Voice Feminization for ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS | How to Get Started Now

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Published 2021-07-20
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Foreword:
This video intended for absolute beginners. There is very little "theory" in this video. It begins very basic, teaches you what to listen for, gives you exercises to plays with, discusses how to make use of it, what issues to avoid, and other considerations. I've been meaning to make this video for a long time but it's very challenging to do it right. I hope this is the most helpful video I've made so far for those who are struggling to get started. ❤️

The most important thing when getting started is developing a smooth, comfortable, higher and light foundation. Often when beginners start, they will focus on just trying to raise their pitch and keep it up. However, pitch alone is an incomplete and less useful picture. Our control of pitch is massively influenced by "vocal weight". The more vocal weight you have, the harder it will be for you to go higher. The less vocal weight you have, the easier it will be for you to go higher.

It's extremely challenging to normalize and get comfortable with higher pitches unless we adequately reduce our vocal weight. Pitch and weight need to be considered together, otherwise voice makes very little sense. In terms of feminization, weight very important while pitch is subordinate to weight.

Utilize these exercises to help you explore the quality higher pitch with lighter weight. Once you find a sound that is close to target, work on fluidly speaking and trying to get genuinely comfortable with that cleaner, lighter, and higher sound. Avoid accidentally going to high into your falsetto (see mistakes video) and avoid being too breathy. See "avoiding breathiness" in this video to understand how that sounds.

This stage of vocal modification is very much about establishing a comfortable, reliable, and light foundation to build off of. Resonance modification will come after this foundation is established and reliable. Listen to the section "The Foundation" to hear what I am referring to. Aim for a target pitch area of 180-220 Hz at first (or shoot for what's comfortable - just avoid staying too low to get sufficient weight reduction).

Individuals who have watched my previous "VOCAL FOLD MASS" video should know vocal weight and vocal fold mass are essentially the same thing. Vocal weight is being used to describe the auditory quality while vocal fold mass is more a physiological description of the event. Over the last 8 months I have preferred describing this to beginners as "vocal weight" for several reasons I'll discuss in a later video. Vocal weight is often connected to descriptions of "head voice", "vocal fold mass", "density of sound", "spectral rolloff".
warmly,
Zheanna

Pitch Tracker Used in Video: www.speechandhearing.net/laboratory/ampitch/

00:00 Intro
00:36 The Beginning
00:57 Key 1: Pitch
01:58 Key 2: Weight
03:32 Taking Action
04:08 Basic Pitch Mimicry
04:48 Basic Weight Mimicry
06:17 Exercise 1
08:03 Exercise 2
09:25 Exercise 3
11:17 Exercise 4
12:49 Reflection
14:37 The Foundation
15:45 Avoiding Breathiness
17:03 Skippable Theory
19:00 What About Resonance?
20:30 Vocal Underdoers
21:42 Summary
23:53 Conclusion

