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Sung on recordings · G2–C5

Paul McCartney sings G2 to C5 on record.

Paul McCartney sings G2 to C5 on released recordings — 2 octaves, 5 semitones, 30 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.

The baritone band, G2 to G4, holds 83% of the notes between G2 and C5. The catalogue holds no songs by Paul McCartney.

Two sources, and they disagreed. This is the narrower one.

The range on the rule

The rule runs C2 to C6, the same scale the test draws. The bar covers G2 to C5.

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
LowestG243G2 in "Silly Love Songs" (1976; Singing Carrots song range G2-E4)1976
HighestC572C5 in "Live and Let Die" (1973; Singing Carrots song range D3-C5)1973

Where this came from

The catalogue marks this row medium confidence, from 2 independent sources.

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