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Title: Female Voice Practice (singing)
Post by: kilkan on September 15, 2013, 07:52:32 PM
Post by: kilkan on September 15, 2013, 07:52:32 PM
One of the best ways I have found to experiment with my voice is by singing. I am curious as to what songs/artists others have found it useful to emulate while discovering the female voice.
Title: Re: Female Voice Practice (singing)
Post by: Marissa on September 15, 2013, 08:09:01 PM
Post by: Marissa on September 15, 2013, 08:09:01 PM
I'm a huge fan of Tori Amos and I love practicing singing along with her. She has great dynamic range and constantly changes up the 'texture' of her voice so it seems like good practice. :)
*sings*
We scream in cathedrals
Why can't it be beautiful
Why does there gotta be a sacrifice
*stops singing*
Lucky for you that you can't actually hear me singing that, hehehe
*sings*
We scream in cathedrals
Why can't it be beautiful
Why does there gotta be a sacrifice
*stops singing*
Lucky for you that you can't actually hear me singing that, hehehe
Title: Re: Female Voice Practice (singing)
Post by: Erin Brianne on September 15, 2013, 08:39:34 PM
Post by: Erin Brianne on September 15, 2013, 08:39:34 PM
I have taken to Joss Stone with her rich voice. I got so into her song "right to be wrong" that I could barely talk the next day. Her vocal range is outstanding.
Title: Re: Re: Female Voice Practice (singing)
Post by: KabitTarah on September 15, 2013, 09:08:41 PM
Post by: KabitTarah on September 15, 2013, 09:08:41 PM
Quote from: kilkan on September 15, 2013, 07:52:32 PM
One of the best ways I have found to experiment with my voice is by singing. I am curious as to what songs/artists others have found it useful to emulate while discovering the female voice.
Lords is at the top of my list right now.
My other go-to is Stevie Nicks with Fleetwood Mac.
I have others, but they escape me... was Joplin one...?
I like a vocal challenge! Maybe it comes from too much Glee lately!
Title: Re: Female Voice Practice (singing)
Post by: Carrie Liz on September 15, 2013, 09:30:48 PM
Post by: Carrie Liz on September 15, 2013, 09:30:48 PM
The first songs that I ever sung which really helped me find a reasonable voice that sounded feminine, were actually both by Joan Baez... "With God On Our Side" and "Forever Young." Copying her nasally tone was actually exactly what I needed to learn how to lift the voice up and forward.
Title: Re: Female Voice Practice (singing)
Post by: Teela Renee on September 16, 2013, 12:03:46 AM
Post by: Teela Renee on September 16, 2013, 12:03:46 AM
singing didnt work for me since you dont really speak at singing volumes. Copying voices and the way people spoke in animes I watched worked best for me. The one I flocked to was Major Kusanagi's voice in Ghost in the shell stand alone complex. She had a real mellow female voice that was kinda cold but upbeat. which fits my never smiling face XD
Title: Re: Female Voice Practice (singing)
Post by: MaryXYX on September 16, 2013, 06:28:39 AM
Post by: MaryXYX on September 16, 2013, 06:28:39 AM
I raised my base pitch into the lower end of the female range by myself, and got rid of the chest resonance - sometimes called using the head voice instead of the chest voice. Then I had some speech therapy and the therapist was pleased with what I had already done and concentrated on intonation and dynamics.
I do sing in two choirs at the moment. I still sing bass so I'm a bit unusual.
I do sing in two choirs at the moment. I still sing bass so I'm a bit unusual.
Title: Re: Female Voice Practice (singing)
Post by: Katie on September 16, 2013, 08:57:56 AM
Post by: Katie on September 16, 2013, 08:57:56 AM
To illustrate something. If someone held a gun to your head and said talk like a girl you probably would. Carrying this further if a person has not made a real commitment to transition then all the practice in the world will likely mean nothing.
On the other hand if a person goes out in the world and you would be surprise how quickly the voice falls into place.
Katie
On the other hand if a person goes out in the world and you would be surprise how quickly the voice falls into place.
Katie
Title: Re: Female Voice Practice (singing)
Post by: Emmaline on September 16, 2013, 09:30:29 AM
Post by: Emmaline on September 16, 2013, 09:30:29 AM
Right now I am trying to strengthen my upper register.
I practice falsetto as an exercise by singing along to ' we are ghosts' by james vincent mcmorrow.
I practice falsetto as an exercise by singing along to ' we are ghosts' by james vincent mcmorrow.