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.
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.
So awesome to give you a bit of an awakening! Voice has been a long standing challenge for transpeople and gnc people to align their presentation with their identity. I am working to help change that the most I can!
@@TransVoiceLessons For what reason is it a "challenge"? The trans community seems to have this contradiction of saying gender is a spectrum and then also saying "THIS is what means to be male, so I am male" and "THIS is what it means to be female, so I am female" -- why go through the trouble of conforming to stereotypes?
@@blossom357 it's not about conforming. It's about having a sound you personally want. The challenge has been longstanding due to the lack of clear and effective community resources for anyone to change their voice to whatever they want. In my personal case, I did not put in all the effort I have to get where I am today to *appease* cis people. I did it because it's what *I* wanted. I have liberated my voice and can sound however I want now. I'm not telling anyone "this is what it means to be male" "this is what it means to be female". In fact I constantly preach in my community that there is no such thing as a male or female voice. Hormones influence the physiology a bit and socialization pressures us into certain behaviors. Male and female voice is an acoustic illusion, not some essentialist quality.
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).
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
Why is it that so many of us transfems gravitate towards the name Luna? It’s not the one I took, but at the same time I’m literally totally obsessed with the Lunar Tear from Nier… Lunar. The heck is with us and the moon? Are we werewolves or vampires or something?
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.
Hey, fellow D&D players! That's probably what led me here too as I DM a game and struggle to make all my female and nb NPCs sound different. I'm also gonna be playing as a female character, so this video has been pretty invaluable for me! I'm probably gonna be subscribing because even beyond D&D applications, I kinda-sorta want to figure out how to get a more androgynous sounding voice, and might find some of this useful for that, or for musical applications!
Transfem just stopping by to say that is also a very good use of voice feminization and if you just unveil this skill to your friends they will be so impressed
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.
Dungeons and dragons?? I always wanted to learn to play that so bad. My uncle and his friends would play all the time. Didn't know some people change their voice for it! Neat.
@@IttyBitty412 You can if you want to! Having a "Character voice" helps differentiate from what you as a player are saying vs you as a character. But it's not a necessary part. People are more into doing fun voices for characters since the success of Critical Role; a show on youtube where voice actors play D&D.
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.
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!
Oi! Quick question: it sounds like you've figured out how to control vocal weight, but I haven't really figured out the factors that affect weight. Is it easy to put into words, and if so could you explain it? Thanks!
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!
Perhaps I'm overthinking this, but it looked like she had her words outlined and off to both sides of the camera so she could move from one side through eye contact to the other side and make it seem much more like natural communication. It made me think of so many possible ways she pays attention to details so the quality of her work for our benefit is maximized. Thank you Z, for the work you do.
As a singing teacher, this is a fantastic resource. Definitely just for singing lessons and no other reasons for me whatsoever or anything hahaha. Thank you so much!
lol i've been trying to practice doing high notes more comfortably and thought maybe larynx raising would help, so i'm glad someone else with a singing background approves :)
been out for like 5 years now and had voice therapy for a year and never got real results. . . lets try this now (being voice shy doesn't help at all though XD)
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
Nothing wrong with having a deep voice as a woman. Some guys and ladies find that pretty hot. But if you wanna train your voice to sound more feminine, that’s obv. fine too.
Like the other person said, there's nothing wrong with sounding quite masculine If you want to have your voice sound more feminine (or should I say, brighter?) By all means, go for it! I respect the good effort being made But as Sun said, your voice is fine by itself, your voice as it is now is alright and good enough, it's great! If it gives you any solace to hear another person's opinions on voices, I actually really really love more masculine/darker and deeper girl's voices. There was a VA who would do a particularly low and deep sounding voice that almost sounded like a dude and every time I swear Id crush harder on that person. My point is, you're enough as you are, but if you want to change yourself and you believe it will make you happier, definitely go for it! I personally have actually been wanting to find my female voice and have been trying out these tutorials hoping to get a sort of tomboyish, deep voice just because I want to
I remember finding this channel when I was still an egg and being equally awed and fascinated but now that I've been out for about six months your videos have become such a life saver! I've still got so far to go but at least now thanks to you I have a road map. Thank you so much! ❤
writing this before coming out to literally anyone: holy balls this has helped so much. i want to be able to start college and be as close to passing as possible, and i've been good at impressions and voices for as long as i can remember. girl voice stuff has always confused me though, so i found this video and tried these exercises and UGH it's so good. i feel amazing. thank you, zhea, like actually. my big evil tran plan is one step closer to fruition.
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 💕💕💕
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!
Just when I was finally deciding to get over my fears and to work on my voice consistently, you release this video. Thank you so much, again, I'm grateful for the resources you're providing.
Thank you! And we can both thank the GNC community together for the incredible support I'm given to make the best possible resources for the community!! Teamwork makes the dreamwork!!
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.
I’m so sorry you are in that situation. There is currently a fascist (yes, fascist) wave over the entire world, that among other things prosecute the lgbt community.. It’s horrible. Can you leave Russia in the future sometime? Do you know other lgbt-people who can help you, or you can ever organize with safely? There are a lot of people fighting to stop theocratic fascists in both russia, europe and america from suppressing truth and compassion. Academics and activists are doing what they can. Lets hope and work for a brighter future!
As someone who used to speak in French I would never consider the adjectives to determine gender a good thing... It hurts being called masculine when the word itself really should not need a gender. Dutch has that problem too which can suck but to a lesser extend. It just causes dysphoria. I'm glad English does not have that problem for the most part.
I'm cisfemale and my voice is super deep naturally, people mistake me for trans all the time. (tbh I don't really care) But I've also been told I should use it for voice overs/ radio hosting. You're an amazing teacher and I use these techniques in my videos all the time, I grew up with all bros, and my mom is the most plain Jane ever(I still love her), and I was tomboy so being lady-like is kinda foreign to me lol, this really helps me with my delivery. I feel like Kim K when I use my feminized voice. Kinda like a alter-ego.
I'm an aspiring metal vocalist and have been trying to sing a Sun Killer by Spiritbox, which has a female singer. Using my normal vocals I was very flat and I couldn't figure it out, but using this video I learned new presentations of my voice which made my higher vocals more on key and my screams even deeper and heavier. Great video.
EY YO, Another spiritbox fan! If you need any pointers on good videos for fry screaming and how to find your scream, I would 100% recommend Chris Liepe's videos on harsh vocals, vocal compression and vocal fry as that's what I used to find my fry scream
@@Deathrape2001 I was just trying to sing on key and changing my presentation let me actually hit notes. Knowing what a "dood" voice is, though, has helped make my screams more brutal.
@@Deathrape2001 I'm not even going to touch your comment with a stick, I can feel struggling immigrants learning english getting high blood pressure from that holy
I didn't even want to start my transition until I nailed a feminine voice. I had no hope. Also, I suffer from a really bad stutter and an outright deep voice. BUT! Your videos give me hope and they make sense. Now I can't wait to take the next steps!
I have a mate who has the deepest Irish male brogue imaginable & she sounds better than anyone I know. Sometimes having something to kick against helps you to do better to pass
That means so much. Please consider sharing or supporting. I want to keep making the absolute best and most impactful resources for our community. I'm grateful to help you. Sending good vibes.
