Vocal range
Louis Armstrong
Baritone · Jazz · Blues · USA · prominent since 1925
Cited range
F2 — G4
Octaves
2.2
Semitones
26
Voice type
Baritone
What is Louis Armstrong’s vocal range?
Louis Armstrong's vocal range is commonly cited as F2 to G4 — about 2.2 octaves, or 26 semitones, and is usually classified as baritone.
Gravel-and-air rasp, trumpet-shaped phrasing, scat treated as a second horn chorus. That cited span is wider than 15% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
- What a Wonderful World
Reading the numbers
- The ceiling is modest for a baritone — only 4 of the 51 baritones here stop lower.
- Only 5 of the 51 baritones here work a narrower cited span.
- 5 other voices here carry the identical cited range — at the resolution these figures are quoted in, those voices are indistinguishable on the chart.
- Prominent from 1925, earlier than all but 1 voice in this library.
- No separate full-voice ceiling is cited, so the figures describe a range worked largely in full voice across its 26 semitones.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
You vs Louis Armstrong
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 Louis Armstrong’s.
Same notes, other voices
Also bottoming out on F2
66 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on G4
5 other voices here reach the same ceiling.