The Vocal Range of Kate Bush

A video showcasing the amazing voice and vocal range of Kate Bush! Kate is evidently a soprano, with an instantly identifiable voice (in part, due to her singing in a distinct southern English accent) perfectly matching her unique music. In her early years, Kate sang in a very piercing, almost witchy styling, turning some listeners off her music. She had noticeable strength in her upper register, frequently reaching into the fifth and even sixth octaves with ease on albums like The Kick Inside and Lionheart. Further down the line, most notably in Hounds of Love and then The Sensual World, Kate's tone mellowed out significantly. Though still a distinct soprano with ease in her upper register, the rough edges of Kate's voice had been smoothed out, with Kate more frequently dipping into the third octave and singing much cleaner high notes. Over time, Kate's voice (most likely due to age or years of smoking) has changed even further - on her most recent works 50 Words for Snow and Before the Dawn, she sings even more frequently in the lower register of her voice, in a stark contrast to her singing on The Kick Inside. However, with eccentric, vivacious vocal performances across her career (Get Out of My House, Rocket's Tail, Violin) a fairly strong lower register which grew stronger over time (The Dreaming, Running Up That Hill) and an exceptionally strong head voice, particularly in her early years (Moving, Oh to Be in Love, Wow), Kate's voice still stands in music as one of the greatest of all time.

Notes (in order of appearance):
0:14 - B3 from And Dream of Sheep
0:24 - B3 from Army Dreamers
0:36 - B3 from Egypt
0:43 - B♭3 from Babooshka
0:51 - B♭3 from Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)
1:04 - B♭3 from All the Love
1:10 - A3 from Hounds of Love
1:19 - A3 from Moving
1:30 - A3 from Under Ice
1:37 - G♯3 from Experiment IV
1:50 - G♯3 from Houdini
2:01 - G♯3 from Cloudbusting
2:10 - G3 from The Dreaming
2:21 - G3 from Brazil
2:30 - G3 from Under the Ivy
2:44 - F♯3 from Sat in Your Lap
3:01 - F♯3 from Ne t'enfuis pas
3:14 - F♯3 from Moments of Pleasure (Director's Cut version)
3:27 - F3 from Leave It Open
3:37 - F3 from There Goes a Tenner
3:48 - F3 from The Sensual World
4:01 - E3 from Suspended in Gaffa
4:10 - E3 from Let It Be
4:21 - E3 from Why Should I Love You?
4:32 - E♭3 (harmonised) from Running Up That Hill (12" Maxi single version)
4:46 - E♭3 (harmonised) from Between a Man and a Woman
4:59 - D3 from Snowflake
5:08 - C♯3 from Coffee Homeground
5:20 - C3 from Wild Man
5:30 - B2 from 50 Words for Snow
5:52 - C5 from Pull Out the Pin
5:59 - C5 from The Man with the Child in His Eyes
6:11 - C5 from Deeper Understanding
6:24 - C♯5 from And Dream of Sheep
6:36 - C♯5 from Cloudbusting
6:47 - C♯5 from Hello Earth
6:58 - D5 from Leave It Open
7:09 - D5 from Under the Ivy
7:22 - D5 from Hounds of Love
7:32 - E♭5 from Babooshka
7:44 - E♭5 from Reaching Out
8:03 - E♭5 from Moments of Pleasure
8:22 - E5 from Wow
8:34 - E5 from The Saxophone Song
8:49 - E5 from Army Dreamers
9:04 - F5 from Feel It
9:15 - F5 from Big Stripey Lie
9:30 - F5 from Moving (live Hammersmith Odeon 1979)
9:52 - F♯5 from Sat in Your Lap
10:06 - F♯5 from Hammer Horror
10:18 - F♯5 from Blow Away (for Bill)
10:32 - G5 from Room for the Life
10:44 - G5 from December Will Be Magic Again
11:02 - G5 from In Search of Peter Pan
11:13 - G♯5 from Wuthering Heights (The Whole Story version)
11:26 - G♯5 from The Kick Inside
11:39 - G♯5 from Waking the Witch
11:52 - A5 from Suspended in Gaffa
12:01 - A5 from Don't Push Your Foot on the Heartbrake
12:13 - A5 from Kashka from Baghdad
12:28 - B♭5 from Kite
12:39 - B♭5 from Get Out of My House
12:50 - B♭5 from Oh to Be in Love
13:03 - B5 from Burning Bridge
13:15 - B5 from Egypt
13:23 - B5 from Lily (Director's Cut version)
13:39 - C6 from Wow
13:51 - C6 from Leave It Open
14:03 - C6 from Pull Out the Pin
14:16 - C♯6 from The Wedding List (live The Prince's Trust Rock Gala 1982)
14:38 - C♯6 from All We Ever Look For
14:50 - C♯6 from Violin (live Germany 1979)
15:07 - D6 from Leave It Open
15:19 - D6 (harmonised) from December Will Be Magic Again
15:29 - E♭6 (harmonised) from Fullhouse
15:42 - E♭6 from The Big Sky
16:00 - E6 from Egypt
16:14 - F6 from Violin

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