@@ItsCrowva hi! I'd say fairly good ^^ My voice improved a lot, I'm not yet confident enough to go out and talk with a girl voice with random people, but I know that if I'm calm and confident my voices passes well.
I'm interested for the same reasons, I'm able to do a passable Naked Snake impression, but I'd like to be able to go in a higher voice range. All that said I have no clue how I landed on this vid.
When my kids were little, they used to ask me to use my "storytelling voice." I figured out what they meant, but I didn't know how to describe it otherwise. I think the key difference from my regular speaking voice was that it was lighter. Thank you for giving me the words!
never even considered that this is just another step for many trans people to uncover their identity. its kind of amazing to see how many trans people there are, and even just barely understanding how an individual transitions, makes me start to understand how friggin strong and resilient trans people are, even your own biology can't stop your spirit. Not to mention all the shit that they have to put up with because of current society.
You don't "uncover" your identy. you're delusional and have problems. You're trying to make your problems go away by trying to "change" what you are. You're just going to make things worse. Grmers love breaking people like you. it arouses them.
@@Kreuzrippengewoelbe That's definitely one way of telling everyone that you're as shallow as a salt desert, and that you've never done a second of introspection in your entire existence.
@@Kreuzrippengewoelbe Your hatred for others for being themselves shows your lack of human empathy and inability to do even the slightest bit of research.
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
I've been trying to make my voice more feminine for about a year, but without any assistance. I could comfortably reach high pitches, but I had never intentionally experimented with weight. Right when I decide to crack down on it, I see this in my recommended. I can't put into words how much this has helped, and I haven't even started with resonance yet. Thank you so much for this!
Voice training makes me want to combust, but these videos treat it in such a helpful, supportive way that it makes it far easier and less stressful to voice train. Thank u so much for all you do, keep slaying
I've had this video in an open tab on my browser for maybe a year. I've lived a life that's basically conditioned me to be mostly non-verbal even before coming to terms with being trans and for the longest time the most times I've actually spoken things aloud was to use voice-commands to change the radio station while driving, always with cringeworthy and discouraging results when trying to coach those vocalizations in a more feminine register. Today I finally worked-up the nerve to press play on this and I've just tried the first exercise and holycrapholycrapholycrapholycrapholycrapholycrapholycrapholycrap!!!
I was practically a mute too! I am on my first exercise, though my voice doesn't sound too good to my ears. Here's hoping I can improve it and make it more mellifluous.
I honestly could never understand why I had such a hard time learning vocal feminization, and I even struggled with the exercizes in this video. I was about to click away when you mentioned vocal underdoer. I had no idea that something like that existed and it sounds just like me after I googled it. Thank you so much for putting that in this video or I would have given up again. Keep up the great work.
Hey, I'm sorry that I can't offer a better tip on this video, unfortunately the currency in my country is really devalued so it's probably almost nothing in dollars, but I wanted to tip at least something to this amazing content. I'm actually only interested to learn how to feminize my voice to do a voice acting job, but this video was so interesting and explanatory that I really got into voice training now. And your voice is really pleasing to hear, specially the 'th' sounds like in 'three'... I don't know if it is because we don't have this sound in Portuguese, but it just sounds really charming to me, I could listening to you speaking a whole day. Again thank you very much for the amazing video and sorry about my poor English, I never actually studied it. ;)
@@uroboric good sentiment but not necessarily helpful. You can accept part of yourself but still not want to deal with the flack you get for it. And if there's part of yourself you don't like and want to change there's nothing wrong with that. Ultimately if we want people to be comfortable with who they are and to do things like change their voice, not out of being pressured to, but out of a genuine want to try something new, then we should change our norms and start being more open-minded. In a better world we wouldn't feel compelled to change harmless parts of ourselves because of societal pressures, no... In a better world there wouldn't be societal pressures for people to change harmless parts of themselves. But we are not in that better world and can't pretend to be there already, so instead we should start building that world.
I'm actually a trans guy- but I really wanted to retain my higher vocal range to hide changes from my parents (on top of just wanting a broader vocal range in general). I'm really hoping this helps :'D
I just wanna thank you so much for all your effort and work. Without your videos, i would never have had a good passing feminine voice. The trans community really appreciates your work especially since your videos are so good and free. You have no idea how many people you have had helped!!
Thank you so much! I'm a young trans actress and one of the things I feel most self conscious about is my inability to pass on stage, especially through my voice. When you're on stage, you don't get to tell people "my pronouns are she/her," they just see what they see and hear what they hear. With your channel (which my cis sister recommended to me, I have no clue how she found you before I did) I might be able to overcome some of those insecurities.
2 years later, mostly dropped the acting and now just do tech and am looking to do it as my career, probably has more to do with dysphoria than I admit to most people. Coming back here after like 9 months on HRT because I just need to finally make it happen, my voice has been the biggest cause of dysphoria for like 5 years and it's just not something I'm willing to deal with anymore
I have adhd so it was hard to focus on this video but that lil happy chime at the start of each chapter kept my attention :3 I have gone back a few seconds a few times to hear em again they make my brain happy
Thank you for not getting too technical. You do have a tendency to use laryngological terms which most of us are unfamiliar with. Pitch and weight are easy though and I appreciate that you went in depth with each! ❤️
Definitely! A lot of people don't realize but this channel was initially created for me to document new discoveries and findings which is why it has taken on such a jargon heavy slant for a long time. When I started talking about voice feminization on the internet, the entire field was in a dismal state. Essentially nobody actually understood what resonance was or how it works. This channel was initially created to educate educators. However, over time the audience that has grown has been beginners seeking instruction rather than geeking out on cool stuff. This video is very much the beginning of a consistent bottom up series which will have a clear through line to help people directly. :) so glad this hit the right tone for you!!
god some days i wanna claw my vocal chords out, these videos are one of the only things that give me hope i can love my voice. please never stop doing what your doing your a gift to this world
i’m definitely an underdoer i’ve isolated myself enough to have gotten used to not speaking for three days and hate hearing my recorded voice so i get extremely anxious calling anyone or being recorded, this video made me believe a bit more it might be possible to speak comfortably one day and maybe even like how i sound
As a cisgender man, i mean no offense to the transgender community here but this video was absolutely great for me. Not just in making my voice feminine but also just in allowing me to explore my vocal capabilities! This video paired with your other on resonance exercises has allowed me to expand my vocal capabilities beyond what ive ever imagined!! I thank you, not for changing my voice but for giving me the opportunity to find the voice I've always wanted and am the most comfortable with!
im a hetero cis vanilla and all that stuff, but i want to express all my admiration to trans people who has to work on this and much much more. You are brave humans, all my respects and support! .
Trans girl here. I work at a movie theater, and the other day, I took another trans girl's order. Before she left, I asked how she got her voice to sound so perfect. She directed me to this channel. I'm starting today!
To all the trans women out there: You're looking absolutely beautiful today and your voice is so pretty! I hope you have an amazing day, ma'am! - A trans guy
Yes actually. For masculinity, increasing weight and lowering pitch is extremely key. Keep it comfortable and work it heavier without discomfort! For androgyny, whatever direction is the opposite of where you started would be great to work towards at first. Then work to cover less distance in that direction to find more a androgynous foundation. I really want to make a more detailed and nuanced video on androgyny soon. It's one of my favorite topics and has a lot of amazing options. It's so endless!!
