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Vocal range

Alison Krauss

Soprano · Country · Folk · USA · prominent since 1987

Cited range
G3D5
Octaves
1.6
Semitones
19
Voice type
Soprano
G3D5C3C4C5C6

What is Alison Krauss’s vocal range?

Alison Krauss's vocal range is commonly cited as G3 to D5 — about 1.6 octaves, or 19 semitones, and is usually classified as soprano.

Straight-tone soprano, nearly breathless, exact intonation and very little ornament.

Signature song
When You Say Nothing at All

Reading the numbers

  • The ceiling is modest for a soprano — no other soprano here stops lower.
  • No other soprano in this library works a narrower cited span.
  • The span is 13 semitones short of the library median (32 semitones) — a compact working range.
  • 3 other voices here carry the identical cited range — at the resolution these figures are quoted in, those voices are indistinguishable on the chart.
  • Ranked by bottom note, it is the 341st lowest of the 357 voices here; by top note, the 249th highest.

Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.

You vs Alison Krauss

Take the free 2-minute range test — your mic finds your lowest and highest notes, then this page shows exactly how your voice lines up with Alison Krauss’s.