Vocal range
Joan Baez
Soprano · Folk · Singer-Songwriter · USA · prominent since 1960
Cited range
F3 — B5
Octaves
2.5
Semitones
30
Voice type
Soprano
What is Joan Baez’s vocal range?
Joan Baez's vocal range is commonly cited as F3 to B5 — about 2.5 octaves, or 30 semitones, and is usually classified as soprano.
Bright soprano with a fast, narrow vibrato and clean vowels; little rasp and almost no chest push. That cited span is wider than 34% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
- Diamonds & Rust
Reading the numbers
- 2 other voices here carry the identical cited range — at the resolution these figures are quoted in, those voices are indistinguishable on the chart.
- No separate full-voice ceiling is cited, so the figures describe a range worked largely in full voice across its 30 semitones.
- The weight of the range is above middle C: 23 semitones up there against 7 below.
- Ranked by bottom note, it is the 297th lowest of the 357 voices here; by top note, the 107th highest.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
You vs Joan Baez
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 Joan Baez’s.
Same notes, other voices
Also bottoming out on F3
42 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on B5
8 other voices here reach the same ceiling.