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Started by Auroramarianna, September 24, 2014, 10:46:50 AM

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Auroramarianna

Do my sneezes sound okay? They are quite explosive and I don't really like them :( Perhaps they seem more explosive because I was close to the recorder. I actually have a problem with how sneezing and if the pitch gives away your natural voice, so IDK.

Do you think they sound feminine?? Oh and please disregard the sounds in the background! That voice on the second recording was my brother being silly ahaha. Thank youuu

http://vocaroo.com/i/s17FcjV6rAps
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0H4qgmRM6Qi

Also, since I have been trying to get my voice down from 260-310 Hz range, which is way too high, I am trying to find my relaxed voice. I purposefully relaxed my voice in these recordings, IDK if that's my maximum relaxation but it's pretty close for sure cuz my voicebox didn't move much at all. Maybe it's even a little deeper than my natural voice. I am not sure.

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0TgRgWSOAg5
http://vocaroo.com/i/s10zIitgfKbt
http://vocaroo.com/i/s033ZJdks0T6

http://vocaroo.com/i/s1PWGAz5kejA my laugh, it's getting more natural, but I still thin it's very strained, maybe I should bring it down too?
do I sound female here??
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anjaq

Sneezing is not really tha tmuch of a gender marker, and yours does not sound like it is explosive really - I think you are fine
In the last recording you definitely sound female, but you should just let out the laugh more if you like. you seem to stifle it.
The other three recordings sound like you are forcing the voice down. Darn, just relax about your voice. Just seriously relax and dont force it up or down or anything, just sit, breathe, think about a nice green forest or something, breathe some more and then when breathing out add a natural sound to it by just allowing your vocal chords to be touched by the breath - very softly and then louder . Make an O or U sound for example - just really relaxed and not thinking about pitch at all, just about the  breathing and the air. Let yourself surprise what sound will come from it, dont push it to something you would think is best.

Maybe get a voice therapist to help you with relaxation. I think your voice is all right, no need to worry. Did you ever have an ENT chack out your vocal chords and get an endoscopic picture? Maybe you have a synchenia or shortened vocal chords by nature

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Auroramarianna

Thank you for being so awesome to me :)

I kinda forced it down, I guess maybe I'm too focused on the place where voicebox should vibrate instead of relaxing. So maybe that's why. I'm kinda paranoid. I was doing relaxed "Os" today and didn't force it and they still sound high. I guess I need more practice with intonation, ups and downs in pitch, and just yeaaahhh.

And yes. I have. It was when I was straining my voice. I had voice therapy to relax and my doctor really made some comments about how my voicebox would grow twice the size they were at that moment, I was 15/16 at that time, so I assume at that time she saw my vocal cords were short. Also, relatively to epiglottis or something I am not sure the name, but it doesn't close all the way like typical males. Girls' epiglottis doesn't close all the way, at least when teenager apparently, I am not sure that is the right name or if it is glottis. So IDK. My voice coach thought I was really young because of my voice and told me I shouldn't be upset cause my voice wouldn't change at that much because I am young. My doctor also said something about how testosterone would do its job on an ENT checkup, so I assume my vocal cord length wasn't very long if she said, I was also taking singing classes to help lower my voice. so yeah.
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anjaq

Well, it sounds like you simply avoided a testosterone damage to your voice, so you should be happy and stop worrying so much. Jus talk relaxed and use your voice nicely and as you like. No need to fake or strain or push anything then.

And yes - it seems that it is common in women and girls to not completely close the glottis. My ENT said the same because it does not close in my case either but she said not to worry, it is very very common in women

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Auroramarianna

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0WKrFPTmSyK lol this actually my laugh but I kinda had to force it, so this is why it sounds weird xD
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Auroramarianna

http://vocaroo.com/i/s1jisGntlZrg
http://vocaroo.com/i/s1NBoNP2Qtcv

Do I sound female in these recordings? These are probably way closer to what my natural voice would be, maybe a little deeper or high but I think it's close especially cuz I didn't tense up my laryngeneal muscles.

Praat gave me a fairly low pitch for them, androgynous category, I am not always sure Praat analyzes recordings correctly.
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janetcgtv

I sneeze about 6 times while I am sneezing.

I kid my friends cause the force of the sneeze could blow a wall down.
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OlderTG

When I listen to your recordings, I have a difficult time with the clarity of the sound. I think a sneeze out of context with speech may be difficult to judge. Over all, I'd say your voice does sound significantly feminine.
I read all the time that men emphasize with volume while women emphasize either with pitch and or by slowing down and stretching out the word. (others, PLEASE correct me if wrong!!) I think I hear more volume emphasis in your voice, but still it comes across as feminine. To me at least.

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