Dermot Kennedy
Baritone · Singer-Songwriter · Folk · Pop · Ireland · prominent since 2019
How Dermot Kennedy uses that range
Gravel rides on top of a genuinely low-set baritone: Dermot speaks-sings near the bottom of the staff, then drives choruses with a compressed chest belt around A4 that distorts at the edges by design. Above that he flips into a keening falsetto that contrasts sharply with the growl. Imitators usually manufacture rasp with throat squeeze; his grit comes from airflow against firm folds, and the pitch centre never wavers underneath the texture.
What is Dermot Kennedy’s vocal range?
Dermot Kennedy's vocal range is commonly cited as E2 to C6 — about 3.7 octaves, or 44 semitones, and is usually classified as baritone. Full voice is cited up to around A4; everything above that comes from falsetto or head voice.
Gravelly low baritone that erupts into compressed chest belts and high keening falsetto.
- Signature song
- Outnumbered
Reading the numbers
- The top note beats 93% of the 122 baritones in this library.
- 15 semitones — 34% 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 15 semitones.
- The span runs 11.5 semitones past the median voice in this library (32.5 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.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
More about Dermot Kennedy’s voice
How high can Dermot Kennedy sing?
Dermot Kennedy is commonly cited singing up to around A4 in full voice, and as high as C6 overall — the stretch above A4 comes from falsetto or head voice.
What is Dermot Kennedy’s highest note?
Dermot Kennedy’s highest note is commonly cited as C6, heard in Kiss Me. Full voice is cited up to around A4; the very top comes from falsetto or head voice.
What is Dermot Kennedy’s lowest note?
Dermot Kennedy’s lowest note is commonly cited as E2, heard in An Evening I Will Not Forget.
How many octaves can Dermot Kennedy sing?
Dermot Kennedy’s commonly cited range spans about 3.7 octaves (44 semitones), from E2 up to C6. That span is wider than 90% of the 636 voices in this library.
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Also bottoming out on E2
42 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on C6
69 other voices here reach the same ceiling.