Vocal range
Axl Rose
Tenor · Hard Rock · Rock · USA · prominent since 1987
Cited range
F1 — A#6
Octaves
5.4
Semitones
65
Full voice to
D5
Voice type
Tenor
red dash = top of full voice
What is Axl Rose’s vocal range?
Axl Rose's vocal range is commonly cited as F1 to A#6 (Bb6) — about 5.4 octaves, or 65 semitones, and is usually classified as tenor. Full voice is cited up to around D5; everything above that comes from falsetto or head voice.
Two voices in one: a low growl underneath, a thin cutting rasp on top, screams above that. That cited span is wider than 99% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
- Sweet Child o' Mine
- Low F1 heard in
- There Was a Time
Reading the numbers
- It is the widest cited span of any of the 127 tenors in this library.
- F1 is a deep floor for a tenor — lower than every other tenor in this library.
- The top note beats 99% of the 127 tenors in this library.
- Only 2 singers here are cited below F1.
- Only 8 singers here reach above A#6.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
You vs Axl Rose
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 Axl Rose’s.
Same notes, other voices