Vocal range
Jill Scott
Mezzo-soprano · Soul · R&B · Jazz · USA · prominent since 2000
Cited range
C3 — E5
Octaves
2.3
Semitones
28
Voice type
Mezzo-soprano
What is Jill Scott’s vocal range?
Jill Scott's vocal range is commonly cited as C3 to E5 — about 2.3 octaves, or 28 semitones, and is usually classified as mezzo-soprano.
Round, full-bodied mezzo that slides between spoken delivery and open, jazz-toned sustains. That cited span is wider than 23% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
- A Long Walk
Reading the numbers
- The ceiling is modest for a mezzo-soprano — only 7 of the 83 mezzo-sopranos here stop lower.
- That floor is a full 9 semitones beneath where a mezzo-soprano's range conventionally starts (A3).
- No separate full-voice ceiling is cited, so the figures describe a range worked largely in full voice across its 28 semitones.
- The closest range in the library belongs to Amy Winehouse (C3–D#5), within 1 semitone at both ends.
- Ranked by bottom note, it is the 225th lowest of the 357 voices here; by top note, the 214th highest.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
You vs Jill Scott
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Same notes, other voices
Also bottoming out on C3
13 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on E5
29 other voices here reach the same ceiling.