Aside from my chest, my voice is probably my biggest source of dysphoria. On a good day, I pass...until I speak.

With that being said, I am trying hard to cope until I can get T, and it naturally deepens. So does anyone have any tips on how to go about this? Anything that has worked for them personally?

Also, I learned that a key to sounding male is to end your sentences as a statement, rather than a question, which apparently, many females do. I did not understand until I began to pay very close attention to how I talk, and now (!!!) I get so frustrated that my voice naturally lifts slightly as if I am asking a question when I am not at all. I've tried to stop this, but it doesn't work. Does anyone have any tips for this, in particular?

Thanks if you do. I could use all the help that I can get.

My voice has always been a little lower than the average FAAB person, and I have some chronic respiratory stuff that manifests like a cold so I tend to be a little gravely.

What you mention is largely a social thing, but I think it was a big giveaway of mine. I noticed that not only was my voice inflecting when I would ask a question (and I would do it often, because I was ending statements as questions), but I would considerably alter my pitch if I was trying to be polite. This is just going to take consistent practice to undo.

I've found that visualization helps with learning to deepen, which is helpful both pre-T and once you're on it, as you're basically training yourself to speak from the chest instead of the nose or throat. This might help:

https://books.google.com/books?id=Iw4_Xv31SicC&pg=PA69&lpg=PA69&dq=vocal+visualization+chest+nose+throat&source=bl&ots=TAqQDof3rI&sig=2AHdyGkdx2-xMpC0zt-U2xyfihw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=a_kfVf3PCYGNsAXWy4GoBQ&ved=0CFYQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=vocal%20visualization%20chest%20nose%20throat&f=false

On
nyspeechandvoicelab dot net /transgender/voice-masculinization/

you can find a few general hints concerning masculinization...


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Quote from: ftmax on April 04, 2015, 09:48:10 AM
I would considerably alter my pitch if I was trying to be polite

https://books.google.com/books?id=Iw4_Xv31SicC&pg=PA69&lpg=PA69&dq=vocal+visualization+chest+nose+throat&source=bl&ots=TAqQDof3rI&sig=2AHdyGkdx2-xMpC0zt-U2xyfihw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=a_kfVf3PCYGNsAXWy4GoBQ&ved=0CFYQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=vocal%20visualization%20chest%20nose%20throat&f=false

This, yes. I was raised to be very respectful and polite and I hate how my voice gets when I try. Thanks for the link! I'm gonna check it out now. I guess I'm going to just keep up the practice!

Quote from: Laura_7 on April 04, 2015, 10:03:03 AM
On
nyspeechandvoicelab dot net /transgender/voice-masculinization/

you can find a few general hints concerning masculinization...


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Thank you. I'm gonna go check that out!