@@TransVoiceLessons Ooh, in-depth examples of androgyny is exactly what I need; I feel like I'm overdoing it right now, but I've also just started so I expect everything to be extreme while I practice. The same happens when I learn new (to me) consonant articulations.
After trying the exercises from some of your videos, I needed to let you know you are amazing. I've seen so much progress in just a couple of days, but not only that, I never noticed I put some much strain when speaking another language and I could correct that with the exercises. I've heard a few times from musicians that your voice is like a musical instrument, but only now it makes so much more sense. Thanks for the great videos, you rock.
I'm definitely a vocal under do-er. I definitely use my voice less than a hour a day, I often spend the entire day without speak, and it ain't rare for me to spend multiple days not speaking much more than few words, when I do speak any. :| So I'm looking foward to this video you said you are going to do :D
Wow, thank you for including the part on vocal underdoers! I've always been told I was soft-spoken, but trying to speak at a "normal volume" for others felt like shouting and I'd quickly get fatigued. After you mentioned it I spent some time learning more and it makes a lot of sense now!
Im just trying to get to start on my feminine voice after a year when my whole life took a 180 turn. And I am actually damn impressed by how good and authentic ur voice sounds like :0
Outside the vocal practice, I really loved the part where you said "A mistake is a mistake because you don't know you're doing it, but it's a learning opportunity when you're aware you're making it", it's just such a good outlook to have in general! Also thank you so much! I was looking so hard for resources when UA-cam *finally* showed this to me in my recommendations. I've recently discovered I'm non-binary, and I just want to have the sheer power of being able to switch between masculine and feminine voices. It's been kind hard for me because as a kid I was bullied for speaking in a very feminine way, so I really trained it so hard out of me, it feels so weird for me to be doing this again.
i would probably have came out years ago if it wasnt for my voice. ive tried before but it just feels so akward, i just end up crying and give up. its even been the reason for sum stupid self harm. however i have decided to come out fully this summer. and IM NOT QUITTING THIS TIME. its still super akward and very, very frustrating. but this girl aint no bitch 😤 i know its going to take time. and i'll get there in the end. 100% this time! so thank you so so so much for having these videos up on here for free. ma'am you are a saint 🥺
I’ve been winging my voice for a few months, but decided to properly try after hearing my voice echo on a discord call (I have a higher and lighter voice when I try but I was always winging it) Just played back a voice recording of myself after bridging the gap between what I knew and the actual theory behind it which I learnt from this video and I’m already more natural with it and I’m melting in a puddle of euphoria :)
I know this video is currently two years old but it is still unimaginably useful girly you are my saviour I am so lucky to have came across this UA-cam channel and I don't subscribe to ANYONE besides my most beloved content creators so you definitely have an extra sub because you are an amazing person and I as well as everyone else here loves you for who you are and for what you do and thank you so much for what you are doing and what you continue to do which is be amazing and teach trans people on how to change their vocal structure and feel better about themselves you're literally the definition of an amazing person don't ever forget that, and u r also relly nice ingenral , but seriously, from the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU GIRLY POP!11!1!!!1!!!
This video popped up in my recommendations and I'm so happy it did. My voice has been something I've been unsure what to do about because of how much work it can be and over the last several months, I've been struggling more and more to want to speak at restaurants or anywhere else in public. I am going to do these whenever I can. Thank you so much!
I finally have some time to work on my voice while my family isnt home and being able to take this step I've been waiting to take for so long, feels amazing. Thank you so much for these videos!
I was struggling and failing with all of these exercises due to my voice being too creaky, but after the creak exercise I found myself being able to do the previous exercises fine, thanks! Also to anyone insecure about your voice and doesn't want to be witnessed during the voices "transitional phase" definitely recommend just trying to repeatedly hum the chorus to a song you like while pitching upwards and keeping a non vibrato weight
YOOOO the weight thing got me to figure it out holy fuck. It clicked for me. Literally 4 minutes in and I can ACTUALLY GET STARTED ON WORKING ON IT THANK GODDD. tysm girl ily
Hello! I am non-binary/trans-fem and came out as such fairly recently and am at an early stage of finding ways to feel more feminine/less masculine/more me. I just wanted to say that I'm so happy that your channel exists as a resource I can use to help get myself there. Also as a musician, creatively self-discovering through sound, and exploring outside common conventions are important reasons that I feel compelled to work on music, just as my self-discoveries of ways to feel feminine, and seeking ways to exist outside of the gender binary make me feel compelled to work on these exercises. Really excited to integrate my practice into casual convo, I don't think my voice is comfy enough to sustain casual speaking for too long at a time yet, but I'm sure the comfiness will come if I practice at a nice steady pace. I feel so empowered to know that I can develop a more feminine sounding voice if I'm really committed to doing so. Cannot thank you enough! Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank youuu!!
You know when you have an intrusive thought? I came here to increase my vocal range in singing and speaking (more feminine for higher pitches due to music tastes). Honestly this is just a really good foundation for vocal training across the board and I was so giddy hitting higher pitches without the dreaded voice crack or destroying my throat. I may not be the intended audience but I'm glad you exist. This was extremely well made. Now to practice until I get enough vocal fry to become an eceleb
I get horrid dysphoria in your videos, so when the mimicry portion appeared. I wanted to make it through without triggering myself, so I didn't participate. So you can imagine the disappointment in myself after what you said ~ heh. Though I will come back to this for sure. c: There are few things that make me go hollow like this can. But you gave us something we can actually apply.... and I really appreciate that. ... Thank you.
I'm still proud of you even if you skipped the first mimicry. I believe you can take the step of action you need when it's the right time. The hardest part is the first step. Just like writing your name on an essay. Sending good vibes.
Yeah i get the same issue. I can't listen to womens voices without getting extreme dysphoria. but i've been working on it so i can hopefully actually start training my voice soon
as someone who got pretty good with manipulating their resonance in the past and was all but ignoring pitch, this is a really great resource for me, thank you so much, there was something missing from my voice to make it comfortable, and I think this might be it
I will say, as someone with a vocal music background, the section about weight was still very eye opening to me. I knew about various aspects and qualities of it, but never has it been put so succinctly and under one umbrella before. It reminds me of when my last voice teacher wanted to train me into becoming a counter tenor. While that's a lot of falsetto, and it's not quite the same ballpark, I still find the lessons translating pretty well.
14:41 this was IMMENSELY encouraging bc I've been kinda stuck at this phase but it sounds completely unnatural; it's so encouraging to know I'm on the right track
I have a singing background but that foundational explanation helped me to understand the foundation better and work more efficiently on resonance. You're a great teacher.
I just spent the last week doing vocal exercises for singing, that bridges the upper and lower resonances, and suggest that for everyone that hasn't found the voice they want, as it's part of the foundation to build on to get there. After doing the exercises for a few days, make affirming "mmhmm" sounds, and intently listening "uh-huh" sounds, both with a higher second syllable. While doing this, let yourself fall into a laugh, and then fall into speaking. Once you do this, you'll find your vocal ready position for speaking, but keep up the exercises, as they are keeping the foundation that you're relying on in place.
wow, so after like, 5 years of not starting because I thought it would be literally impossible, this video showed me the answer in the first minute. Weight and Resonance make, like, 100% of the difference that I did not think to try.
