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Vocal range

Billy Corgan

Tenor · Alternative · Grunge · Rock · USA · prominent since 1991

Cited range
F2E5
Octaves
2.9
Semitones
35
Full voice to
C5
Voice type
Tenor
F2E5C2C3C4C5C6
red dash = top of full voice

What is Billy Corgan’s vocal range?

Billy Corgan's vocal range is commonly cited as F2 to E5 — about 2.9 octaves, or 35 semitones, and is usually classified as tenor. Full voice is cited up to around C5; everything above that comes from falsetto or head voice.

Nasal, reedy tenor with a whining edge; cuts through dense guitars by placement, not volume. That cited span is wider than 62% of the 357 voices in this library.

Signature song
1979

Reading the numbers

  • Full voice is cited to within 4 semitones of the top note, so this reads as a chest-dominant voice rather than one that flips into a lighter register.
  • 7 other voices here carry the identical cited range — at the resolution these figures are quoted in, those voices are indistinguishable on the chart.
  • One of only 6 Grunge voices in this library.
  • Ranked by bottom note, it is the 44th lowest of the 357 voices here; by top note, the 214th highest.

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

You vs Billy Corgan

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 Billy Corgan’s.