Or now, if you're still pre-T. What was (is) your vocal range, and how has that changed on T so far?

I'm kind of curious because right now my voice sits in between the classifications of lyric and spinto tenor, and I'd like to see what kind of results people have had from T in order to know what I should expect due to a lack of male family members (the only one I've ever been close to is my dad, and most of my cousins and such are girls). I know it mainly depends on genetics but I figured I'd make a survey anyway 

I don't know what my voice really sounds like, I've never really recorded it or anything before (I hate being recorded). But that is definitely something I'm curious about.

People say I sound like my mom on the phone, but they also say I sound nothing like that in person. When I was little (like 9), because of the lack of technology in camcorders, I always sounded like a grown man on video for whatever reason, even though everyone else sounded basically the same. And I'm talking like deep-voiced, 50's or 60's man. It was frightening. xD It kind of makes me worry that recording my voice now still wouldn't be the same as my actual voice, and that I may never know. :/

I do know my voice gets manlier when I smoke, though. Trying to feminize over the past few years, I've gotten to a point where I naturally speak more feminine (I had to force it for the first few years), but when I'm smoking I'm more relaxed, so my natural voice is able to come in better. If that makes any sense. ^^;

(Sorry, I don't know the actual names for pitches and such.)

haha mine was super high looking back at the videos and hearing it now feels like it was almost forced to be that high - that being said im not exactly deep now and im 16months and change in. 

I was pretty much an alto, but I could actually sing in the tenor range. I'm 4 months on T, and can sing tenor (when I can sing) and can probably reach some baritone notes. But my speaking voice goes all over the place, can help me pass but outs me on the phone.

--Jay

I can't really give you direct classifications or my ranges but I know I sung low to regular alto in choir while in school. Even after puberty, I still was kinda low but had a higher range. My voice would crack a lot when I tried to keep up with sopranos so my teacher had me grouped between the tenors and the other altos unless she wanted something contrasting. My voice has always been notably lower and I can sometimes really lower my voice to the point I'm mistaken for a guy.

I'm still pre-T so I'm curious how low my voice will go.

My voice is fairly low and when I speak softly my voice is a little gravely.  It can help me pass as a younger boy but it's not really got the depth men have.  I'm looking forward to finding out how deep it goes though!  I have one vid on YouTube if you want an idea of it thus far.  I'm going to be trying to do updates as I go.  If I miss something myself, I can compare vids lol.

Pre T I had a very raspy young boy's voice that didn't match how I looked at all. I always passed pre T before I opened my mouth.

I don't know ranges but now it's average I would say. It's not very deep but my dad's voice wasn't either. I'm 6 months and 9 days on T so it might change some more but I'm happy with what I have. It's nice to feel comfortable speaking to people.

I sounded like a prepubescent boy. Never like a girl though...it's interesting. Especially on the phone, everyone always thought I was a little boy, even when I was 10. It wasn't deep though, just...different.

Pre-T, my voice was slightly lower than most females' voices. I could sing soprano, but had a bit of a hard time reaching the high notes. On the phone I was occasionally assumed to be male, but mostly I sounded like a girl.

Now, my voice is noticeably deeper. I'd say it's about average compared to a cismale's. If I'm nervous/anxious, it gets a bit higher (as in, stereotypical gay guy voice), but when I'm relaxed it's deeper, which I prefer.

Here is a video comparison of my pre-T and 1 year on T.

My voice was pretty low to start with, so I was lucky! People said I sounded like a 14 year old boy and I always passed. The thing is, I am almost 5 months on T now and it hasn't really changed a lot. Maybe it's because I started off low? It's annoying tho because I would like it to get deeper.

Back in the sixth grade of elementary school we had a singing test (...seriously) and my teacher said I had a low soprano voice. Not much comment on that, I think I sounded like a dying crow. I guess puberty slightly changed my voice but it was never really THAT high but it wasn't very low either.

Right now my voice falls somewhere in the alto range, I'm not sure where (in my head it sounds like low to high alto, but I know in reality my voice is higher, so it probably ranges from high alto to low soprano or something :/)
I always used to think I sounded like a grown man, but when I heard a recording I actually had to face it is pretty darn high (for a guy). For a girl I think it's 'normal' range, like not squeaking high but not grumbling low either.
Also something which outs me pretty easily is that when I get enthusiastic or swept up my voice really gets pretty high, and changes a lot (while most guys seem to have a more 'steady' vocal range when talking)

But yeah, I'm REALLY looking forward to my voice changing, as it's one of my main dysphoria points. Though I talk quite a lot, I really have to 'shut down' my thinking to be able to and not to jam, knowing EVERYONE can tell my biological gender in a second by hearing my voice :/

I have no idea what any of you are talking about with your fancy singing terms...


I did a violin exam quite a few years ago and there was a singing section where you had to sing what she played on the piano, and I had to ask for it to be transposed lower.  I can't sing for toffee though.  A friend once asked if I try to lower my voice, but I don't, so maybe I am lower than cis people.

Quote from: AlexanderC on June 28, 2013, 09:19:02 AM
I have no idea what any of you are talking about with your fancy singing terms...


I did a violin exam quite a few years ago and there was a singing section where you had to sing what she played on the piano, and I had to ask for it to be transposed lower.  I can't sing for toffee though.  A friend once asked if I try to lower my voice, but I don't, so maybe I am lower than cis people.

Soprano is a high female voice; alto is a low female voice; tenor is a high male voice; and baritone is a low male voice. Of course, there are males who can sing in the alto range and females who can sing within the tenor range. However, male voices are different than females'. Male voices tend to have more resonance.


--Jay

I'm not very musically inclined but when i was forced to do chorus in 8th grade I know I was a tenor. It was only 2 years later that I started T and I dont remember my voice changing between that time so thats probably what I was when i started. Now I'd guess I'm a baritone.

My voice was very very high. Lol. I actually still hear female when I hear myself speak, but most people don't seem to now. My brother actually watched an old video where I was speaking, and he was like "who is that girl speaking in the background?" and I said "I don't know...weird." Then we both stared at each other in horror when we realized it was me.

I have a low voice - so much so that I sang exclusively in the boys' tenor section of a choir for many years, as the alto parts were too high. I struggle to get higher than the G above middle C, for those that know music, but my lower range is, though obviously not as low as cis males, considerably better.

My voice was low, but not low enough to pass as male over the phone or in person save for the (very) rare occasion. I was labeled an alto in my school chorus and actually didn't make it into the high school women's choir because it was too low and they had no place for me ffft. It started to crack/steadily drop after about...I guess two or three months on T?? It's been ten months and I now have a voice that sounds like most dudes my age, but I think it's still getting deeper and the whole voice thing depends on each individual.

In sixth grade chorus, my voice was a soprano. I have no idea what kind. When I was about 21, I started lowering my voice and speaking a little more monotone because I just hated the girly sound. But I was nowhere near male range.

A student once asked me which pronoun I preferred, and he referenced my name, my presentation, and my voice. So I suppose I wasn't all that feminine-sounding, but hardly anyone ever read me as male after hearing me speak!

Now I'm a baritone, according to my therapist (he sings, or used to). I keep praying that my voice will get deeper, and it inches down a bit at a time...never enough; I mostly pick up a bit of resonance rather than true depth. I suppose it would sound weird for a guy my size to sound like James Earl Jones, but I do dream about it.