Fred Hammond
Bass-baritone · Gospel · R&B · USA · prominent since 1985
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.
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.
Also bottoming out on E2
28 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on A#4
7 other voices here reach the same ceiling.