Genre
Folk vocal ranges
34 Folk voices on one keyboard, D#1 to C#7.
Singers
34
Median span
2.4 oct
-3.5 st vs library
Range covered
D#1–C#7
Era
1950–2011
How ranges sit in Folk
- The median cited span across these 34 voices is 28.5 semitones — 3.5 semitones narrower than the library median of 32.
- Widest here is Yma Sumac (B2–C#7); the deepest floor belongs to Avi Kaplan at D#1 and the highest ceiling to Yma Sumac at C#7.
- Voice categories break down as 13 tenors, 7 sopranos, 4 baritones, 4 contraltos, 2 basss, 2 bass-baritones, 2 mezzo-sopranos.
All 34 on one axis
low → high
- Alison KraussG3–D5G3–D51.6 oct
- Avi KaplanD#1–C#5D#1–C#53.8 oct
- Bill WithersF2–A4F2–A42.3 oct
- Bob DylanE2–A4E2–A42.4 oct
- Bruce SpringsteenF2–C5F2–C52.6 oct
- Caetano VelosoA2–C5A2–C52.3 oct
- Cesária ÉvoraD3–A#4D3–A#41.7 oct
- Dmitri HvorostovskyG2–A4G2–A42.2 oct
- Ed SheeranG2–A5G2–A53.2 oct
- Emmylou HarrisG3–D5G3–D51.6 oct
- Ivan RebroffF1–F5F1–F54.0 oct
- James TaylorF2–A4F2–A42.3 oct
- Jason MrazF2–A#5F2–A#53.4 oct
- Joan BaezF3–B5F3–B52.5 oct
- Johnny CashE2–E4E2–E42.0 oct
- Joni MitchellE3–C6E3–C62.7 oct
- Justin VernonF2–F5F2–F53.0 oct
- Leonard CohenD2–E4D2–E42.2 oct
- Mercedes SosaE3–E5E3–E52.0 oct
- Milton NascimentoG2–A#5G2–A#53.3 oct
- Miriam MakebaE3–D5E3–D51.8 oct
- Natalia LafourcadeF3–A#5F3–A#52.4 oct
- Neil YoungG2–C5G2–C52.4 oct
- Paul SimonA2–D5A2–D52.4 oct
- Salif KeitaB2–D5B2–D52.3 oct
- Sarah McLachlanF3–B5F3–B52.5 oct
- Sinéad O'ConnorF3–A5F3–A52.3 oct
- Stevie NicksE3–D5E3–D51.8 oct
- Tracy ChapmanD3–D5D3–D52.0 oct
- Van MorrisonG2–D5G2–D52.6 oct
- Vicente FernándezA2–C5A2–C52.3 oct
- Willie NelsonG2–F4G2–F41.8 oct
- Yma SumacB2–C#7B2–C#74.2 oct
- Youssou N'DourA2–D5A2–D52.4 oct