Layne Staley Vocal Range and Voice Type
Layne Staley's cited vocal range is E2 to G5 (3.3 octaves). Layne Staley is commonly classified as a baritone. See the notes and compare your range free.
Evidence and review
Individual evidence review is pending. The displayed range is a reported reference span, not an independently verified physiological limit.
These are the approximate figures fans and music journalists commonly cite — the widest notes a singer has recorded, not the comfortable range they sing in every night, and not lab measurements. Treat them as a fun reference, not a target.
How Layne Staley uses that range
Nasal buzz carries the tone forward while the weight underneath stays thick and baritone-heavy, which is why the voice reads as pressed even at moderate volume. He holds long notes nearly straight, letting a slow wide vibrato in at the very end, and doubles himself in close harmony that demands identical vowels take after take. Copying the nasality by pinching the throat is the usual mistake — it belongs in the resonance, not the larynx.
What is Layne Staley’s vocal range?
Layne Staley's vocal range is commonly cited as E2 to G5 — about 3.3 octaves, or 39 semitones, and is usually classified as baritone.
Nasal-edged baritone with a heavy chest push; his stacked harmonies with Cantrell define the sound.
- Signature song
- Man in the Box
Reading the numbers
- The ceiling clears the conventional baritone top of A4 by 10 semitones.
- 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 39 semitones.
- One of only 6 Grunge voices in this library.
- Ranked by bottom note, it is the 72nd lowest voice in this library; by top note, the 328th highest.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
More about Layne Staley’s voice
How high can Layne Staley sing?
Layne Staley is commonly cited singing as high as G5, the top of a cited range that starts down at E2.
What is Layne Staley’s highest note?
Layne Staley’s highest note is commonly cited as G5, heard in Love, Hate, Love.
What is Layne Staley’s lowest note?
Layne Staley’s lowest note is commonly cited as E2.
How many octaves can Layne Staley sing?
Layne Staley’s commonly cited range spans about 3.3 octaves (39 semitones), from E2 up to G5. That span is wider than 72% of the 636 voices in this library.
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Also bottoming out on E2
42 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on G5
25 other voices here reach the same ceiling.