Heya! Sorry if this gets asked a lot or never lol. I’m NB (gender neutral and kinda xenogender?) and hoping to train for a more androgynous sort of voice. My natural voice is more bassy and raspy. Do any of y’all have experience with this?
Are there any good like … Phone apps or programs that are good to practice with? Like my dream would be something I could talk into that would analyze pitch and tone and would give suggestions. I don’t know if something like that exists but I’m open to anything right now
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Here’s a getting started guide from the /r/transvoice discord:
Broadly the two main gendering qualities to a voice are weight and size. With voice training the general idea is to:
ear train: learn to recognize when you weight is heavy vs light, when size is large vs small
mimic and experiment: learn to produce voices that are different weights and sizes, and esp. how to balance those to produce a typical feminine voice (suitably light and small)
practice: just keep listening and recognizing when you’re slipping up and to adjust your voice back into the feminine range, over time and lots of persistent practice, this habituates and becomes your voice!
For exploring weight:
For size:
For more about the balance of weight and size:
Videos to help guide expectations for beginners:
For beginners it can also be helpful to explore more achievable lower-pitch feminine voices:
To ear train, it’s commonly recommended to listen to and “play along” with Selene’s clips:
Note: as you experiment or do any voice training exercise, make sure to pay close attention to:
Experiments to try:
Thank you! This is very comprehensive and thought out. I’ll look into all of this!
of course! If you have any questions, let me know!
I’ve voice trained for over a year now, here’s a sample of my voice from 4 months ago, my voice seems to pass in social situations and on the phone, but I still only hear like a young gay man when I listen to my own clip (yay dysphoria, I guess). I’m always keen to get critical feedback on my voice, I don’t like it and feel I need to work on it more, but it’s getting harder to.
I’m happy to listen to and critique voice clips you record, if you ever need that (this offer goes to anyone, btw).
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