Vocal range
Maynard James Keenan
Tenor · Metal · Alternative · USA · prominent since 1993
Cited range
F2 — A5
Octaves
3.3
Semitones
40
Voice type
Tenor
What is Maynard James Keenan’s vocal range?
Maynard James Keenan's vocal range is commonly cited as F2 to A5 — about 3.3 octaves, or 40 semitones, and is usually classified as tenor.
Breath-controlled tenor: long even sustains, rasp saved for the peak of a phrase. That cited span is wider than 81% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
- Sober
Reading the numbers
- The ceiling clears the conventional tenor top of C5 by 9 semitones.
- The span runs 8 semitones past the median voice in this library (32 semitones).
- 5 other voices here carry 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 40 semitones.
- Ranked by bottom note, it is the 44th lowest of the 357 voices here; by top note, the 160th highest.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
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Same notes, other voices
Also bottoming out on F2
66 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on A5
28 other voices here reach the same ceiling.