Heya

I was practicing my feminine voice this morning, and was thinking whether it would be easier to get a passable voice if I had a different accent?!

Im originally from bristol in southern West England, and although my accent isnt massively strong, I still feel its abit 'farmerish'. And its quite a masculine accent :/ also I was litening to some of the girls from the u.s who have posted recordings on here, and was amazed at how expressive they are with there voice, somthing which is a very feminine trait and one that im finding very difficult to get into my voice :/

So I was wondering, does where your from, or your regional accent effect how quickly you will be able to feminize your voice? And does it have any bearing on how succesful your results will be?

Xx

I have a strong Lancashire accent I've found great difficulty with my voice.I've tried speech therapy 3 times and found it very hard.I don't think my accent has made it more difficult

Hi all,

I'm bilingual (German and American English) and have found it much harder to feminize my voice when speaking German, as opposed to English. I assume this is because in German, a relatively monotonous enunciation is used by men and women alike. The use of too much melody would seem exaggerated, which virtually eliminates one factor in feminizing the voice, and pitch as well as resonance become  all the more important.

Amy

I am not very far along with my voice MtF, and probably only a vocal coach would have experience to base an opinion on. My thought is that becoming aware of how your voice is being produced, feeling it and being able to control it is what is required to change one's voice, whether it is conscious or not. So, learning to change one's accent is experience that can help to become familiar with how ones voice is produced. That would mean that it could be a less than optimal use of one's time, but wouldn't hurt unless it requires extra time and you become discouraged because of that.

If you have difficulty producing the farmer's daughter's voice, then trying a different accent seems to me to be similar to advice like "imitate a valley girl": barf me out, totally, etc.

For AmyBerlin, I find female German accents attractive. But, I know what you mean about it not being easy to base a modulated feminine voice on.

i live in the UK as well and whenever i try my feminine voice it always has an american accent for some reason 

Quote from: AmyBerlin on March 24, 2014, 12:33:48 AM
Hi all,

I'm bilingual (German and American English) and have found it much harder to feminize my voice when speaking German, as opposed to English. I assume this is because in German, a relatively monotonous enunciation is used by men and women alike. The use of too much melody would seem exaggerated, which virtually eliminates one factor in feminizing the voice, and pitch as well as resonance become  all the more important.

Amy

i can totally relate to you. i speak Spanish and English. and its so hard for me to get a feminine voice when i speak Spanish, thats why i avoid it all the time, but when i speak English it's way easier to get to that female range.

I tend to speak Spanish (Spain) even in a masculine voice on the higher pitch, and it works out to be more feminine, along with my French (Belgian,) than my feminine English (American) voice. It turns out though that when I speak in a masculine voice that my French is super deep.

I find speaking English with an American accent much easier than Cambridge English, the breathed sounds with emphasis on "S" sound normal in an American accent but totally out of place in most UK accents IMHO.

Spanish and French are not too bad, be careful with the rolling "R" in Spanish though but allow for other feminization techniques.

I have real problems with German and the Nordic languages, between the harsh accents and guttural sounds it requires more practise and finesse.

For some examples:

Scottish with a hint of Irish: https://www.youtube.com/user/MelissaCarmenVlog
Swedish: https://www.youtube.com/user/theswedish->-bleeped-<-
German: https://www.youtube.com/user/AnnaRedfield

I'd love to get a professional opinion and tips on these.

This is so ironic...i was practicing my fem voice the other day and thought perhaps adding an accent would enable me to get the higher range.

One could do like the actors when playing a part and consult a dialect coach.