Bass vocal range
A bass sings from about E2 to E4, two octaves. The lowest voice type.
What a bass sounds like
Deep and dark, the floor under a choir. A basso profundo reaches lower still, to C2 and below.
In a choir: The bottom part, holding up the harmony. Basses are written in the bass clef.
Parts written for bass
Sarastro in Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Osmin in The Abduction from the Seraglio, and Joe in Show Boat (“Ol’ Man River”).
Where it sits among the voice types
Find out where your own voice sits with the vocal range test.
Questions about the bass range
What is a bass singer’s range?
About two octaves, from E2 up to E4, just above middle C.
How do I know if I am a bass?
Find your range with a vocal range test: if it runs from about E2 to E4, and your voice feels easiest and sounds best in the middle of that, bass 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 bass?
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.
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