Vocal range
Leonard Cohen
Bass-baritone · Folk · Singer-Songwriter · Canada · prominent since 1967
Cited range
D2 — E4
Octaves
2.2
Semitones
26
Voice type
Bass-baritone
What is Leonard Cohen’s vocal range?
Leonard Cohen's vocal range is commonly cited as D2 to E4 — about 2.2 octaves, or 26 semitones, and is usually classified as bass-baritone.
Speech-level bass-baritone, gravelly and unhurried, dropping to near-spoken low notes late in life. That cited span is wider than 15% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
- Hallelujah
- Low D2 heard in
- You Want It Darker
Reading the numbers
- Only 6 singers here are cited below D2.
- 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 26 semitones.
- The range sits mostly under middle C — 22 semitones below it against 4 above.
- 4 other voices here bottom out on the same D2.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
You vs Leonard Cohen
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 Leonard Cohen’s.
Same notes, other voices
Also bottoming out on D2
4 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on E4
5 other voices here reach the same ceiling.