Vocal range
Ronnie James Dio
Tenor · Metal · Hard Rock · USA · prominent since 1975
Cited range
F2 — A#5
Octaves
3.4
Semitones
41
Voice type
Tenor
What is Ronnie James Dio’s vocal range?
Ronnie James Dio's vocal range is commonly cited as F2 to A#5 (Bb5) — about 3.4 octaves, or 41 semitones, and is usually classified as tenor.
Chest-dominant power, fast narrow vibrato, vowels stay focused even at full volume. That cited span is wider than 83% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
- Holy Diver
Reading the numbers
- The ceiling clears the conventional tenor top of C5 by 10 semitones.
- The span runs 9 semitones past the median voice in this library (32 semitones).
- 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 41 semitones.
- Ranked by bottom note, it is the 44th lowest of the 357 voices here; by top note, the 116th highest.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
You vs Ronnie James Dio
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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 A#5
43 other voices here reach the same ceiling.