I love this. Just an operatic bass and voice teacher trying to learn more about voice feminization 🥰 this is a lovely explanation and I can feel that I will be hyperfixating on your channel and binging your content
Zhea is seriously so helpful - augmenting voice is soooooo much easier with this technique, it really helps gain a lot of different possibilities for where you can go to build your voice, it's so nice!
Wow, as a 'female' rock singer and vocal teacher with my own very basic and physical approach to develop one's own voice I am quite impressed. The way you explain and enable access is very supportive. It gave me as well some new perspective on some aspects, thank you so much!!!
Thank you so much for this video! I've been watching your videos for a while, but I get frustrated at how hard it is to implement what you teach. This feels like the foundation I need to get comfortably started.
She definitely understands how the voice works. Even if you aren't trying to change this is awesome information. It works if you were trying to change your voice or understanding how to get natural higher pitches when singing. She's an amazing teacher.
Funnily enough I think this video made me realize that im not a beginner when it comes to voice feminization anymore, which is super exciting. Its almost harder to follow the parts where im supposed to use a lower voice than the parts where im supposed to use a higher voice haha
I wouldn't mind as much if my voice was where I wanted it to be. But since I'm so new I sounds all weird and silly. If someone were to walk in on me I might die 👀
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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.
this is so amazing to read!!!!
and i am not even sure if i am doing it right :D
Amazing teacher? No matter how many times I watch her videos, nothing ever makes sense
@@AnnoyingAllie3 Then don't watch them
@@Hotarubi-dono But they're the only ones that could help me
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.
So awesome to give you a bit of an awakening! Voice has been a long standing challenge for transpeople and gnc people to align their presentation with their identity. I am working to help change that the most I can!
Same
@@TransVoiceLessons For what reason is it a "challenge"? The trans community seems to have this contradiction of saying gender is a spectrum and then also saying "THIS is what means to be male, so I am male" and "THIS is what it means to be female, so I am female" -- why go through the trouble of conforming to stereotypes?
@@blossom357 it's not about conforming. It's about having a sound you personally want. The challenge has been longstanding due to the lack of clear and effective community resources for anyone to change their voice to whatever they want.
In my personal case, I did not put in all the effort I have to get where I am today to *appease* cis people. I did it because it's what *I* wanted. I have liberated my voice and can sound however I want now. I'm not telling anyone "this is what it means to be male" "this is what it means to be female". In fact I constantly preach in my community that there is no such thing as a male or female voice. Hormones influence the physiology a bit and socialization pressures us into certain behaviors. Male and female voice is an acoustic illusion, not some essentialist quality.
how did you think voice works?
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).
🥚
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🐣?
@@NatalieRath Well I'm officially out as NB so I guess we're starting down the path and who knows where we'll end up
@@CrystalLily1302 🐣!
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
I just came out to my parents the other day, so I'm glad I can finally start without worrying about them hearing me in another room
I'm doing it now thank you. I'll try my best to keep up with everyday.
Why is it that so many of us transfems gravitate towards the name Luna? It’s not the one I took, but at the same time I’m literally totally obsessed with the Lunar Tear from Nier… Lunar. The heck is with us and the moon? Are we werewolves or vampires or something?
@@vernaltear To be fair it’s a good name
honestly this just makes me feel more guilty for putting it off so much (obviously no blame to you though! sorry if it was worded that way)
23 year old 'cis man' here watching this with a pink monster energy during the middle of a quarter life crisis
Hehe omg same
just had my bday and its literally me
PINK MONSTER IS SO GOOD. Be careful, though they make you question your gender identity.
Welcome, Sister 👁️👄👁️
Hope you're doing ok Hun, no need to rush these things 🥰
Every time I lose confidence in myself, I go to your channel and start training again. Thanks for the great videos!
YES
@@xXxzAAa0aAAzxXx I completely agree.
Yup
same
are you indian
I'm not trans but I want to make my older relatives upset with me.
Understandable considering three of them stabbed you through the chest
Based.
Chad
Based as fuck
calling internet strangers chad or based is indicative of a hormone imbalance (bias towards overproduction of estrogen)
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.
Same here! The ideal of expanding my character voice repertoire is exciting to me!
Hey, fellow D&D players! That's probably what led me here too as I DM a game and struggle to make all my female and nb NPCs sound different. I'm also gonna be playing as a female character, so this video has been pretty invaluable for me! I'm probably gonna be subscribing because even beyond D&D applications, I kinda-sorta want to figure out how to get a more androgynous sounding voice, and might find some of this useful for that, or for musical applications!
I’m surprised how many other people stumbled across this for D&D reasons, I love it!!
im here both as a transfemme AND d&d addict
Transfem just stopping by to say that is also a very good use of voice feminization and if you just unveil this skill to your friends they will be so impressed
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.
Dungeons and dragons?? I always wanted to learn to play that so bad. My uncle and his friends would play all the time. Didn't know some people change their voice for it! Neat.
@@IttyBitty412 You can if you want to! Having a "Character voice" helps differentiate from what you as a player are saying vs you as a character. But it's not a necessary part.
People are more into doing fun voices for characters since the success of Critical Role; a show on youtube where voice actors play D&D.
Nice, I’m here for D&D too
the D&D community showing here in comments :D
@@NecromancerDereth honestly lots of resources for trans people to change their voices/body language have been helpful for D&D.
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.
I'm blessed to be able to make such an impact. Sending good vibes!
cool avatar i love that game!
Tbf I wish more girls had the voice of David hayter I wish more people sounded like solid snake
me and you too buddy :')
"Colonel, I'm trying to pass, but the sound of my voice keeps making me lose my self-confidence!"
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!
One thing I'm particularly enjoying is mimmicking your sentences. Idk why. It's just fun and makes me feel a bit like an actor
Oi! Quick question: it sounds like you've figured out how to control vocal weight, but I haven't really figured out the factors that affect weight. Is it easy to put into words, and if so could you explain it? Thanks!
Right? It's like being able to move your nose or ears.
@@iwersonsch5131 heres a funny use of your voice if you ever sing
Self duetting
@@V2ULTRAKill Exactly
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!
You are awesome ! Teachers like you make all the difference in teaching and motivating young minds ! Thank you
you sound like an amazing person
Thank you for being an awesome person, you have no idea how much it probably means to her
You sound amazing and like a great teacher
Perhaps I'm overthinking this, but it looked like she had her words outlined and off to both sides of the camera so she could move from one side through eye contact to the other side and make it seem much more like natural communication. It made me think of so many possible ways she pays attention to details so the quality of her work for our benefit is maximized.
Thank you Z, for the work you do.
As a singing teacher, this is a fantastic resource. Definitely just for singing lessons and no other reasons for me whatsoever or anything hahaha. Thank you so much!
lol i've been trying to practice doing high notes more comfortably and thought maybe larynx raising would help, so i'm glad someone else with a singing background approves :)
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@@jrob4988I'll never tell 😜
@@cammydavies4901 that’s a yes
Confirmed egg, you're still just incubating... we'll get there🐣
Been out for about 3 months, my voice is one of my biggest sources of dysphoria. Thank you so much for what you do with this channel ❤
I'm genuinely so thankful. I couldn't do it without the incredible support from the GNC community. I'm blessed to do this.
