Need some advice

[Lilian]

I am not suggesting surgery. I spent a couple of year in speech therapy 35 years ago and I still use what I learned with my surgical voice. My voice was one of them that could be improved with therapy but couldn't be moved into the female range without surgery. The only way I can hit the female range is with surgery AND therapy. Without the trained voice, I still am in the male range.

I get it, so how does this works? With voice trainning I can simply choose which pitch I will talk? Sorry but, I am very, very new to this.

[Dena]

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[heholetsgo]

I am watching some videos on youtube, do you know some effective guide/technique for it? There is a lot of stuff about this.

I'm not too sure, I've only just started working on my voice recently myself! I know from a couple of voice therapy sessions that you should 'lift' your adams apple, as if you were about to swallow, and if you then try to hold the expression you have when you're about to laugh then you can raise the pitch a little. Also change the tone on words more often, with intonation at the end of sentences; guys talk in a more monotonous voice 

[Rina]

I'm not too sure, I've only just started working on my voice recently myself! I know from a couple of voice therapy sessions that you should 'lift' your adams apple, as if you were about to swallow, and if you then try to hold the expression you have when you're about to laugh then you can raise the pitch a little. Also change the tone on words more often, with intonation at the end of sentences; guys talk in a more monotonous voice 

Pretty much this, especially trying to lift your Adam's apple. Also, the main goal with the Adam's apple thing is to make your voice resonate in your head instead of in your chest. Holding one hand against your chest and the other against your cheek/jaw might help you adjust this, since you'll feel vibrations where your voice resonates.

Also, remember that male and female voices overlap in pitch. My voice is still kind of deep, but my sister's voice is deeper, and one of my female cousins has an even deeper voice. I've probably raised my voice around half an octave, but I also avoid bringing it too far up; in general, it's common for women to start and end conversations in a higher pitch, and I've found that leaving enough room pitch-wise to do that helps as "camouflage", since it's a common female speech pattern. Even though my voice is still lower than I'd like and more monotonous than I'd like, it seems to pass even on the phone - but when on the phone with strangers, I take extra care to start the conversation in a very feminine, high-pitched voice, before I drop down to my regular pitch and "mode".