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There are a few factors that can lead to a feeling of tightness in the throat while feminizing the voice. The most common issue I see is people who are putting in too much activation energy - or, to put it simply, trying too hard. The voice is one of these tricky things where the point of...
Today's practice game comes right out of my new free e-book, Cognitive Load Games for Trans Voice Work. The game is called The Stroop Test. If you watch the video above, I will show some words onscreen and they will be written in certain colours. The trick is that I want you to *in your target...
In my last video, we were talking about masculinizing or feminizing inflection, and you might be wondering, "How do I practice this?"
I usually advise students to start with sentences that they use all the time like "How do you take your coffee?" or "How did you sleep?" or "Has the dog eaten...
If you're working on modifying your voice to better align with your gender presentation, then you are probably already used to using a tuner to track pitch (how high or how low a voice is). A lot of my students report being frustrated that there isn't a way to track the resonance (how bright or...
If you've been working on your trans voice practice for a little while, maybe you've found a sound you like that you're able to make in short bursts. Maybe you tried the "Big Dog Little Dog" exercise from a few weeks ago and now you're probably wondering, "How do I go from making a sound that I...
In this post I'm going to be answering the question, "What is straw phonation and how can I use it in my trans voice practice?"
Simply put, straw phonation is when you phonate (speak or make vocal sounds) through a straw. When you are phonating normally, air comes up from your lungs, and your...
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