How To Change Your Resonance for Vocal Feminization and Masculinization

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Olivia Flanigan - Gender Affirming Voice Teacher

2 жыл бұрын

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What is resonance?
Resonance is the sound quality or color of the voice. The exact same fundamental pitch can sound brighter or darker. Musical instruments are a good example of this. A tuba and a clarinet can play the exact same note, but you can easily recognize the difference between them.
Our voices work the same way. By changing the size and shape of your vocal tract, or the space that the sound moves through, you can change the resonance, and the perception of your voice, without changing the pitch. For this reason, resonance is arguably more important than pitch when you’re feminizing or masculinizing your voice.
Resonance for Vocal Feminization
Feminine perceived voices tend to sound brighter, and in order to get that sound quality, we want a shorter, smaller vocal tract. One way to do this is by lifting your larynx.
Resonance for Vocal Masculinization
Masculine perceived voices tend to have a darker sound quality. To achieve that sound, we need to lower the larynx and ground our voices in our body.
I hope this video helps you! Thanks for watching!

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@chrissyweikoop7931 2 жыл бұрын

For me, it is kind of hard to really understand, if i am raising the larynx, or just increasing pitch. But if i lower my larynx, i somehow cant even get that high. it sounds ridiculous, so i guess, if the voice sounds... "brighter", that already is the effect i want to have. Anyway, the "eee" really helps to get a feel for the lifted larynx. Thank you! 😀

@oliviaflanigan5938 Жыл бұрын

Hi! It can be really hard to tell the difference between pitch and resonance. With brighter resonance, we actually trick our ears into thinking that the sound is higher, so it makes a lot of sense that you're feeling this way. You can try bright and dark resonance at one pitch to make sure you're really altering the resonance. Hope this helps!! ☺Thanks so much for watching and for your comment!

@GrassRoots-fp4ty 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! This is a great help!!

@oliviaflanigan5938 2 жыл бұрын

So glad to hear it!! Thanks for watching!

@unemployedscholar4320 Жыл бұрын

This is a really helpful video, with practicing the days of the week and feeling it higher or lower in the larynx. I didn't realize that swallowing raises the larynx. One subtlety I noticed though with masculine-perceived voices. By listening to videos of masculine-perceived people aged 12-20, I noticed that generally there are several shifts in resonance. 12 years old: dark low pitch (child) 13 year old: bright high pitch 16 year old: bright high pitch plus dark medium pitch 20 year old: dark low pitch plus bright high pitch

@oliviaflanigan5938 Жыл бұрын

Cool! Love that you're able to pick out the different elements of the voice as you listen!

@Blackmoonsoulx Жыл бұрын

You are amazing. Thank you.

@oliviaflanigan5938 Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching and for this lovely comment!! ☺

@kiinuyo Жыл бұрын

Regardless of what the exercises I do, it still feels like I can’t raise it high enough? Is that normal?

@oliviaflanigan5938 Жыл бұрын

It's definitely a tricky thing to notice! It's possible that you're having a hard time hearing the difference in the sound or you might want to check out some other elements like vocal weight or pitch! Sometimes the resonance will start to pop once you adjust some of the other variables.

@kamikamidemonchan2282 2 ай бұрын

raising or lowering the larynx is pitch, not resonance .. how shoudl i expect to learn something helpful from someone who claims to be an expert but cant get the basics right?

@oliviaflanigan5938 Ай бұрын

Hi! Pitch is changed by the length and vibratory pattern of the vocal folds. Resonance is changed by the size and shape of the vocal tract, which would include larynx position. Hope this helps! :)