Vocal range
Kate Bush
Soprano · Alternative · Rock · Pop · UK · prominent since 1978
Cited range
C3 — C6
Octaves
3.0
Semitones
36
Voice type
Soprano
What is Kate Bush’s vocal range?
Kate Bush's vocal range is commonly cited as C3 to C6 — about 3.0 octaves, or 36 semitones, and is usually classified as soprano.
Fluttering vibrato and character placement; jumps from breathy speech to a piercing head voice. That cited span is wider than 65% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
- Wuthering Heights
Reading the numbers
- C3 is a deep floor for a soprano — lower than all but 4 of the 52 sopranos here.
- That floor is a full 12 semitones beneath where a soprano's range conventionally starts (C4).
- 1 other voice here carries 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 36 semitones.
- The weight of the range is above middle C: 24 semitones up there against 12 below.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
You vs Kate Bush
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 Kate Bush’s.
Same notes, other voices
Also bottoming out on C3
13 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on C6
55 other voices here reach the same ceiling.