Practice These Self-Learning MtF Voice Tips for Quick Results

While a man’s vocals vibrate in the chest, a woman’s voice comes from higher up in the throat. This explains why a woman’s voice is higher pitched and a man’s is deeper and heavier. In addition to that, women have a musical style to the way they talk, using pitch with ups and lows while men are usually more monotone. Men speak without as many pauses as women and pronounce their words more firmly, ending every sentence with a firm punch. Women have a more airy quality to their style of speech, pronouncing words softly. Use the following tips from your LA Speech therapists to assist you in your voice training.

Practice Resonance and Pitch Control

The transition from speaking through your chest to your throat can be a difficult one, but it is possible with practice. Start by placing your hand on your chest and make a deep “ahh” sound, you should feel the vibrations in your chest. Now repeat this step, but make a softer, higher pitched “ahh.” You should no longer feel the vibration in your chest but from your throat. This can help you shift the location of your resonance from your chest to your throat.

Intonation

Keep your cheeks loose and say a sentence like “WOW! This is so COOL!” Emphasize on the capitalized words. Now say the same sentence, but your cheeks tucked in tight; this will slightly decrease the resonance location. Now try to intonate by pushing your words through all different parts of your mouth. Say “woah thEEEEse voiiiice TIPS are reeeal-LY coooool.” You should now start to feel the resonance getting higher and higher, moving closer to your throat.

Softer Pronunciation and Pauses

Pronounce these words phonetically “af-TER kic-KING MY foot I cried ow-T - that hurt so bahhhhhd,” Notice, in the beginning of the sentence there are a lot of firm word endings and at the end of the sentence the words are much softer and breathier.

Los Angeles Speech Therapy

For more help with your MtF voice transformation, contact LA Speech online at http://www.laspeechtherapysolutions.com/ or call (323) 954-0887.