Anyone Else Using Andrea James Voice Course?

[melissa90299]

I just received a CD form the exceptional voice people, it is waaaaaaaay better than AJ's bull->-bleeped-<- course, actually in just a day, I realize what I was doing wrong in that AJ seems to teach you to try to speak in your highest possible pitch, I found I only need to raise my original male voice from around 160hz to 220 hz A3, I was trying to hit D3, waaaaaaay tooo high!

Anyway, I have an electronic guitar tuner made by Seiko already that my new CD course recommends. I have had the damn thing for years but only used it to tune my guitar. I started talking into and realized I was pushing my voice too high!

I will post some tips later.

The seiko is a chromatic tuner, at around $30 Model ST757.

I use a $6 plastic guitar tuner and it works just as well (and it's easy to carry in your purse). Were you trying to hit D4 (293hz)? D3 is only around 145hz. Yup, D4 is way too high. Especially for someone who's older and taller, having a voice above 240hz would just sound bizarre and cartoony. I've never actually heard the course you're using (I think they're from Denver?) but at least they're speech pathologists and not just some lay person marketing their own method.

Gina M.

D4 yes, my bad.