@@TransVoiceLessons
please video erotic hypnosis
i love your seound
Is there any change about your voice?.i dislike mine too
I hope things are better for you!
been out for like 5 years now and had voice therapy for a year and never got real results. . . lets try this now (being voice shy doesn't help at all though XD)
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
scare the haters off with your voice
I'm a cis woman with high pitch, but childish voice. I'm here to improve too. 😊
Go deeper, go as low as you can go, scare them.
@@FeedMeChaos1 and don’t stop until you summon the Dark Lord from his thousand year slumber, letting him wreak havoc on this earthly plain
I struggle with my deep voice too, huge insecurity of mine. also here to train!
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!
Nothing wrong with having a deep voice as a woman. Some guys and ladies find that pretty hot. But if you wanna train your voice to sound more feminine, that’s obv. fine too.
Its great that resources for trans girls can help other people
same but i used to be trans masc
Same
Like the other person said, there's nothing wrong with sounding quite masculine
If you want to have your voice sound more feminine (or should I say, brighter?) By all means, go for it! I respect the good effort being made
But as Sun said, your voice is fine by itself, your voice as it is now is alright and good enough, it's great! If it gives you any solace to hear another person's opinions on voices, I actually really really love more masculine/darker and deeper girl's voices. There was a VA who would do a particularly low and deep sounding voice that almost sounded like a dude and every time I swear Id crush harder on that person.
My point is, you're enough as you are, but if you want to change yourself and you believe it will make you happier, definitely go for it!
I personally have actually been wanting to find my female voice and have been trying out these tutorials hoping to get a sort of tomboyish, deep voice just because I want to
man my dnd group is going to be so shocked after i master this
Lmao that’s what I was thinking too
How is it going?
Hows It going
@@haishayu how am I not the only amphibia Stan over here
@@Kai.XIII.425 cause it’s an amazing show
I remember finding this channel when I was still an egg and being equally awed and fascinated but now that I've been out for about six months your videos have become such a life saver! I've still got so far to go but at least now thanks to you I have a road map. Thank you so much! ❤
So glad to help you. Congrats on your journey so far.
You were an egg????
@@AnnoyingAllie3 Yeah, a hard-boiled one.
@@SoSoKayla You know eggs boost testosterone levels..
@@elijahwilensky3318 Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, thank you
writing this before coming out to literally anyone:
holy balls this has helped so much. i want to be able to start college and be as close to passing as possible, and i've been good at impressions and voices for as long as i can remember. girl voice stuff has always confused me though, so i found this video and tried these exercises and UGH it's so good. i feel amazing. thank you, zhea, like actually. my big evil tran plan is one step closer to fruition.
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 💕💕💕
Thank u, you're so kind✨
thank you so much :)
Thank u honey
thank you
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!
@@nicholassalerno2860 Thank You! We did a reunion 2015 in Japan
omg crucifix is the shit! sending love from one trans girl to another in a hardcore band!
YWNBAW
Sounds awesome to get in the opportunity to play in a band, I have been looking to do such a thing myself
Just when I was finally deciding to get over my fears and to work on my voice consistently, you release this video. Thank you so much, again, I'm grateful for the resources you're providing.
Thank you! And we can both thank the GNC community together for the incredible support I'm given to make the best possible resources for the community!! Teamwork makes the dreamwork!!
Same! Perfect release time.
🙃Idk how these videos are helpful..
Also, nice name
@@AnnoyingAllie3 what do you mean
@@ilovehorses1027 I don't understand Zhe, but I found more efficient people to mansplain to me
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.
I’m so sorry you are in that situation. There is currently a fascist (yes, fascist) wave over the entire world, that among other things prosecute the lgbt community.. It’s horrible.
Can you leave Russia in the future sometime? Do you know other lgbt-people who can help you, or you can ever organize with safely?
There are a lot of people fighting to stop theocratic fascists in both russia, europe and america from suppressing truth and compassion. Academics and activists are doing what they can. Lets hope and work for a brighter future!
im so sorry girl :(
Don't give up, I'm sorry you're dealing with that sis
держись сестра, однажды тёмные времена окончатся
As someone who used to speak in French I would never consider the adjectives to determine gender a good thing... It hurts being called masculine when the word itself really should not need a gender. Dutch has that problem too which can suck but to a lesser extend. It just causes dysphoria. I'm glad English does not have that problem for the most part.
I'm cisfemale and my voice is super deep naturally, people mistake me for trans all the time. (tbh I don't really care) But I've also been told I should use it for voice overs/ radio hosting.
You're an amazing teacher and I use these techniques in my videos all the time, I grew up with all bros, and my mom is the most plain Jane ever(I still love her), and I was tomboy so being lady-like is kinda foreign to me lol, this really helps me with my delivery.
I feel like Kim K when I use my feminized voice. Kinda like a alter-ego.
u can arch ur back really nicely
Personally , i think you're a testament to the fact that there's no "real" feminine voice. You & Bea Arthur
kim k??? as in kim kitsuragi????
disco elysium player???!??
the one cop game where you play as an alcoholic ham sandwich????
"Tbh I don't care" if you didn't you wouldn't say this, it's literally the first principle of not caring, not addressing the problem
@@bobbuild2417 not if it is addressed already. And this video IS about feminine voice, isn't it?
I'm an aspiring metal vocalist and have been trying to sing a Sun Killer by Spiritbox, which has a female singer. Using my normal vocals I was very flat and I couldn't figure it out, but using this video I learned new presentations of my voice which made my higher vocals more on key and my screams even deeper and heavier. Great video.
I would love to watch your video. I covered spiritbox too with my band Lucrecia
EY YO, Another spiritbox fan!
If you need any pointers on good videos for fry screaming and how to find your scream, I would 100% recommend Chris Liepe's videos on harsh vocals, vocal compression and vocal fry as that's what I used to find my fry scream
I'm just a metal fan, but this lesson brings both my trans fem and death growl voices to a whole new level!
@@Deathrape2001 I was just trying to sing on key and changing my presentation let me actually hit notes. Knowing what a "dood" voice is, though, has helped make my screams more brutal.
@@Deathrape2001 I'm not even going to touch your comment with a stick, I can feel struggling immigrants learning english getting high blood pressure from that holy
Good viewers: Finding themselves and their identity as well as giving it a practical use in roleplay sessions
Me: troll randoms in voice chat
literally the entire reason i'm here lmao
I just think it would be an awesome skill to have in general... Also to troll in vc
Oh my word she can just switch between different voice qualities so smoothly
I didn't even want to start my transition until I nailed a feminine voice. I had no hope. Also, I suffer from a really bad stutter and an outright deep voice. BUT! Your videos give me hope and they make sense. Now I can't wait to take the next steps!
I have a mate who has the deepest Irish male brogue imaginable & she sounds better than anyone I know. Sometimes having something to kick against helps you to do better to pass
As someone who's been out for two weeks and just started practicing her voice, this is the greatest tresure I could find.
That means so much. Please consider sharing or supporting. I want to keep making the absolute best and most impactful resources for our community. I'm grateful to help you. Sending good vibes.
Congratulations and good luck on your journey!
Z is best girl
I’m here 4 months later.
How is it going for you?
