect song for pushing your limits at karaoke.
Normally you might want to lower the key, but singing it in the original key lets you fully experience its difficulty.
It’s a work that symbolizes the momentum of Vocaloid’s popularity.
World’s End Dancehallwowaka
It’s a Vocaloid track with an irresistibly stylish, razor-sharp sound.
It’s one of wowaka’s signature songs—he also thrived as the frontman of the rock band Hitorie—and it was released in 2010.
The track has an addictive quality that perfectly fits the phrase “once you hear it, you can’t stop.” The melody line hardly ever drops in pitch and carries straight through to the end.
And because there are many rapid-fire phrases, it’s easy to lose track of where to breathe when singing it at karaoke.
But that’s exactly why it feels so good if you manage to sing it all the way through.
Neroismkairiki bea
Kairiki Bear, a Vocaloid producer known for supplying songs to many creators—including the YouTuber P-Maru-sama—has also gained popularity for edgy tracks laced with irony.
His 2020 release “Neroism” is perfect for those looking for high-key Vocaloid songs.
The rhythmic guitar that pulses through the uptempo beat is striking, and the cute, girlish vocals of Nekkara Mikoto are a must-hear.
Try singing the uniquely humorous lyrics with your own high-tone voice!
Challenge your limits! A collection of Vocaloid songs with high keys and soaring melodies (61–70)
schadenfreudeguchiri
I’d like to introduce “Schadenfreude,” a piece released by Guchiri.
It was created for “VocaColle 2021 Autumn TOP100,” and its uncontainable anger and despair are sung in Otomachi Una’s soaring high register.
It starts with parts depicting trivial misfortunes and then expands in scale, which is quite interesting.
By the way, this work is linked to two previously released songs, “Ameji Shoujo” and “Vanish.” It sounds like it would be fun to sing them together.
Invisiblekemu
This song is the very essence of “Voca-rock,” combining a hefty, weighty beat, distorted guitars, and energetic synthesizer riffs.
It’s a work by kemu—aka Akita Horie, who plays bass in the rock band PENGUIN RESEARCH—and was released in 2011.
Maybe thanks to its fast-paced structure and rhythmic melody, it’s really satisfying to listen to.
Not only is it high in range, but the sheer number of words makes it pretty tough to sing solo.
If you’re doing it at karaoke, it might be best to split the parts with a friend.
Shattered Heartkairiki bea
A high-sense, stylish four-on-the-floor dance rock track.
It’s a piece by the Vocaloid producer Kairiki Bear—also known for “Venom” and “Alkali Rettousei”—released in 2018.
It’s packed with charm: a light, snappy rhythm, razor-sharp guitars, and a growling, funky bassline! The lyrics are full of catchy, great-sounding words that make you want to say them out loud, too! Throughout the song, the melody almost never drops in pitch.
Think of it as basically high the whole time.
It might be good practice for maintaining your high range.