So I feel like I'm making some huge progress with my voice training. I use a stitch voice to get my vocal muscles to shift into the feminine register. I landed what I felt to be a pretty perfect feminine voice but then fell off a bit afterwards. Tell me what you think! ;D
https://soundcloud.com/athena-lynn-harting/voice-training-1
Sounds good to me, pretty feminine! :)
So you're trying to constrict your vocal chords, right? It sounds like you are focusing too high up in your throat. You're closing your throat around your tonsils, when you should be focusing on restricting the lower part of your voice box (around your adams apple).
It may take some time to find these muscles, I would recommend learning to control the larynx (adams apple) and to speak/sing with the larynx in a high position; then you can keep your larynx up high and restrict the lower part of the voice box for a more feminine sound.
You sound really good when you speak the word "hi"
Also: it sounds like you learned a method of practice from someone that may not be helping you: the technique you used in the beginning to "find" your voice may not be the best method for you. It sounds like smeagol from lord of the rings, which confirms that you are constricting your upper throat behind your tonsils. You don't want to do that. I would recommend finding another method to "find your voice". I always liked starting in falsetto, and then talking REALLY girly and gradually lowering myself out of falsetto.
To my ears, your last couple of sentences at the very end (about saying hi a lot and needing something to read) sounded the most natural. Pitch wasn't as high there, but the timbre and inflections sounded female enough there that it didn't need to be any higher, IMO!
Quote from: trapsouldoor on October 21, 2014, 08:36:34 PM
To my ears, your last couple of sentences at the very end (about saying hi a lot and needing something to read) sounded the most natural. Pitch wasn't as high there, but the timbre and inflections sounded female enough there that it didn't need to be any higher, IMO!
I agree with this. Sounded very female to me. :)
Hi Athena. I think you sound fantastic when you found the right range just into the sample. And it won't be hard to keep your voice there if you keep using it. :)
From the sounds of it, everything is in the right place. Once you've used it for a while ( 6 months+ ), muscle memory really takes over you won't give it another thought. :)