Quote from: Tesla on December 13, 2012, 05:37:14 PM
That's beautiful Assoluta. I can't get past G4 using chest voice and a shaky D5 for head voice. But I haven't done much singing practice. How far do you think I could push beyond G4?

G4 was my barrier too - it's a very common 'crisis point' for the average male voice - that's where mixed voice comes in - first it pays to practice getting the head voice technique down well and then almost 'shout into it' a little to bring back a bit of the chest voice in. It may sound 'shouty' at first but then this can be controlled and tempered (with vibratto etc) over time. Now I can get a mixed voice up to B4 (or C5 on a good day) so it almost sounds like I can do chest voice up to that point, and then head voice up to about G5.

Well I have an extremely low voice even for guys as well - and sometimes I hate it sometimes I like it - and yes it's especially funny to see people's expression when they get the optimus prime voice. 

Although these days my voice has been all over the place...

Quote from: Assoluta on December 13, 2012, 05:44:46 PM
G4 was my barrier too - it's a very common 'crisis point' for the average male voice - that's where mixed voice comes in - first it pays to practice getting the head voice technique down well and then almost 'shout into it' a little to bring back a bit of the chest voice in. It may sound 'shouty' at first but then this can be controlled and tempered (with vibratto etc) over time. Now I can get a mixed voice up to B4 (or C5 on a good day) so it almost sounds like I can do chest voice up to that point, and then head voice up to about G5.

I'll take this advice to my singing/speech therapist who I'm going to see in January. I may get away with my sight-singing exam if it's singing around middle C, but no higher than F4. I'm allowed to sight-hum, which may disguise my shoddy singing.

This is a really interesting topic.  I am 44, and my biggest goal is to blend in. I tend to listen more to women with deeper voices on YouTube (Geena Davis, Catherine Dent, Ashley Judd, Christine McGinn, et cetera), and aim for a feminine but slightly more mature sound. Sometimes it is hard to rein in my pitch; it wants to go higher, especially when I am nervous. But I am working on it!

Some other actresses to listen to, Brenda Vacarro, Suzanne Plashette, Bea Aurther, Debra Winger, Kathleen Turner, Marlo Thomas, they all have deeper gravelly voices but you can still tell they are female.

Having a higher voice that's smooth as satin would be nice, but being in the range of one of those ladies isn't the end of the world.

Careful, you are dating yourself! 
Excellent suggestions!

Quote from: PaigeM on December 16, 2012, 07:04:14 AM
Careful, you are dating yourself! 
Excellent suggestions!

Oops

Quoteim pretty sure your music teacher never seen someone switch their voice from male to female either

your teacher probably thinks the only way to sound female as a cismale is to sound like mrs doubtfire or any other male actor on tv trying to sound female

Naw, this was not my music teacher, just someone who is a teacher at Texas A&M

I don't think it's a bad thing at all to sound not quite one or the other, in fact that's pretty much the effect i was going for so I'm actually glad you said that. The point of my singing is instead of limiting one's repertoire to songs where one sounds completely cis, one may as well own and flaunt having a different voice And sound ambiguous. Some people don't like this ambiguity but that's fine. Some songs are more challenging for my type and so i pull off some better than others.

I would also suggest you lower the slightly acerbic tone of your posts a little. Criticism is fine when delivered in an appropriately measured way.

Alright folks, if we can not play nice, then it is time for a time out.

Topic locked for now.

My input are always factual. Blunt and assertive perhaps but factual. Ever heard the saying" It's better to be hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie" it's actually true.

They'll be no personal attacks I won't fall for that. I don't know where you got the idea that I was such an example to anyone I'm terribly flawed just like most human beings.

I don't like how some people seems to need a shepherd to settle stuff that don't even need to be settled. Stuff that are not even arguments but rather divergent opinions.

I have unlocked it, but no more baiting each other.

come on gang, don't derail my thread please, starting to be some good info and posts here and I am finding it helpful.