Vocal range
Johnny Cash
Bass-baritone · Country · Folk · USA · prominent since 1955
Cited range
E2 — E4
Octaves
2.0
Semitones
24
Voice type
Bass-baritone
What is Johnny Cash’s vocal range?
Johnny Cash's vocal range is commonly cited as E2 to E4 — about 2.0 octaves, or 24 semitones, and is usually classified as bass-baritone.
Narrow bass-baritone with a flat, spoken attack; adds volume rather than pitch at the top. That cited span is wider than 8% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
- Ring of Fire
Reading the numbers
- The span is 8 semitones short of the library median (32 semitones) — a compact working range.
- No separate full-voice ceiling is cited, so the figures describe a range worked largely in full voice across its 24 semitones.
- The range sits mostly under middle C — 20 semitones below it against 4 above.
- The closest range in the library belongs to Merle Haggard (F2–E4), within 1 semitone at both ends.
- 5 other voices here are cited to the same E4 ceiling.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
You vs Johnny Cash
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Same notes, other voices
Also bottoming out on E2
28 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on E4
5 other voices here reach the same ceiling.