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Vocal range

Caetano Veloso

Tenor · Latin · Folk · Singer-Songwriter · Brazil · prominent since 1967

Cited range
A2C5
Octaves
2.3
Semitones
27
Full voice to
G4
Voice type
Tenor
A2C5C2C3C4
red dash = top of full voice

What is Caetano Veloso’s vocal range?

Caetano Veloso's vocal range is commonly cited as A2 to C5 — about 2.3 octaves, or 27 semitones, and is usually classified as tenor. Full voice is cited up to around G4; everything above that comes from falsetto or head voice.

Light breathy tenor pitched close to speech; soft onsets, almost no vibrato. That cited span is wider than 19% of the 357 voices in this library.

Signature song
Alegria, Alegria

Reading the numbers

  • The ceiling is modest for a tenor — only 6 of the 127 tenors here stop lower.
  • Only 11 of the 127 tenors here work a narrower cited span.
  • 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 19% of the span sits above the cited full-voice ceiling of G4.
  • One of 3 singers from Brazil charted here.

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

You vs Caetano Veloso

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 Caetano Veloso’s.