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Vocal range

Fred Hammond

Bass-baritone · Gospel · R&B · USA · prominent since 1985

Cited range
E2A#4
Octaves
2.5
Semitones
30
Full voice to
G4
Voice type
Bass-baritone
E2A#4C2C3C4C5
red dash = top of full voice

What is Fred Hammond’s vocal range?

Fred Hammond's vocal range is commonly cited as E2 to A#4 (Bb4) — about 2.5 octaves, or 30 semitones, and is usually classified as bass-baritone. Full voice is cited up to around G4; everything above that comes from falsetto or head voice.

Deep bass-baritone with thick low resonance; half-speaks phrases over funk and quartet grooves. That cited span is wider than 34% of the 357 voices in this library.

Signature song
No Weapon

Reading the numbers

  • Full voice is cited to within 3 semitones of the top note, so this reads as a chest-dominant voice rather than one that flips into a lighter register.
  • 2 other voices here carry the identical cited range — at the resolution these figures are quoted in, those voices are indistinguishable on the chart.
  • The range sits mostly under middle C — 20 semitones below it against 10 above.
  • Ranked by bottom note, it is the 15th lowest of the 357 voices here; by top note, the 321st highest.

Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.

You vs Fred Hammond

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 Fred Hammond’s.