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Title: Male sounding voice?
Post by: vinnie413 on July 13, 2013, 06:52:46 PM
Post by: vinnie413 on July 13, 2013, 06:52:46 PM
I see plenty of topics on how to make one's voice feminine, but not really anything on the other way around for FTMs. I've been on T for 8 months now, and while my voice is indeed lower, people say I sound like a low voiced female. Ugh. Well that sucks.
Any tips for intonation, etc, to sound more male? The only way i sound remotely male is when I up how nasal I sound, and then I sound like a nerdy teenage boy...... which is ok, I guess, but I'd rather sound like a normal man.
Any tips for intonation, etc, to sound more male? The only way i sound remotely male is when I up how nasal I sound, and then I sound like a nerdy teenage boy...... which is ok, I guess, but I'd rather sound like a normal man.
Title: Re: Male sounding voice?
Post by: Jennygirl on July 13, 2013, 08:07:41 PM
Post by: Jennygirl on July 13, 2013, 08:07:41 PM
Here's a good tip-
Men speak with a more monotone voice. That means they stay at the same pitch for the most part and use volume to add emphasis. Females are the opposite. They add emphasis with a dynamic pitch instead of adding more volume.
If your voice is bouncing up and down (even if it's low) it could easily make it sound very feminine/girly. Try evening out your pitch. Maybe even try talking holding the same low pitch, and then slowly start to add just a little bit of variance until it sounds natural.
I hope this helps!
Men speak with a more monotone voice. That means they stay at the same pitch for the most part and use volume to add emphasis. Females are the opposite. They add emphasis with a dynamic pitch instead of adding more volume.
If your voice is bouncing up and down (even if it's low) it could easily make it sound very feminine/girly. Try evening out your pitch. Maybe even try talking holding the same low pitch, and then slowly start to add just a little bit of variance until it sounds natural.
I hope this helps!
Title: Re: Male sounding voice?
Post by: Jamie D on July 15, 2013, 12:48:43 AM
Post by: Jamie D on July 15, 2013, 12:48:43 AM
Another tip that I used in college to help develop my "radio voice":
Speak from the chest and not from the throat
Speak from the chest and not from the throat
Title: Re: Male sounding voice?
Post by: vinnie413 on July 15, 2013, 06:58:18 PM
Post by: vinnie413 on July 15, 2013, 06:58:18 PM
Those are both good tips! thanks much!
Title: Re: Male sounding voice?
Post by: lissabuchannon on July 15, 2013, 07:02:07 PM
Post by: lissabuchannon on July 15, 2013, 07:02:07 PM
Your voice will deepen more. Try not to go up at the end of a question or the end of a sentence.