I keep seeing this as a theme, that singing helps some to get their voice more into feminine range...
I have a girlfriend that has a wonderful voice, and she swears by Ani (F'in) DiFranco :)
Ani's lyrics are way too complex for me, and don't match my vocal rhythms, lol...
Did anyone here find singing to be helpful to developing their feminine voice, and which songs/artists?
*huggs*,
Melan
;D
Great topic Melan! I definitely will be checking on this thread!
As for songs I am constantly surrounded by people and don't want to freak anyone out! lol.
Most songs by Cher. I can match her pretty good, and I have developed a taste for her music. I used to hate to hear her because it meant my ex was drinking again and I would catch hell. But now she has become more mine.
Janet
If you can, record while singing, listen back, repeat until you like what you hear.
Post Merge: November 19, 2009, 02:22:40 AM
ive just started working on voice and it dosnt go up very high so not sure how to do this i dont want to add a speach therapist to the ever expanding list of expenses lol
jessica
Quote from: Janet Lynn on November 18, 2009, 09:20:50 PM
Most songs by Cher. I can match her pretty good, and I have developed a taste for her music.
Janet
Janet,
Do you find singing to help you in finding your feminine voice?
It exercise the vocal cords and helps to increase my range. Which helps with the voice.
Janet
Patsy Cline, Debra Harry (Blondie), Annie Lennox (Eurythmics), Gwen Stephani and some others have all been a great help to me :)
I wish I could sing too, but just running water pisses the neighbors off.
Anything in the upper tenor or lower alto range for me that comes on the radio. As much as I enjoy singing, I've never been much of a music buff, with nearly all of my music intake coming from the car radio. (That is, I rarely buy anything, nor do I just turn something on for the sole reason of listening to it and doing nothing else.) Most of the music I enjoyed singing in my male voice works for training my female voice. Any that have very low pitches I just kick up an octave and go at it.
I also try to keep myself conscious of what songs a GG might sing in pitch, an octave higher, or not at all. It's funny how it works out in that songs I took down an octave before I try not to now, while some songs sit low but at an octave up strain my range.
Singing along is a good idea. I'll have to start doing that. (Much of what I usually listen to is instrumental, not vocal.)
I sing hymns at church and sit with a bunch of other women. I try to match the alto range and am getting better at it. But the idea of singing along with Emmy Lou Harris or someone sounds good to me. I'll have to get a Cher CD. :)
- Kate
I find that singing Megadeth really helps my voice sound more feminine. Although I don't know if I'd recommend that for everyone. :laugh:
Anything by Axl Rose. JK, though I think he was kicked in the nuts too much as a child.
Seriously though, I tend to work on my voice while singing along to Evanescence. Amy Lee has a deeper voice making it easier for me to match pitch and resonance.
The Climbhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG2zyeVRcbs# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG2zyeVRcbs#)
QuoteI can almost see it
That dream I'm dreaming but
There's a voice inside my head sayin,
You'll never reach it,
Every step I'm taking,
Every move I make feels
Lost with no direction
My faith is shaking but I
Got to keep trying
Got to keep my head held high
There's always going to be another mountain
I'm always going to want to make it move
Always going to be an uphill battle,
Sometimes I'm going to have to lose,
Ain't about how fast I get there,
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb
The struggles I'm facing,
The chances I'm taking
Sometimes they might knock me down but
No I'm not breaking
I may not know it
But these are the moments that
I'm going to remember most yeah
Just got to keep going
And I,
I got to be strong
Just keep pushing on,
cause
There's always going to be another mountain
I'm always going to want to make it move
Always going to be an uphill battle,
Sometimes I'm going to have to lose,
Ain't about how fast I get there,
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb
There's always going to be another mountain
I'm always going to want to make it move
Always going to be an uphill battle,
Somebody's you're going to have to lose,
Ain't about how fast I get there,
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb
Keep on moving
Keep climbing
Keep the faith baby
It's all about
It's all about
The climb
Keep the faith
Keep your faith
Whoaaa Ohwaoooh
Janice Joplin
Tanya Tucker
Quote from: Melan on November 18, 2009, 08:32:10 PM
I keep seeing this as a theme, that singing helps some to get their voice more into feminine range...
I have a girlfriend that has a wonderful voice, and she swears by Ani (F'in) DiFranco :)
Ani's lyrics are way too complex for me, and don't match my vocal rhythms, lol...
Did anyone here find singing to be helpful to developing their feminine voice, and which songs/artists?
*huggs*,
Melan
Surprisingly, Bon Jovi seems to have the type of voice/style that caters to feminine inflections (ending phrases on an up-note instead of down), and since he sings in a male tenor, it's easy to convert it into a female sounding voice. Especially this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5SAhoK_7Ow#noexternalembed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5SAhoK_7Ow#noexternalembed)
Quote from: Myself on November 24, 2009, 02:25:14 AM
The Climb
I like that song, and thank you for the lyrics.
I've decided what I'm going to do is take all the songs that I like with good female sounding vocals, put them into one folder playlist, then obtain the lyrics from the web (I can't memorize lyrics very easy), then print and carry these around and listen and sing along. This will be really good for my 4 week journey into Thailand, for something to do between dilations :P
*Huggs*,
Melan
I like to sing show tunes. Christine's parts in the Phantom of the Opera usually aren't too high until she gets to the end of her songs with the super high soprano notes but other than that they're not bad if one has the range. Wicked is another good show to practice singing.
Hmm, "The Climb" really IS a good song, and it's sung in the Key of E, while She Don't Know Me is in the D Key, but the pitch in Bon Jovi's voice (his pitch is high enough in D that it almost sounds like E flat) is higher than Cyrus'. he heh
Some training cd's for MTF's I've seen say to train your voice in the Key of A if you can.
XX,
Rachel
Old school Elton John, lol. His first few records are something else in terms of range. Skyline Pigeon, Come Down in Time, mmm.
Oh I love Phantom of the Opera songs too!
But I kinda love the phantom more than christine at times :D he has such an amazing voice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *in love*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHAauiJwwmU# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHAauiJwwmU#)
Quote from: heatherrose on November 29, 2009, 05:44:47 AM
Diana Krall
Me too. But I can't quite get her range yet. I'm working on it. (mi mi mi mi-i-i-i)
- Kate