I posted a video of a poem read by me in the entertainment forum.
You're free to laugh I my attempt at poetry reading: I do ;D
The link is here for your convenience.
https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,15197.0.html (https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,15197.0.html)
omg I love that dress
http://s199.photobucket.com/albums/aa85/Keirasthings/?action=view¤t=Keira_2007_AlmostFullBodyShot.jpg
You look Marvelous darling!!
Woot Woo! You look absolutely gorgeous ;)
You actually remind me of keira knightley ;D
Thanks you all for the compliments about my looks.. ;D
But, now, did my poetry reading, my voice, suck or not ;)
Quote from: Keira on June 28, 2007, 07:57:10 AM
Thanks you all for the compliments about my looks.. ;D
But, now, did my poetry reading, my voice, suck or not ;)
Well you know I'll be honest ;D
It's really good, but needs work. It doesn't sound natural at certain points to me....almost like you are trying too hard. Try to relax a bit and flow more. Your highs are really excellent..like perfect....the deeper tones sound almost like you are going through your nasal passage like you have a cold or a stuffy nose.
Your voice is great! I have to say I would never know. And to echo the other girls...I coulsn't resist snooping through the rest of your album :angel: and you are beautiful!
Charlotte
Lori, I'm reading from the screen, that's were the problem lies ;D
I should really try to learn it by heart, it would make it a lot better.
That's my natural voice. My voice is THAT high naturally no joke.
If I've got problems with my lows its because I never speak low in conversation, in fact, I can talk even higher than that; I'm comfortable in the high range. In the poetry reading, I'm trying for more much broader range. I noticed that in the start of second sonnet is slightly nasal with a very high pitch, then the nasality fades in 5-6 seconds.
Also, my voice sounds a bit different when recorded through a good mike (I got professional ones) instead of a camera.
I just took a spectrograf to that sample and the FO=270, which is pretty high. My normal everyday voice's FO=235-240.
Minimum pitch 130Hz, maximum pitch 400 Hz, that's quite a speaking range, average deviation around average pitch=50 Hz. Its funny that my minimum pitch is close to the male average and I've got a lot of problem around that pitch.
12% shimmer... GRRR, that's caused my by vocal cord problem, in the morning its around 7%. This makes the raspiness in my voice.
The stats come from the free spectograf, Praat
Quote from: Keira on June 28, 2007, 08:34:59 AM
Lori, I'm reading from the screen, that's were the problem lies ;D
I should really try to learn it by heart, it would make it a lot better.
Maybe you are just nervous :P
Camera shy? I bet knowing it by heart and the second go around when you are more relaxed will even the lows out.
I think this is a great thread and something that I think is so important. All too often we see threads about HRT and what to expect when, which is useful, however, I think something along these lines is such a fantastic tool.
We had a thread awhile back with diferent voice samples and it would be nice if we could dig it up and the girls could update us on progress. I am one of those girls and would be happy to let people hear what I sound like (I have been slacking a bit but I am better)
Charlotte
Keira
You sound great. If anyone else heard you without knowing in advance that you were demonstrating your voice for us, I don't think they would give your voice pitch a second guess.
Let me add that you look great as well.
Deb
I would never guess, Keira. Your voice sounds natural to me.
Dennis
Quote from: Dennis on June 28, 2007, 09:32:06 AM
I would never guess, Keira. Your voice sounds natural to me.
Dennis
I agree