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Trans people often suffer from voice dysphoria. The right kind of coaching can change everything. (www.lgbtqnation.com)

submitted 3 days ago by Sunshine@piefed.ca to c/transgender@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[–] erin@piefed.blahaj.zone 33 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I did vocal training for a few months, and my voice is very feminine. I haven't been misgendered in years, in no small part thanks to the voice training. I cannot recommend it enough to anyone with voice dysphoria (or anyone that wants to sing well too!). It also taught me the tools to modify my voice to sound however I want, which has lent me a lot of versatility in running ttrpg games. I can play several characters in the same scene, masculine and feminine, and it's immediately obvious who is speaking. 10/10

[–] duckythescientist@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What resource/thing did you use for training?

[–] erin@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 days ago

I took lessons every few days from a local voice coach. There are online voice coaching options as well, and likely lots of free resources, though I find that direct feedback is the best for learning.

[–] MissesAutumnRains@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Voice training is something I want to do so badly, but fuck if it isn't hard to stick with. Sounding terrible while trying not to is so deeply distressing. :(

[–] compostgoblin@piefed.blahaj.zone 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That is exactly the problem I ran into practicing by myself. Trying to sound feminine and failing horribly made me way more dysphoric than just not bothering to try. There is a trans voice coach near me though, I really want to go see them. I’m waiting until I’m further along in my transition though, because everything costs money, unfortunately

[–] JennyLaFae@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 days ago

One of the things you can do for free is singing. Put on some headphones somewhere you can just have fun singing along, it'll help develop the muscles needed for voice control.

[–] FrenziedFelidFanatic@pawb.social 16 points 3 days ago

Thank you!! People keep looking at pitch, but there are cis women with deep, unquestionably feminine voices.

When I thought about it for a while, I think it’s all in the vowels: to make your voice more feminine, make sure your close vowels like your /y/‘s and /u/‘s have the same fundamental frequency as your open vowels like /ɒ/ and /ε/. I think this is what the article means by ‘resonance.’

Keep your voice box in the same ‘place’ in your throat as you switch vowels, and try to use only your tongue to shape them.

I can’t attest to this method too much since I’m not really out (and thus not using a ‘girl voice’), but when I tried to subtly make this one change to my voice (even at the same pitch), the first sentence out of my mouth made a cis coworker flinch. Take that how you will. I never really tried again after that, though.