@@ItsCrowva hi! I'd say fairly good ^^
My voice improved a lot, I'm not yet confident enough to go out and talk with a girl voice with random people, but I know that if I'm calm and confident my voices passes well.
I'm not trans in any way but I'm heavily interested in voice acting so learning something like this from the source is incredibly useful
Doing the same thing here mate! hows your voice going so far?
@@narwhakun I think I've got it down! My friends are all "There's no way that's you." Took me only a day to figure it out!
@@toxin5702 Dude that is awesome! i would love to hear your voice, and if you have a few tips for me to learn it please shoot it my way!!
@@narwhakun Please send some tips or what specifically got you stuck and how you overcame, I'm practicing as well cause bored and want to troll hahaha
I'm interested for the same reasons, I'm able to do a passable Naked Snake impression, but I'd like to be able to go in a higher voice range. All that said I have no clue how I landed on this vid.
i'm not trans, i'm just a gamedev trying to cut costs on hiring female voice talents
based
you and me both, bro. you and me both!
oh wtf bro hahahaha, its so great!
CHAD
Same bro
When my kids were little, they used to ask me to use my "storytelling voice." I figured out what they meant, but I didn't know how to describe it otherwise. I think the key difference from my regular speaking voice was that it was lighter. Thank you for giving me the words!
This is so wholesome and honestly very lovely to hear! 💖 Thank you for sharing it with us! ☺️
6:43 is when exercise 1 starts
7:04
8:12 is when exercise 2 starts
10:00 is when exercise 3 starts
11:47 is when exercise 4 starts
Tysm
Ty
Tyvm
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never even considered that this is just another step for many trans people to uncover their identity. its kind of amazing to see how many trans people there are, and even just barely understanding how an individual transitions, makes me start to understand how friggin strong and resilient trans people are, even your own biology can't stop your spirit. Not to mention all the shit that they have to put up with because of current society.
You don't "uncover" your identy. you're delusional and have problems. You're trying to make your problems go away by trying to "change" what you are. You're just going to make things worse. Grmers love breaking people like you. it arouses them.
@@Kreuzrippengewoelbe
That's definitely one way of telling everyone that you're as shallow as a salt desert, and that you've never done a second of introspection in your entire existence.
@@Kreuzrippengewoelbe Your hatred for others for being themselves shows your lack of human empathy and inability to do even the slightest bit of research.
@@Jukingbox ouch, what did they say
@@infinitesimalphilip1470
I don't remember anymore, but that's because it was just your average off-the-shelf transphobic garbage.
“Mom, it’s for trolling people online! I swear!
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
holy shit its WORKING
@@jazzerdazzle5958ey yo das cool, how's it going for ya now?
YWNBAW
@@gibocvh392 wuh?
@@gibocvh392YaNaBaWa🤓
You are a literal goddess for providing the trans feminine community with these resources. Thank you so much Zhea. 😭❤
@@vladbush1464 Thats precisely the point. To repair what testosterone destroyed. It helps a ton with dysphoria and you will pass a lot better.
@@vladbush1464 why do u care
@@vladbush1464 that's literally what we're trying to do
@@dracula7919 Idk what Vlad said but I find it to be a coincidence that Dracula is replying to Vlad
I've been trying to make my voice more feminine for about a year, but without any assistance. I could comfortably reach high pitches, but I had never intentionally experimented with weight. Right when I decide to crack down on it, I see this in my recommended. I can't put into words how much this has helped, and I haven't even started with resonance yet. Thank you so much for this!
So glad to help you! 💕 welcome to our lil learning community.
I’m using this to help with singing, I suck with pitch and tone (as in loud/soft)
Voice training makes me want to combust, but these videos treat it in such a helpful, supportive way that it makes it far easier and less stressful to voice train. Thank u so much for all you do, keep slaying
Agreed that "taking action" is always the hardest part. Once I actually do that, I make progress.
I've had this video in an open tab on my browser for maybe a year. I've lived a life that's basically conditioned me to be mostly non-verbal even before coming to terms with being trans and for the longest time the most times I've actually spoken things aloud was to use voice-commands to change the radio station while driving, always with cringeworthy and discouraging results when trying to coach those vocalizations in a more feminine register.
Today I finally worked-up the nerve to press play on this and I've just tried the first exercise and holycrapholycrapholycrapholycrapholycrapholycrapholycrapholycrap!!!
Keep on doing your best (,' youve got this
Hope you’ve made a lot of progress so far. Best of luck :)
I was practically a mute too! I am on my first exercise, though my voice doesn't sound too good to my ears. Here's hoping I can improve it and make it more mellifluous.
I honestly could never understand why I had such a hard time learning vocal feminization, and I even struggled with the exercizes in this video. I was about to click away when you mentioned vocal underdoer. I had no idea that something like that existed and it sounds just like me after I googled it. Thank you so much for putting that in this video or I would have given up again.
Keep up the great work.
Soooooooo glad to hear this helped you. And I'm super glad you didn't give up!!
Does it even work?
I’m literally having the 3 excercises on repeat and going along with them to achieve femininity. This video is much appreciated
Hey, I'm sorry that I can't offer a better tip on this video, unfortunately the currency in my country is really devalued so it's probably almost nothing in dollars, but I wanted to tip at least something to this amazing content.
I'm actually only interested to learn how to feminize my voice to do a voice acting job, but this video was so interesting and explanatory that I really got into voice training now.
And your voice is really pleasing to hear, specially the 'th' sounds like in 'three'... I don't know if it is because we don't have this sound in Portuguese, but it just sounds really charming to me, I could listening to you speaking a whole day.
Again thank you very much for the amazing video and sorry about my poor English, I never actually studied it. ;)
Could not have come out at a better time! Just starting to take some big steps in transitioning. Thank you so much, you are amazing!!
You'll do amazing !!!!
I'm a cis woman with a freakishly low creaky voice and this was also tremendously helpful to be as I try to feminize my voice more.
So glad this was helpful!! Welcome to our lil community :)
Yes oh my gosh same
stay how you are
@@uroboric good sentiment but not necessarily helpful. You can accept part of yourself but still not want to deal with the flack you get for it. And if there's part of yourself you don't like and want to change there's nothing wrong with that.
Ultimately if we want people to be comfortable with who they are and to do things like change their voice, not out of being pressured to, but out of a genuine want to try something new, then we should change our norms and start being more open-minded.
In a better world we wouldn't feel compelled to change harmless parts of ourselves because of societal pressures, no... In a better world there wouldn't be societal pressures for people to change harmless parts of themselves.
But we are not in that better world and can't pretend to be there already, so instead we should start building that world.
I'm here for the same lol.
I'm actually a trans guy- but I really wanted to retain my higher vocal range to hide changes from my parents (on top of just wanting a broader vocal range in general). I'm really hoping this helps :'D
Did it?
ARCANA!!
I just wanna thank you so much for all your effort and work. Without your videos, i would never have had a good passing feminine voice. The trans community really appreciates your work especially since your videos are so good and free. You have no idea how many people you have had helped!!
Ty so much!!! I'm so blessed to be in such a position to help and held up by the community!!!
Thank you so much! I'm a young trans actress and one of the things I feel most self conscious about is my inability to pass on stage, especially through my voice. When you're on stage, you don't get to tell people "my pronouns are she/her," they just see what they see and hear what they hear. With your channel (which my cis sister recommended to me, I have no clue how she found you before I did) I might be able to overcome some of those insecurities.
