Vocal range
Curtis Mayfield
Tenor · Soul · Funk · R&B · USA · prominent since 1958
Cited range
G2 — A#5
Octaves
3.3
Semitones
39
Voice type
Tenor
What is Curtis Mayfield’s vocal range?
Curtis Mayfield's vocal range is commonly cited as G2 to A#5 (Bb5) — about 3.3 octaves, or 39 semitones, and is usually classified as tenor.
High, thin tenor sung mostly in a floated falsetto with very little vibrato. That cited span is wider than 76% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
- Move On Up
Reading the numbers
- The ceiling clears the conventional tenor top of C5 by 10 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.
- No separate full-voice ceiling is cited, so the figures describe a range worked largely in full voice across its 39 semitones.
- Ranked by bottom note, it is the 111th 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.
You vs Curtis Mayfield
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Same notes, other voices
Also bottoming out on G2
46 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on A#5
43 other voices here reach the same ceiling.