Yma Sumac Vocal Range: Reported B2–C#7
Our catalog reports Yma Sumac at B2 to C#7 (4.2 octaves). Individual endpoint review is pending. Compare your range free.
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Where Yma Sumac’s reported span sits in the catalog
- Span, whole catalog
- 50 semitones wide: number 14 of 636 by reported span. The catalog median is 32.5 semitones.
- Span, soprano group
- Number 3 of 97 catalog sopranos; that group's median span is 33 semitones, and this span is 17 semitones wider than that median.
- Span, Latin
- Number 1 of 38 catalog singers tagged Latin (median 29 semitones).
- Against the textbook band
- The conventional soprano band runs C4 to C6. The reported floor sits 13 semitones below the band's bottom note, and the reported ceiling sits 13 semitones above the band's top note.
- Full-voice ceiling
- The catalog lists a highest full or belted note of A5, 16 semitones below the reported ceiling.
- Catalog entry
- Filed under Peru, prominent from 1950, signature song listed as Gopher Mambo.
Counted from the catalog’s reported figures, which are not verified measurements.
Evidence and review
Individual evidence review is pending. The displayed range is a reported reference span, not an independently verified physiological limit.
The catalog has not verified recordings or scores for both endpoints. These figures cannot establish a repeatable singing range or an absolute highest or lowest note.
These are approximate catalog reference spans. Most profiles have not had both endpoints individually verified against named recordings or scores. They are not lab measurements or comfortable everyday ranges; use them for comparison, not as training targets.
What is Yma Sumac’s vocal range?
Our catalog reports Yma Sumac from B2 to C#7, a reference span of about 4.2 octaves (50 semitones). Individual endpoint review is pending; these are not verified physiological limits.
- Signature song
- Gopher Mambo
Reported catalog figures, not lab measurements — an endpoint may be an isolated performance and does not describe an everyday singing range.
More about Yma Sumac’s voice
How high can Yma Sumac sing?
Our catalog reports Yma Sumac from B2 to C#7; individual endpoint review is pending. The upper endpoint is not a verified individual maximum.
What is Yma Sumac’s highest note?
Our catalog reports Yma Sumac from B2 to C#7; individual endpoint review is pending. No reviewed source here establishes the upper endpoint as Yma Sumac’s highest note.
What is Yma Sumac’s lowest note?
Our catalog reports Yma Sumac from B2 to C#7; individual endpoint review is pending. No reviewed source here establishes the lower endpoint as Yma Sumac’s lowest note.
How many octaves can Yma Sumac sing?
Our catalog reports Yma Sumac from B2 to C#7; individual endpoint review is pending. It covers about 4.2 octaves (50 semitones) in this catalog, not a verified measurement of Yma Sumac’s working range.
What voice type is Yma Sumac?
The catalog lists Yma Sumac as a soprano; individual evidence review is pending.
Also listed from B2
35 other voices here have the same reported floor in this catalog.