Vocal range
Morten Harket
Tenor · Pop · Synth-Pop · New Wave · Norway · prominent since 1985
Cited range
A2 — E5
Octaves
2.6
Semitones
31
Voice type
Tenor
What is Morten Harket’s vocal range?
Morten Harket's vocal range is commonly cited as A2 to E5 — about 2.6 octaves, or 31 semitones, and is usually classified as tenor.
Bright tenor that climbs into a ringing head voice; clean onsets, no rasp anywhere. That cited span is wider than 39% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
- Take On Me
- High E5 heard in
- Take On Me
Reading the numbers
- 6 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 31 semitones.
- One of only 6 New Wave voices in this library.
- Ranked by bottom note, it is the 159th lowest of the 357 voices here; by top note, the 214th highest.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
You vs Morten Harket
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Same notes, other voices
Also bottoming out on A2
46 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on E5
29 other voices here reach the same ceiling.