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So. I love singing. I'm not too bad actually. But due to the fact that my voice is low for a girl's and high for a boy's, I have trouble with most songs. Getting on T, would that lower my range with singing, and not just speaking tone?

Cause if it does, I'll be so damn happy, I'll bounce up and down. I want so badly to sing in a lower octave, but I can only hit half of the notes.

;D

Youtube "FTM singing"

machotka83 probably has the best one I've seen. Hes got a few songs up and hes been singing through transition so it probably makes it easier. jbastiancole is pretty decent too.

It took about eight months to be able to sing again.  Taking voice lessons while on testosterone will probably help..

I look forward to having a bluesy voice.

With the voice I have now, I could be one of those stupid poppy punk stars... (Like Avril Lavigne)

Singing has been an integral part of my identity and in fact my need to sing like other guys was one of the clues that i needed to do something.... so thanks for bringing this up Ciar. I hope I can get voice lessons via medical ins.

Meh. I don't sing "as a man," as one may say. I just sing. It doesn't really "make" or "break" my identity. Even if T makes my voice hideous I will continue to sing in my free time. So as long as we're not neighbors, you guys should be okay.  :P

Quote from: iFindMeHere on September 06, 2008, 11:34:19 PM
Singing has been an integral part of my identity and in fact my need to sing like other guys was one of the clues that i needed to do something.... so thanks for bringing this up Ciar. I hope I can get voice lessons via medical ins.

I'm not Ciar. ::)

Dan: Haha. Thanks for your consideration.

How do you think that insurance is going to cover voice lessons?

It's not. :) Not sure why anyone would need voice lessons though, I figured you could just do it yourself, find your style, push your range, seems pretty simple.

Quote from: freespeechz on September 06, 2008, 11:55:24 PM

Quote from: iFindMeHere on September 06, 2008, 11:34:19 PM
Singing has been an integral part of my identity and in fact my need to sing like other guys was one of the clues that i needed to do something.... so thanks for bringing this up Ciar. I hope I can get voice lessons via medical ins.

I'm not Ciar. ::)

Dan: Haha. Thanks for your consideration.

GGAH sorry Asher, me = airhead.

I have noticed that the girlier sort of notes I cant do anymore, as My voice is breaking..

I went from alto to bass, but there were a few months there were my singing range was about an octave. Couldn't hit the higher notes at all. After two years of working on it, the higher notes are now pretty stable and I'm happy with my range.

Quality-wise, I sing in an auditioned jazz group and I've made the auditions every year for three years now. But there are a lot fewer decent male singers. I wouldn't have made the auditions pre-transition.

Dennis

I cant sing to save my life. but i rap but right now i hate my female voice and one thing id love to do is recorded my tracks.

Quote from: tekla on September 07, 2008, 12:30:40 AM
How do you think that insurance is going to cover voice lessons?

speech pathologist...?

If you have a pathology, maybe, but that's hard to get.  And then the plan has to cover it, and most do not.

Why not just regular vocal lessons for singing? I don't think it'd really be that costly.

I only had it in school so I don't know about the actual costs, but I'd imagine its not too much.

Quote from: Monty on September 07, 2008, 08:22:23 PM
Why not just regular vocal lessons for singing? I don't think it'd really be that costly.

I only had it in school so I don't know about the actual costs, but I'd imagine its not too much.

. . . hey professor! I know look like a girl, but tell me how to sing like a guy, kk?   :embarrassed: NOoooo

Quote from: iFindMeHere on September 07, 2008, 08:25:02 PM

Quote from: Monty on September 07, 2008, 08:22:23 PM
Why not just regular vocal lessons for singing? I don't think it'd really be that costly.

I only had it in school so I don't know about the actual costs, but I'd imagine its not too much.

. . . hey professor! I know look like a girl, but tell me how to sing like a guy, kk?   :embarrassed: NOoooo

It would pose a problem pre-T in that sense.

I did know some girls in my vocal/choir class that would take the tenor parts because they could go that low and there were a lack of boys.

i sing tenor and im pre-T

Lots of girls sing tenor.

Exactly, and its not impossible for a girl to sing bass either. Its not as common, but its still possible.

It really doesn't matter. Some men can sing really high, too. I don't think it has only to do with the note/pitch.

yeah except...

listen to the vocal tropes used by males and females. they're pretty different, and i don't bloody wanna sing like a girl--regardless of range. That's why i'm hoping i can eke in under speech pathology's umbrella (ella ella).

Quote from: Elwood on September 06, 2008, 11:35:57 PM
So as long as we're not neighbors, you guys should be okay.  :P

LOLZ

I'm going nuts right now, because I used to sing all the time, and had perfect pitch, and now... well, I can sing along with Cake songs perfectly, but that's it. 6 months on T turned my former soprano into almost a bass, and I have NO CLUE how to use it! Hopefully soon I can afford voice lessons, because after 25, almost 26 years of having a girly voice, I'm a little unaccustomed to my new timbre.

SD

Some of it's physical, Sebastien. It'll take time for your voice to settle down. Happens to bio guys too in the teenage years. Just practice without overworking it and it'll come in time. Your range will keep increasing as well - especially the higher bits.

Dennis