Quote from: sarahc on May 29, 2019, 08:23:04 PM
Getting flustered and the voice tiring are pretty normal for only being a few weeks in. This is a deceptively difficult process, and you're still at the stage of needing to concentrate hard just to speak.
As for frequency jumping around, if you have a lot of natural intonation in your speaking style, I would suggest trying to tone that down for a while. At the beginning of this process, it's better to have a much narrower pitch variance in your voice for at least a few months - try to keep the pitch relatively steady without being robotic. That will help you get used to the new pitch. Once you get the new pitch gets burned in your mind and have resonance down, you can then think about adding back some intonation.
Sarah
Sarah, thank you for putting it in perspective. You are right, I think it is normal to have some discouraging times with this. I started to feel like I was finally having a jumping off place and then I was lost again. So much has caused variability in my vocalizations. I tend to have mucous and have to clear my throat a lot, I have confidence issues, and don't have a good self awareness of my pitch. After some initial optimism, these things crept back in and I was lost again. Tonight, after a bad voice day, I did some reading out loud. The tuner jumps around but I found the 145-155 range and used your inflection limiting advice. It helped get my base pitch. I am more optimistic again. I also think a lot of my practice will involve reading. It is good practice for pitch and annunciation.
Tony, hi, yes I am starting with a therapist now.
Linde, are you kidding? I can barely speak English. lol I always thought of German as a masculine language and French as Feminine. And those Antarticans, don't get me started!
