Voice?

[Binks]

I have been looking and have not seen any discussions on practicing my female voice. If I have missed something thing please link me to the past posts. I really am having a rough time with my voice I know from my past singing experience that I can hit and hold higher notes. I am also trying to find better references to hertz and octaves of a female voice. Or even chords that I can play on my guitar and try to match.

[Janet_Girl]

I went to DeepStealth for their package.  And it help greatly.


Janet

[Binks]

Yeah Cal sent me that package a while ago I tried and only produced marginal results.

[Janet_Girl]

Daily practice is what worked.  And every time I answered the phone.

Are you/Did you use some kind of recorder.  And the spectrogram?  That was a godsend.



Janet

[june bug]

Yeah Cal sent me that package a while ago I tried and only produced marginal results.

How many hours a day were you working with it?

Did you use the spectrogram?

Did you record and playback your voice as well through out practicing?

[Binks]

I should download and use the spectrogram but never have. I really have no excuse I have the perfect mic to use with it.

[june bug]

I've used the DeepStealth program in the past and more recently a speech therapist who specialized in trans clients.

I honestly feel the DeepStealth program is extreme overkill (and boring beyond belief) compared to what I was going through my speech therapist.

I was seeing results with her in a matter of weeks with off and on practice.

My best piece of advice is to have an audio recorder (I used my iphone) at all times and play with your voice until you find something that is pleasing to you.

Also, mimicking women's voices who are in your range worked wonders for me (especially singing)... but you definitely have to spend a lot of time on it.

It wasn't until I started using a recorder and having that instant feedback everywhere I went of where my voice was at that I really got good results though.

[Janet_Girl]

I've used the DeepStealth program in the past and more recently a speech therapist who specialized in trans clients.

I honestly feel the DeepStealth program is extreme overkill (and boring beyond belief) compared to what I was going through my speech therapist.

I was seeing results with her in a matter of weeks with off and on practice.

My best piece of advice is to have a tape recorder at all times and play with your voice until you find something that is pleasing to you.

Also, mimicking women's voices who are in your range worked wonders for me (especially singing)... but you definitely have to spend a lot of time on it.

It wasn't until I started using a recorder and having that instant feedback everywhere I went of where my voice was at that I really got good results though.

For me, it was Cher and Carly Simon.  I am close to their range.  Bit of a strain, but whatever works.



Janet

[june bug]

For me, it was Cher and Carly Simon.  I am close to their range.  Bit of a strain, but whatever works.



Janet

Ha ha.  Nice.   For me it was Amanda Palmer and Regina Spektor.

... and now I'm attempting Tori Amos with very horribly mixed results. 

[Cowboi]

Okay. I'm sitting here with Binks and trying to help her figure out what/how to ask some questions. She is really hoping to find something that will show what the natural female voice range is on a hertz scale.

While we agree that there are several good suggestions here, she needs something more specific. She is a little tone deaf, so comparing herself to singers or working on sounding like other people/women is very difficult for her. Has anyone had any experience with programs that show what hertz frequency your voice is? To put it simply she need something that is both visual and audio, she has a really good understanding of music, scales, notes, etc so anything along those lines might work well for her.

Any ideas?

[june bug]

http://www.genderlife.com/voicetutor/index.htm

[Cowboi]

LOL, there have been so many threads on female voice 

But that's okay. I'm sure there will be plenty more

I would give advise but no-one listens to me much anyway on that subject

I tend to sing Blondie, Eurythmics, Patsy Cline, No Doubt and a few others

But I use to sing in bands for several years. But who cares really? Your just gonna do what you want anyways

I can't tell rather or not you are being serious in your post so I'm going to make this really simple. If it is just a joke then cool, it just didn't come across. If it is not a joke then it's simple too, take the drama/complaining elsewhere. Thank you.

[june bug]

I can't tell rather or not you are being serious in your post so I'm going to make this really simple. If it is just a joke then cool, it just didn't come across. If it is not a joke then it's simple too, take the drama/complaining elsewhere. Thank you.

Pretty sure Virgnia didn't mean anything by it.

[Cowboi]

Pretty sure Virgnia didn't mean anything by it.

Yeah, it seemed like a joke, I just figured I'd cover all the bases at once.

[Binks]

Cool I will work on those scales tomorrow thanks. I am going to finally download a spectrogram and work from there.

[Janet_Girl]

If you are a visual learner, the spectrogram is prefect.



Janet

[Cowboi]

Actually, I've been singing for several years. Maybe you should learn more about baseball

[Janet_Girl]

"Covering all the bases".  A lame reference to baseball.  Nice try Virginia. 


Janet

[Asfsd4214]

Something I just thought I'd throw out here because I haven't seen it mentioned before.

If you use a microphone hooked up to a computer, there's software you can use to apply the "phone call" quality to the sound, so you can hear what you would sound like on the other end of the telephone.

If anyones interested in knowing more, let me know, I don't really have any advise outside of that except to keep practicing.

[Cowboi]

"Covering all the bases".  A lame reference to baseball.  Nice try Virginia. 

Strangely all I thought when I read this was, it's an idiom, lol.