Vocal range
Waylon Jennings
Bass-baritone · Country · Rock · USA · prominent since 1965
Cited range
E2 — D4
Octaves
1.8
Semitones
22
Voice type
Bass-baritone
What is Waylon Jennings’s vocal range?
Waylon Jennings's vocal range is commonly cited as E2 to D4 — about 1.8 octaves, or 22 semitones, and is usually classified as bass-baritone.
Dark chesty bass-baritone pushed against a hard backbeat; almost no head-voice extension. That cited span is wider than 4% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
- Good Hearted Woman
Reading the numbers
- The span is 10 semitones short of the library median (32 semitones) — a compact working range.
- The range sits mostly under middle C — 20 semitones below it against 2 above.
- The closest range in the library belongs to Johnny Cash (E2–E4), within 2 semitones at both ends.
- Ranked by bottom note, it is the 15th lowest of the 357 voices here; by top note, the 357th highest.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
You vs Waylon Jennings
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Same notes, other voices
Also bottoming out on E2
28 other voices here are cited to the same floor.