Paul McCartney Vocal Range and Voice Type
Paul McCartney's cited vocal range is F2 to E5 (2.9 octaves). Paul McCartney is commonly classified as a tenor. See the notes and compare your range free.
Evidence and review
Individual evidence review is pending. The displayed range is a reported reference span, not an independently verified physiological limit.
These are the approximate figures fans and music journalists commonly cite — the widest notes a singer has recorded, not the comfortable range they sing in every night, and not lab measurements. Treat them as a fun reference, not a target.
How Paul McCartney uses that range
Two settings live in one voice: a light, nearly vibrato-free croon with soft aspirate onsets, and a hoarse open-throated shout he switches to without warning. The quiet mode is genuinely smooth, pitch-centered, no scooping. The shout brightens and flattens the tone and rides high toward E5. That mode draws all the attention, but the quiet one is the harder skill and the one carrying most of the material.
What is Paul McCartney’s vocal range?
Paul McCartney's vocal range is commonly cited as F2 to E5 — about 2.9 octaves, or 35 semitones, and is usually classified as tenor.
Flexible tenor that shifts from soft crooning to a hoarse rock shout inside the same song.
- Signature song
- Hey Jude
Reading the numbers
- 7 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 35 semitones.
- Ranked by bottom note, it is the 115th lowest voice in this library; by top note, the 403rd highest.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
More about Paul McCartney’s voice
How high can Paul McCartney sing?
Paul McCartney is commonly cited singing as high as E5, the top of a cited range that starts down at F2.
What is Paul McCartney’s highest note?
Paul McCartney’s highest note is commonly cited as E5, heard in Long Tall Sally.
What is Paul McCartney’s lowest note?
Paul McCartney’s lowest note is commonly cited as F2.
How many octaves can Paul McCartney sing?
Paul McCartney’s commonly cited range spans about 2.9 octaves (35 semitones), from F2 up to E5. That span is wider than 57% of the 636 voices in this library.
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 Paul McCartney’s.
Also bottoming out on F2
76 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on E5
44 other voices here reach the same ceiling.