Cécile McLorin Salvant
Mezzo-soprano · Jazz · Blues · USA · prominent since 2010
What is Cécile McLorin Salvant’s vocal range?
Cécile McLorin Salvant's vocal range is commonly cited as F3 to A#5 (Bb5) — about 2.4 octaves, or 29 semitones, and is usually classified as mezzo-soprano.
Conservatory control over a wide compass; crisp diction, abrupt shifts to a thin girlish top. That cited span is wider than 25% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
- Wives and Lovers
Reading the numbers
- 10 other voices here carry the identical cited range — at the resolution these figures are quoted in, those voices are indistinguishable on the chart.
- No separate full-voice ceiling is cited, so the figures describe a range worked largely in full voice across its 29 semitones.
- The weight of the range is above middle C: 22 semitones up there against 7 below.
- Ranked by bottom note, it is the 297th lowest of the 357 voices here; by top note, the 116th highest.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
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Also bottoming out on F3
42 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on A#5
43 other voices here reach the same ceiling.