Vocal range
Ella Fitzgerald
Mezzo-soprano · Jazz · Pop · USA · prominent since 1935
Cited range
D3 — C6
Octaves
2.8
Semitones
34
Voice type
Mezzo-soprano
What is Ella Fitzgerald’s vocal range?
Ella Fitzgerald's vocal range is commonly cited as D3 to C6 — about 2.8 octaves, or 34 semitones, and is usually classified as mezzo-soprano.
Flute-clear tone, exact intonation, scat lines phrased like a horn solo. That cited span is wider than 58% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
- A-Tisket, A-Tasket
- High C6 heard in
- How High the Moon
Reading the numbers
- 1 other voice here carries the identical cited range — at the resolution these figures are quoted in, those voices are indistinguishable on the chart.
- Prominent from 1935, earlier than all but 5 voices in this library.
- No separate full-voice ceiling is cited, so the figures describe a range worked largely in full voice across its 34 semitones.
- The weight of the range is above middle C: 24 semitones up there against 10 below.
- Ranked by bottom note, it is the 242nd lowest of the 357 voices here; by top note, the 51st highest.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
You vs Ella Fitzgerald
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 Ella Fitzgerald’s.
Same notes, other voices
Also bottoming out on D3
12 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on C6
55 other voices here reach the same ceiling.