Bobby McFerrin
Baritone · Jazz · USA · prominent since 1982
What is Bobby McFerrin’s vocal range?
Bobby McFerrin's vocal range is commonly cited as E2 to E6 — about 4.0 octaves, or 48 semitones, and is usually classified as baritone. Full voice is cited up to around G4; everything above that comes from falsetto or head voice.
Alternates chest bass and high falsetto mid-phrase, chest-slapping his own rhythm track. That cited span is wider than 96% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
- Don't Worry, Be Happy
Reading the numbers
- It is the 2nd widest cited span of the 51 baritones here.
- E2 is a deep floor for a baritone — lower than all but 4 of the 51 baritones here.
- The top note beats 94% of the 51 baritones in this library.
- 21 semitones — 44% of the whole span — sit above the cited full-voice ceiling, so much of this range is head voice, falsetto or whistle rather than chest.
- The ceiling clears the conventional baritone top of A4 by 19 semitones.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
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 Bobby McFerrin’s.
Also bottoming out on E2
28 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on E6
12 other voices here reach the same ceiling.