Vocal range
Emmylou Harris
Soprano · Country · Folk · Singer-Songwriter · USA · prominent since 1975
Cited range
G3 — D5
Octaves
1.6
Semitones
19
Voice type
Soprano
What is Emmylou Harris’s vocal range?
Emmylou Harris's vocal range is commonly cited as G3 to D5 — about 1.6 octaves, or 19 semitones, and is usually classified as soprano.
Silvery soprano with a fragile edge on sustained notes; built to sit above a lead vocal.
- Signature song
- Boulder to Birmingham
Reading the numbers
- The ceiling is modest for a soprano — no other soprano here stops lower.
- No other soprano in this library works a narrower cited span.
- The span is 13 semitones short of the library median (32 semitones) — a compact working range.
- 3 other voices here carry the identical cited range — at the resolution these figures are quoted in, those voices are indistinguishable on the chart.
- Ranked by bottom note, it is the 341st lowest of the 357 voices here; by top note, the 249th highest.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
You vs Emmylou Harris
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Same notes, other voices
Also bottoming out on G3
16 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on D5
30 other voices here reach the same ceiling.