Vocal range
Loretta Lynn
Mezzo-soprano · Country · USA · prominent since 1960
Cited range
G3 — D5
Octaves
1.6
Semitones
19
Voice type
Mezzo-soprano
What is Loretta Lynn’s vocal range?
Loretta Lynn's vocal range is commonly cited as G3 to D5 — about 1.6 octaves, or 19 semitones, and is usually classified as mezzo-soprano.
Nasal Appalachian mezzo, hard consonants, a bent and talking approach to the melody line.
- Signature song
- Coal Miner's Daughter
Reading the numbers
- The bottom of this range is unusually high for a mezzo-soprano: 96% of the 83 mezzo-sopranos here are cited lower than G3.
- The ceiling is modest for a mezzo-soprano — no other mezzo-soprano here stops lower.
- No other mezzo-soprano in this library works a narrower cited span.
- The span is 13 semitones short of the library median (32 semitones) — a compact working range.
- 3 other voices here carry the identical cited range — at the resolution these figures are quoted in, those voices are indistinguishable on the chart.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
You vs Loretta Lynn
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Same notes, other voices
Also bottoming out on G3
16 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on D5
30 other voices here reach the same ceiling.