Vocal range
Fela Kuti
Baritone · Afrobeats · Funk · Jazz · Nigeria · prominent since 1961
Cited range
F2 — A4
Octaves
2.3
Semitones
28
Voice type
Baritone
What is Fela Kuti’s vocal range?
Fela Kuti's vocal range is commonly cited as F2 to A4 — about 2.3 octaves, or 28 semitones, and is usually classified as baritone.
Rough mid-weight baritone built for call-and-response chant; talks pitch, shouts line endings. That cited span is wider than 23% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
- Zombie
Reading the numbers
- 3 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 28 semitones.
- The range sits mostly under middle C — 19 semitones below it against 9 above.
- One of only 7 Afrobeats voices in this library.
- One of 4 singers from Nigeria charted here.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
You vs Fela Kuti
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Same notes, other voices
Also bottoming out on F2
66 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on A4
12 other voices here reach the same ceiling.