Hey guys! A question for people around here who sang pre-T (either professionally or as a hobby). So on one hand, I'm eager for my voice to change (my voice sounds very girly), but at the same time I'm really worried about the effects it might have over my singing voice, which is really important to me. (I know some trans guys do manage to sing post-T, but just the uncertainty is making me anxious).

I've been on T for just over two weeks now. At this point my speaking voice or my singing range hasn't changed, but my voice has been hoarse a lot and my throat has been sore for a few days (without feeling sick), so I'm suspecting some (gradual) changes are a-coming.

I'm trying to get a sense of how long I'm likely to be able to keep my old singing voice (partly because I want to make sure I give myself enough time to record a few things things). I know it's different for everyone, but I'd find it really useful to hear other people's experiences. If you sang before, how long did it take before you noticed changes in your singing voice? What kinds of effects did it have? And where are you at now with singing? If you found any particularly useful strategies or techniques to help you keep singing after your voice started changing, I'd love to hear them too.

Thanks so much!

All I ever did was sing in the car (long commute to work), but my voice started getting squirrely very quickly. I didn't keep track, but I certainly had major issues within the first three months.

I'm on T for more than five years, and my voice goes through periodic microshifts and still isn't fully stable.

I used to sing professionally pre-T.  Keep in mind, though, I haven't practiced or pushed my post-T voice at all - so YMMV.

I think that I noticed my singing voice changing - as in being able to hit lower notes, and being unable to hit the higher notes - at around the 3 month mark.  By 1 year, I could no longer sing anywhere near as high an octave as I could pre-T and even singing in lower ranges strains my voice to the point of it cracking or just flat-out failing, usually with me sort of having a coughing fit.  It's a strange sensation now.

My voice dropped really quickly and dramatically and I still haven't got used to it. I used to have a high and powerful singing voice, think Celine Dion or Amy Lee from Evanescence sort of style.

It was maybe two weeks before my singing voice went to crap. I can now only sing in a very small range at the polar opposite of what it used to be. I can only sing really low - even if I try and bring it up to mid range it cracks like crazy and sounds terrible. I still have the same power as I did before as long as I stick to the low range but it's much harder to sustain. I'm more in the range of Alex Band from The Calling now, which is awesome because that's the kind of voice I always wanted to have....I hope I can improve my range with practice though.

I haven't done any actual performing in years so it hasn't really affected me....other than my score on Rock Band ...if it's not a super low song I'm screwed

I haven't experienced "drops" so much as a consistent, gradual lowering since starting T. By 2 months the difference had become obvious. Over 3 months in now it's definitely in the male range. I've done vocal exercises every morning, which has helped know where my voice is and control it both when speaking and singing, although it will do weird crap if I'm not careful, or when I laugh.

I started having some hoarseness within days, and within months I had a lower and more restricted range.

I started having cracks when I was 1 month. I'm almost 4 months now and it's still hard to sing higher notes. I keep myself in the lower range but, I sound like the penguin from Happy Feet if I try anything higher. I can't even do a victory screech without sounding like I'm choking.

My mother is a vocal teacher and she recommends most cis gendered boys going through puberty to continue singing. I'm pretty sure she's coaching a 15 year old boy right now but, he's not very good at all from what I've been hearing upstairs.

Personally, I would wait until my voice settles in a bit more!

Under a month my voice went to crap. I couldn't hit ANY notes. Like, couldn't carry a tune in a bucket anymore. Within a month, so if you're already experiencing changes, you might want to get those tunes banged out before your voice goes. I'm five and some change on T and it's just now starting to even out in the LOW range. High range (think "Don't get lost in Heaven, by the Gorillaz, I could hit ALL those notes before) I can't get even close to without a crack and then my voice just shuts completely down. If I had to scream, I probably couldn't. I can yell like hell now, whereas before I couldn't really, but screaming it just cuts off.

My vocal coach and the bassist I sing with have both told me my voice is around the Avett Brothers/Don McLean/John Denver range now, which is fine with me, but it's still dropping. I'm not sure where it's going to end up at. Hopefully a nice smooth baritone or deep tenor.

I had a noticeable drop about three months in.  I've been on T four months now, and my voice is very definitely changing.   I can't always control my pitch very well and I've lost part of the top end of my range, but doing vocal exercises helps with that.  I do still have most of my female range.  But yeah,  your voice drops fast.