@Yousef Ahmedplease make like your profile picture and disappear into nonexistance
@Yousef Ahmed ok YOUSEF
2 years later, mostly dropped the acting and now just do tech and am looking to do it as my career, probably has more to do with dysphoria than I admit to most people. Coming back here after like 9 months on HRT because I just need to finally make it happen, my voice has been the biggest cause of dysphoria for like 5 years and it's just not something I'm willing to deal with anymore
I'm not trans, but I am an avid tabletop roleplayer and aspiring drag queen. This lesson was incredibly helpful to me, thank you!
I have adhd so it was hard to focus on this video but that lil happy chime at the start of each chapter kept my attention :3
I have gone back a few seconds a few times to hear em again they make my brain happy
Thank you for not getting too technical. You do have a tendency to use laryngological terms which most of us are unfamiliar with. Pitch and weight are easy though and I appreciate that you went in depth with each! ❤️
Definitely! A lot of people don't realize but this channel was initially created for me to document new discoveries and findings which is why it has taken on such a jargon heavy slant for a long time. When I started talking about voice feminization on the internet, the entire field was in a dismal state. Essentially nobody actually understood what resonance was or how it works. This channel was initially created to educate educators. However, over time the audience that has grown has been beginners seeking instruction rather than geeking out on cool stuff. This video is very much the beginning of a consistent bottom up series which will have a clear through line to help people directly. :)
so glad this hit the right tone for you!!
god some days i wanna claw my vocal chords out, these videos are one of the only things that give me hope i can love my voice. please never stop doing what your doing your a gift to this world
i’m definitely an underdoer i’ve isolated myself enough to have gotten used to not speaking for three days and hate hearing my recorded voice so i get extremely anxious calling anyone or being recorded, this video made me believe a bit more it might be possible to speak comfortably one day and maybe even like how i sound
As a cisgender man, i mean no offense to the transgender community here but this video was absolutely great for me. Not just in making my voice feminine but also just in allowing me to explore my vocal capabilities! This video paired with your other on resonance exercises has allowed me to expand my vocal capabilities beyond what ive ever imagined!! I thank you, not for changing my voice but for giving me the opportunity to find the voice I've always wanted and am the most comfortable with!
im a hetero cis vanilla and all that stuff, but i want to express all my admiration to trans people who has to work on this and much much more. You are brave humans, all my respects and support! .
Aww.
this means so much bro, thanks
Thanks!!
lmk when u finally transition xo
Based
Thank god I've been a vocalist that's always been trying to get my voice more light my whole life. This is all makes a lot of sense to me already
This takes a lot of guts she does a good job explaining this.
Trans girl here. I work at a movie theater, and the other day, I took another trans girl's order. Before she left, I asked how she got her voice to sound so perfect. She directed me to this channel. I'm starting today!
How’s it going?
@@cara-seyun i forgor 💀
holy shit scratch cat is trans??
To all the trans women out there: You're looking absolutely beautiful today and your voice is so pretty! I hope you have an amazing day, ma'am! - A trans guy
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Thanks
I'm not beautiful yet, but one day I will be!
@@Anybanks nah, you’re definitely beautiful. even if you haven’t transitioned yet.
Thanks mate, you too - AMAB currently gender questioning but signs are pointing to trans woman
Four and a half years after I came out, still struggling with my voice. These videos are always encouraging, and Zee keeps getting cuter.
Sorry you're still struggling. Hopefully this can help you! Thank you for the kind words.
for ppl trying to achieve an androgynous/masculine voice, would you reccomend these exercises but opposite?
Yes actually. For masculinity, increasing weight and lowering pitch is extremely key. Keep it comfortable and work it heavier without discomfort! For androgyny, whatever direction is the opposite of where you started would be great to work towards at first. Then work to cover less distance in that direction to find more a androgynous foundation. I really want to make a more detailed and nuanced video on androgyny soon. It's one of my favorite topics and has a lot of amazing options. It's so endless!!
@@TransVoiceLessons thank you for your reply and all the work you do! A video on vocal androgyny sounds absolutely fasinating, I'd love to see it
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Yes I would recommend
@@TransVoiceLessons Ooh, in-depth examples of androgyny is exactly what I need; I feel like I'm overdoing it right now, but I've also just started so I expect everything to be extreme while I practice. The same happens when I learn new (to me) consonant articulations.
Your demonstration at 14:48 was absolutely invaluable, it single handedly made this process an order of magnitude less difficult. Thank you so much!
After trying the exercises from some of your videos, I needed to let you know you are amazing.
I've seen so much progress in just a couple of days, but not only that, I never noticed I put some much strain when speaking another language and I could correct that with the exercises.
I've heard a few times from musicians that your voice is like a musical instrument, but only now it makes so much more sense. Thanks for the great videos, you rock.
I'm definitely a vocal under do-er. I definitely use my voice less than a hour a day, I often spend the entire day without speak, and it ain't rare for me to spend multiple days not speaking much more than few words, when I do speak any. :| So I'm looking foward to this video you said you are going to do :D
wow me too (my boss at work is not very happy about it lol)
Same, everytime i speak i surprise myself a little just by hearing my voice, it's odd
Wow, thank you for including the part on vocal underdoers! I've always been told I was soft-spoken, but trying to speak at a "normal volume" for others felt like shouting and I'd quickly get fatigued. After you mentioned it I spent some time learning more and it makes a lot of sense now!
Im just trying to get to start on my feminine voice after a year when my whole life took a 180 turn. And I am actually damn impressed by how good and authentic ur voice sounds like :0
Outside the vocal practice, I really loved the part where you said "A mistake is a mistake because you don't know you're doing it, but it's a learning opportunity when you're aware you're making it", it's just such a good outlook to have in general! Also thank you so much! I was looking so hard for resources when UA-cam *finally* showed this to me in my recommendations. I've recently discovered I'm non-binary, and I just want to have the sheer power of being able to switch between masculine and feminine voices. It's been kind hard for me because as a kid I was bullied for speaking in a very feminine way, so I really trained it so hard out of me, it feels so weird for me to be doing this again.
i would probably have came out years ago if it wasnt for my voice. ive tried before but it just feels so akward, i just end up crying and give up. its even been the reason for sum stupid self harm. however i have decided to come out fully this summer. and IM NOT QUITTING THIS TIME. its still super akward and very, very frustrating. but this girl aint no bitch 😤
i know its going to take time. and i'll get there in the end. 100% this time! so thank you so so so much for having these videos up on here for free. ma'am you are a saint 🥺
You got this! Believe in the you that believes in you!
How that going?!
@@Metrocysh im on HRT now and stuff is going hella good!
@@itsellysaurus Congrats!! So happy for you! Keep going queen!
I’ve been winging my voice for a few months, but decided to properly try after hearing my voice echo on a discord call (I have a higher and lighter voice when I try but I was always winging it)
Just played back a voice recording of myself after bridging the gap between what I knew and the actual theory behind it which I learnt from this video and I’m already more natural with it and I’m melting in a puddle of euphoria :)
I know this video is currently two years old but it is still unimaginably useful girly you are my saviour I am so lucky to have came across this UA-cam channel and I don't subscribe to ANYONE besides my most beloved content creators so you definitely have an extra sub because you are an amazing person and I as well as everyone else here loves you for who you are and for what you do and thank you so much for what you are doing and what you continue to do which is be amazing and teach trans people on how to change their vocal structure and feel better about themselves you're literally the definition of an amazing person don't ever forget that, and u r also relly nice ingenral , but seriously, from the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU GIRLY POP!11!1!!!1!!!
