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Vocal range

Brandon Boyd

Tenor · Alternative · Rock · Funk · USA · prominent since 1997

Cited range
F2A5
Octaves
3.3
Semitones
40
Full voice to
D5
Voice type
Tenor
F2A5C2C3C4C5C6
red dash = top of full voice

What is Brandon Boyd’s vocal range?

Brandon Boyd's vocal range is commonly cited as F2 to A5 — about 3.3 octaves, or 40 semitones, and is usually classified as tenor. Full voice is cited up to around D5; everything above that comes from falsetto or head voice.

Warm tenor with a loose, breathy falsetto and scooped phrasing; light attack on consonants. That cited span is wider than 81% of the 357 voices in this library.

Signature song
Drive

Reading the numbers

  • The ceiling clears the conventional tenor top of C5 by 9 semitones.
  • The span runs 8 semitones past the median voice in this library (32 semitones).
  • 5 other voices here carry the identical cited range — at the resolution these figures are quoted in, those voices are indistinguishable on the chart.
  • Roughly 18% of the span sits above the cited full-voice ceiling of D5.
  • Ranked by bottom note, it is the 44th lowest of the 357 voices here; by top note, the 160th highest.

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

You vs Brandon Boyd

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