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Practicing my manly man voice

Started by WolfNightV4X1, February 18, 2016, 12:24:12 AM

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WolfNightV4X1

Heh, well alrighty, Im sure its more like boyishly boy voice right now. And I know for a male I have it easy since T will do the work like magic. Unfortunately, I havent the means to get on hormones right away at this time. Right now as Im trying to work and stuff Im passing the time by...uh...passing. Or attempting to. It makes me feel accomplished idk.

Currently I've gotten in the habit of keeping my voice at the lower level, it isnt good enough but it sounds deep to me and is better that way. I used a lot of tips I read like 'bing bong ding ding king kong', speaking from the throat/chest, attempting to sing and imitate male voices (although I dislike this method because as fun as it is my awful voice doesnt do music justice x3), drinking water (I read I should avoid sugary drink but I love coke too much), relaxing your vocal cords and trying not to be tense or stressed. Admittedly I fall back on some of those (like the last) so Im not there yet. But for three consecutive days whereas before it had been on and off its not bad.

Before now I pretty much always spoke in a low voice, not wanting my pitch to be so high, my family would often complain how they could barely hear me at times, so with vocal practice its likely better than my default voice being too low. Im working on projection too and 'hearing my voice in front of me' too, enunciating slowly and clearly, and the like too.

I actually made a voice recording to hear myself, I still dislike how it sounds but in comparison to a higher pitch (which is very strange to make once I stopped doing it) Im pretty happy with the results.

I still have a long way to go, but its an interesting start thus far and I find I like this. Two of my relatives who I talked with on the phone already asked me if I was sick from the weather, lol.

So yeah, maybe its all moot seeing as T will do it for me, but this makes me feel more satisfied.


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Elis

Good to hear you're improving :). One of the most annoying things about being ftm is how your voice sounds; because it's one of the first things people notice. I was a bit skeptical of the method of repeating certain phrases to lower my voice. Although I was pretty self conscious of doing it even when there was no one else around  :laugh:.
I hadn't heard of drinking water would help; I may try it though. I need to cut down my sugar intake anyway. I found talking in a monotonous voice helped the most; although like you I can't keep it up for long which sucks :P.
Even with T I'm not happy with my voice. It's a kind of torture waiting for the changes to my voice as it's such a gradual slow process.
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Kylo

I have a low voice for AFAB for sure, but not low enough without T. I do a lot of practice with it besides.

Just yesterday I got up, I know I had the most sandpapered hungover voice possible when I answered my mobile - knew it was on the low, low end... and it was one of those scammers from a foreign country trying to trick me into some fake insurance payouts. Was going to have a bit of a laugh with this guy, but he ma'amed me... and I told him where to stick his scam.

Even several thousands of miles away over tons of static it ain't low enough. Feh.
"If the freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter."
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FtMitch

My voice is at a weird in between stage where I sound like a chain smoker (thanks, T!).  The thing I have the hardest time remembering is to sigh in a lower voice.  I will make the girliest sighs ever sometimes.  Since my voice is dropping every day it's starting to sound more "effeminate man" when I forget and say or do something in a higher pitch, but it's still annoying.  I dunno how trans ladies manage to change their voices as much as they do--it's so hard to change things you've done your whole life even WITH the help of hormones that I don't think I would do too well if the hormones weren't lending such a big hand.

I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who feels self conscious voice training even in private!
(Started T November 4, 2015)
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