This video popped up in my recommendations and I'm so happy it did. My voice has been something I've been unsure what to do about because of how much work it can be and over the last several months, I've been struggling more and more to want to speak at restaurants or anywhere else in public. I am going to do these whenever I can. Thank you so much!
I finally have some time to work on my voice while my family isnt home and being able to take this step I've been waiting to take for so long, feels amazing. Thank you so much for these videos!
The Harmonic Goddess of Sound is back ✨✨🎶🎶🌌🌌💜💜
Recently discovered myself as a trans girl, thank you!
Who convinced you of that?
@@2ndPigeon uh, no one?
@@NamelessCleric Ah a self diagnosis of gender dysforia
@@2ndPigeontransphobes can't even spell 😂
@@Melissa45555 Really?
I was struggling and failing with all of these exercises due to my voice being too creaky, but after the creak exercise I found myself being able to do the previous exercises fine, thanks! Also to anyone insecure about your voice and doesn't want to be witnessed during the voices "transitional phase" definitely recommend just trying to repeatedly hum the chorus to a song you like while pitching upwards and keeping a non vibrato weight
YOOOO the weight thing got me to figure it out holy fuck. It clicked for me. Literally 4 minutes in and I can ACTUALLY GET STARTED ON WORKING ON IT THANK GODDD.
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Hello! I am non-binary/trans-fem and came out as such fairly recently and am at an early stage of finding ways to feel more feminine/less masculine/more me. I just wanted to say that I'm so happy that your channel exists as a resource I can use to help get myself there. Also as a musician, creatively self-discovering through sound, and exploring outside common conventions are important reasons that I feel compelled to work on music, just as my self-discoveries of ways to feel feminine, and seeking ways to exist outside of the gender binary make me feel compelled to work on these exercises. Really excited to integrate my practice into casual convo, I don't think my voice is comfy enough to sustain casual speaking for too long at a time yet, but I'm sure the comfiness will come if I practice at a nice steady pace. I feel so empowered to know that I can develop a more feminine sounding voice if I'm really committed to doing so. Cannot thank you enough! Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank youuu!!
I play drums, guitar, bass, keyboard. Let's jam!!
nonbinary is social construct
Trans youth here I dont care if this is video is almost 3 years ago I've always been insecure about my dysphoria and voice but this helped me so much
Trans youth is a rather meaningless term. Did you transition to adult?
You know when you have an intrusive thought? I came here to increase my vocal range in singing and speaking (more feminine for higher pitches due to music tastes). Honestly this is just a really good foundation for vocal training across the board and I was so giddy hitting higher pitches without the dreaded voice crack or destroying my throat.
I may not be the intended audience but I'm glad you exist. This was extremely well made. Now to practice until I get enough vocal fry to become an eceleb
I get horrid dysphoria in your videos, so when the mimicry portion appeared. I wanted to make it through without triggering myself, so I didn't participate. So you can imagine the disappointment in myself after what you said ~ heh. Though I will come back to this for sure. c:
There are few things that make me go hollow like this can. But you gave us something we can actually apply.... and I really appreciate that.
... Thank you.
I'm still proud of you even if you skipped the first mimicry. I believe you can take the step of action you need when it's the right time. The hardest part is the first step. Just like writing your name on an essay. Sending good vibes.
Hang in there girl ❤️
Don't you dare go hollow
Yeah i get the same issue. I can't listen to womens voices without getting extreme dysphoria. but i've been working on it so i can hopefully actually start training my voice soon
You got this Girl! ❤
as someone who got pretty good with manipulating their resonance in the past and was all but ignoring pitch, this is a really great resource for me, thank you so much, there was something missing from my voice to make it comfortable, and I think this might be it
I will say, as someone with a vocal music background, the section about weight was still very eye opening to me. I knew about various aspects and qualities of it, but never has it been put so succinctly and under one umbrella before. It reminds me of when my last voice teacher wanted to train me into becoming a counter tenor. While that's a lot of falsetto, and it's not quite the same ballpark, I still find the lessons translating pretty well.
14:41 this was IMMENSELY encouraging bc I've been kinda stuck at this phase but it sounds completely unnatural; it's so encouraging to know I'm on the right track
I have a singing background but that foundational explanation helped me to understand the foundation better and work more efficiently on resonance. You're a great teacher.
I just spent the last week doing vocal exercises for singing, that bridges the upper and lower resonances, and suggest that for everyone that hasn't found the voice they want, as it's part of the foundation to build on to get there. After doing the exercises for a few days, make affirming "mmhmm" sounds, and intently listening "uh-huh" sounds, both with a higher second syllable. While doing this, let yourself fall into a laugh, and then fall into speaking. Once you do this, you'll find your vocal ready position for speaking, but keep up the exercises, as they are keeping the foundation that you're relying on in place.
wow, so after like, 5 years of not starting because I thought it would be literally impossible, this video showed me the answer in the first minute. Weight and Resonance make, like, 100% of the difference that I did not think to try.
I'm mostly here for Dungeons and Dragons (i think) but good luck to everyone else that voice training goes well.
There are quite a few DND players here learning how to feminize their voice for their characters. Interesting parenthesis! Wishing you the best :)
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I've always had an obsession with voice acting, so this came suprisingly easy to me! Even though I was super anxious to try.
Didn't know this was possible, what an amazing work. I'm speechless.
I love this. Just an operatic bass and voice teacher trying to learn more about voice feminization 🥰 this is a lovely explanation and I can feel that I will be hyperfixating on your channel and binging your content
Zhea is seriously so helpful - augmenting voice is soooooo much easier with this technique, it really helps gain a lot of different possibilities for where you can go to build your voice, it's so nice!
Wow, as a 'female' rock singer and vocal teacher with my own very basic and physical approach to develop one's own voice I am quite impressed. The way you explain and enable access is very supportive. It gave me as well some new perspective on some aspects, thank you so much!!!
Thank you so much for this video! I've been watching your videos for a while, but I get frustrated at how hard it is to implement what you teach. This feels like the foundation I need to get comfortably started.
Wonderful!! So glad to help.
She definitely understands how the voice works. Even if you aren't trying to change this is awesome information. It works if you were trying to change your voice or understanding how to get natural higher pitches when singing. She's an amazing teacher.
Funnily enough I think this video made me realize that im not a beginner when it comes to voice feminization anymore, which is super exciting. Its almost harder to follow the parts where im supposed to use a lower voice than the parts where im supposed to use a higher voice haha
Feck, it's harder mentally then physically cuz I'm afraid that someone will hear me
same
I feel stupid anytime I try to do anything at all with my voice, even learning another language so I feel you
I wouldn't mind as much if my voice was where I wanted it to be. But since I'm so new I sounds all weird and silly. If someone were to walk in on me I might die 👀
I need this for when I finish Celeste.
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Something that surprisingly helped me lower the “weight” a lot was just moving my jaw forward a bit. Thanks so much!
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