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Weekly Trans Megathread for the Week of 2/17 (hexbear.net)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns@hexbear.net
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[–] [S] 15 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Most voices vary depending on the situation. So that's a pretty normal thing altogether. And as you slowly train your voice, it'll move the needle slowly but surely. Your voice will modulate from a new neutral every time you move that needle. As for something that sounds natural to you, that may be a mental block that's a smidgen difficult to overcome. I voice trained last year and sit on a voice that's apparently indistinguishable from any other woman's. But in my head, I still have remnants of the old me hanging around and it causes me a neurosis of sorts. That's coming off a nice compliment I got last night saying my voice sounds cis and that it's smoother than most ciswomen this person has seen. idk

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I know most voices vary, but I feel like mine varies a freakish amount to where I feel like a different person is talking at times

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  • [–] [S] 10 points 2 years ago

    I used to feel like that in the past, so I understand you. I would have a wildly different voice depending on the emotion that was dominant. It kinda flattened for me though, but I wonder if that's because I speak from the tippy top of my range now. Interesting.

    Either way, I suppose the only real way to see what happens is to just go for it. I know that's fairly straightforward and probably not a big help, but you really won't know what it'll all come to if you don't start, y'know? I know when I started that I never thought that my deep voice could ever amount to anything remotely useful. But here I am I think.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    This is honestly really heartening to hear, I haven't started voice training yet. Do you know if it's affected by age, like if you start later in life, is it harder to voice train?

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It’s only affected by age so much as our voices are affected by age! That is, an older woman sounds different than a younger woman. It is entirely possible to voice train at any stage of life. Here’s a fun example of someone doing it later in life with amazing results. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yhDzwADP000&pp=ygUTbXRhIGFubm91bmNlciB0cmFucw%3D%3D

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