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Baritone vocal range

A baritone sings from about A2 to A4, two octaves. The middle male voice, between tenor and bass, and the commonest.

A2C3C4A4

What a baritone sounds like

Full and warm, darker than a tenor but brighter than a bass. Most men’s speaking voices sit in a baritone’s range.

In a choir: Choirs rarely have a baritone part: baritones sing the low tenor or the high bass line.

Parts written for baritone

Figaro in Rossini’s The Barber of Seville (“Largo al factotum”), Don Giovanni, and Javert in Les Misérables.

Where it sits among the voice types

Soprano
C4 to C6
Mezzo-soprano
A3 to A5
Alto
F3 to F5
Tenor
C3 to C5
Baritone
A2 to A4
Bass
E2 to E4

Find out where your own voice sits with the vocal range test.

Questions about the baritone range

What is a baritone’s range?

About two octaves, from A2 up to A4, the A above middle C.

How do I know if I am a baritone?

Find your range with a vocal range test: if it runs from about A2 to A4, and your voice feels easiest and sounds best in the middle of that, baritone fits. A voice teacher also listens for where your voice changes gear and how it sounds.

Other voice types

All six side by side are on the vocal ranges page.

Are you a baritone?

Sing from your lowest note to your highest into your mic and see your range and the voice type it fits. Free, with nothing recorded.