All Comments (21)
  • @k_alex
    I have been working for some time with resonance only and had mixed, often strenuous results. After watching this video I produce a vocal quality during normal speech that is beyond my expectations. Again, you are an amazing teacher.
  • @kratos4541
    I'm not trans but I want to make my older relatives upset with me.
  • @sambasham7654
    23 year old 'cis man' here watching this with a pink monster energy during the middle of a quarter life crisis
  • @Malk3
    i'm not trans, i'm just a gamedev trying to cut costs on hiring female voice talents
  • Hey, if you’re aspiring to feminize your voice, take this from a fellow procrastinator. Voice lessons? Just as impactful as HRT, and I’m pretty sure you’d accept free HRT, even it took a couple minutes of your day. Don’t put this off until next month. Don’t put this off until next week. Don’t put this off until tomorrow. Start learning this now. Thanks for reading. -Luna
  • @CBenGood
    I actually clicked on this assuming it was for voice acting, not sure why I had that assumption. But it never occurred to me that Trans people would have to work on their voices in addition to all the other changes to make them more themselves. A bit of an eye opening moment.
  • @CrystalLily1302
    I'm only here to play female DnD characters I swear Edit: I'm tentatively non-binary exploring the idea of being trans-fem (this is because people keep asking). Edit 2: Alright well, uh, I have officially unofficially come to the conclusion that I am in fact trans-fem. Now y'all can stop calling me an egg because I'm out (to myself and close friends as well as random strangers on the internet).
  • @Deiwos0
    So many lovely cis people in here. I came mostly for D&D purposes but this is a fantastic resource, so thank you very much. To any trans people reading through the comments on their own journey - you got this fam, you're beautiful inside and out and you owe the world absolutely nothing.
  • @indal6043
    I'm a random cis girl but found this very curious and wanted to learn more about the journey of trans people. All my love and support for y'all trans sisters 💕💕💕
  • @StarNightSkys
    I was born a female but my voice sounds too masculine and I get teased quite often for sounding like a guy, this video really helped!
  • I'm a music and singing teacher working with my first trans student and these videos have been SO helpful in educating myself so I can support her vocal journey--additionally, they're just darn good explanations of how the human voice works, and I find myself using terms and exercises I've discovered in these videos across the board with all of my students. Thank you for making these amazing resources!! Also, if you have any focused videos on breath support/exercises let me know!
  • As a cis girl, I really appreciate this. I get shamed for my naturally deep voice a lot and I'm sick of it and although some people like it, I've just become insecure about it. Thank you so much
  • @arthurpugh4799
    Cis dnd addict just stopping by. This resource is amazing. Thank you for making it accessible to everyone. I simply cannot comprehend the scale of what good you are doing.
  • @WildShowWild
    Every time I lose confidence in myself, I go to your channel and start training again. Thanks for the great videos! <3
  • @jimmycrucifix
    I’m a Transgender female Guitarist /vocalist I was in a punk band Called CRUCIFIX 1984 (this was my Punk band not my Rock bands of the 70’s) and I’ve had intense voice lessons throughout my career. In my younger years it was Weight & depth and pitch going to the lower registers to sound more adult male than a teenaged girl. After I accomplished my goal I had great power and Range. But now after speaking and singing more masculine for over 40 years I’ve transitioned and now I’m reversing the process And your video’s have helped me immensely. I’ve been speaking in my new voice for 3 days now and recording it and coming back to this exercise. I have a music studio in San Francisco and today was the first time I spoke in my new voice in training to a customer. 😊 I think it sounded good! Thank You!
  • @cdmg3590
    It didn’t work out for me, I started in the summer.... I trained for three weeks, and was disappointed.... but I'll probably try again. I’ll leave my story here... I just, in fact, have no one to share it with... A year ago, at 22, I asked my best friend and girlfriend to address me in the feminine form. I was so happy that they accepted it.... The nice part is that in the Russian language almost all verbs and pronouns have endings that determine gender. The downside is that I'm in Russia.... and literally three days ago, as I am writing this comment, all LGBT people in Russia were legally and OFFICIALLY equated with EXTREMISTS. I thought that nothing made me so depressed after the start of the war....and here it is.
  • @JennyTomg
    Makeup is fun for me. Clothes are an adventure! Posture is a joy! Hormones have saved my life. I pass mostly until I open my mouth: my voice changed when I was 13 to sound like David Hayter's Solid Snake, and never budged. Thank you so, so much for this series. It's keeping me going.
  • @iwersonsch5131
    As a cis man, I'm having a blast with your videos. There's pretty much no need for me to sound more androgynous, but it can just be so fun to play around with switching between my regular voice and a more softer intonation of the same pitch. Thank you for explaining how a masculine voice works, and how to modify its properties!
  • Funnily enough I'm using this not only for voice fem lessons my parents wouldn't let me take, but also a puppet reason to keep said parents happy. I'm playing a 1930s women for a school dress up day, and have to play the part of a woman that sounds like an old fashioned advert Dual reasons! Yay :D