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Title: I want to ask about resonance where is should be feel?
Post by: Medusa on November 27, 2012, 06:22:58 AM
Post by: Medusa on November 27, 2012, 06:22:58 AM
Hi I want to ask about resonance, where should I feel it?
On whole neck yes and nothing on chest (under collarbone) - it is right ?
On whole neck yes and nothing on chest (under collarbone) - it is right ?
Title: Re: I want to ask about resonance where is should be feel?
Post by: Beverly on November 27, 2012, 06:52:44 AM
Post by: Beverly on November 27, 2012, 06:52:44 AM
That sounds right. Any resonance / vibration in the chest gives a male sound whereas anything in the throat / mouth / head gives a female sound.
Edit:
I tried a little experiment last night. I spoke the Harvard Sentences (list 1) at three different pitch ranges - average female (200-220Hz), my normal (180-200Hz) and low female/high male (160-180Hz). There was no chest resonance in any of them although it started creeping back in the 160-180Hz. The point is that some males talk in the 160-180Hz region and they sound male because of their resonance whereas my 160-180Hz recording is either androgynous or female-lite, but I it is not a definite male sound purely because the resonance is constrained.
https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,126967.msg1034703.html#msg1034703 (https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,126967.msg1034703.html#msg1034703)
Edit:
I tried a little experiment last night. I spoke the Harvard Sentences (list 1) at three different pitch ranges - average female (200-220Hz), my normal (180-200Hz) and low female/high male (160-180Hz). There was no chest resonance in any of them although it started creeping back in the 160-180Hz. The point is that some males talk in the 160-180Hz region and they sound male because of their resonance whereas my 160-180Hz recording is either androgynous or female-lite, but I it is not a definite male sound purely because the resonance is constrained.
https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,126967.msg1034703.html#msg1034703 (https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,126967.msg1034703.html#msg1034703)
Title: Re: I want to ask about resonance where is should be feel?
Post by: Brooke777 on November 27, 2012, 10:01:59 AM
Post by: Brooke777 on November 27, 2012, 10:01:59 AM
What I was taught is that you should feel it by your nose, and on your lips. Try to get most/all of it out of your chest. There will naturally be some left there, but it has helped me a lot.