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Vocal range

Marvin Winans

Tenor · Gospel · USA · prominent since 1981

Cited range
A2F5
Octaves
2.7
Semitones
32
Full voice to
A#4
Voice type
Tenor
A2F5C2C3C4C5C6
red dash = top of full voice

What is Marvin Winans’s vocal range?

Marvin Winans's vocal range is commonly cited as A2 to F5 — about 2.7 octaves, or 32 semitones, and is usually classified as tenor. Full voice is cited up to around A#4 (Bb4); everything above that comes from falsetto or head voice.

Nasal, tightly focused tenor with wide vibrato; held notes thin out into falsetto at the top. That cited span is wider than 48% of the 357 voices in this library.

Signature song
Tomorrow

Reading the numbers

  • 4 other voices here carry the identical cited range — at the resolution these figures are quoted in, those voices are indistinguishable on the chart.
  • Roughly 22% of the span sits above the cited full-voice ceiling of A#4.
  • Ranked by bottom note, it is the 159th lowest of the 357 voices here; by top note, the 195th highest.

Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.

You vs Marvin Winans

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 Marvin Winans’s.