Vocal range
Hank Williams
Tenor · Country · Blues · USA · prominent since 1947
Cited range
A2 — A4
Octaves
2.0
Semitones
24
Voice type
Tenor
What is Hank Williams’s vocal range?
Hank Williams's vocal range is commonly cited as A2 to A4 — about 2.0 octaves, or 24 semitones, and is usually classified as tenor.
Thin keening tenor that flips into yodel breaks; hard nasal placement, cries on the vowel. That cited span is wider than 8% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
- Your Cheatin' Heart
- High A4 heard in
- Lovesick Blues
Reading the numbers
- The ceiling is modest for a tenor — only 1 of the 127 tenors here stop lower.
- Only 3 of the 127 tenors here work a narrower cited span.
- The span is 8 semitones short of the library median (32 semitones) — a compact working range.
- 1 other voice here carries the identical cited range — at the resolution these figures are quoted in, those voices are indistinguishable on the chart.
- Prominent from 1947, earlier than all but 12 voices in this library.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
You vs Hank Williams
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 Hank Williams’s.
Same notes, other voices
Also bottoming out on A2
46 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on A4
12 other voices here reach the same ceiling.