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Sung on recordings · E2–E4

Johnny Cash sings E2 to E4 on record.

Johnny Cash sings E2 to E4 on released recordings — 2 octaves, 25 notes.

That is the sustained sung range across released studio and live recordings: whistle register, screams, growls, spoken low notes and one-off falsetto squeaks are left out, and where sources disagreed the narrower reading was taken. This row was read from 3 sources.

The bass band, E2 to E4, holds 100% of the notes between E2 and E4. The catalogue holds 2 songs by Johnny Cash, each with its own lowest and highest note.

The range on the rule

The rule runs C2 to C6, the same scale the test draws. The bar covers E2 to E4.

The two bounds

The two bounds of the range, the recording each was found in, and the year that recording is dated in the source.
BoundNoteMIDIFound inYear
LowestE240E2 in "That Lucky Old Sun" (Singing Carrots song range E2-A3)Not dated
HighestE464E4 in "Guess Things Happen That Way" (1958; Singing Carrots song range E2-E4)1958

Where this came from

The catalogue marks this row high confidence, from 3 independent sources.

Sing two notes