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<strong>📄 Archived:</strong> 2025-08-17 21:16:38 UTC
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<strong>🔗 Source:</strong> <a href="https://voicefem-essentially.carrd.co/">https://voicefem-essentially.carrd.co/</a>
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<h1>Voice feminization, essentially.</h1>
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<html><body><div><section id="guide-section"><h2 id="text03">General rules</h2><div class="list" id="list01"><ul><li><p>For every sound task, explore further and experiment with the sound (over a long period of time), to gather the necessary familiarity. Make sure to actually speak sentences, instead of just making vowel sounds over and over.</p></li><li><p>Train your ear. If you're targeting a specific quality, learn what it sounds like, and look for it in others' voices.</p></li><li><p>Breathiness and constriction are <em>not allowed</em>, and you must speak at a conversational volume.</p></li><li><p>Record and analyze clips of your own practice, to both train your ear and check for mistakes.</p></li><li><p>Your sounds must all be pure and extremely comfortable, to the point where you can confidently speak in said voice for over an hour without any strain whatsoever.</p></li><li><p>If a sound causes pain or discomfort, stop immediately, and search for an alternative way to make the same sound without said discomfort.</p></li></ul></div><h2 id="text04">List of topics</h2><hr id="divider05"/><h2 id="text05">Weight</h2><p id="text14">Seek <a href="https://youtu.be/a0PpzrWsTUE">Clover's video</a> for demonstraions and exercises.</p><div class="list" id="list03"><ul><li><p>Make a Patrick Star (yawny, light, lazy) or Mickey mouse (high-pitched, breathy, falsetto-ey) sound</p></li><li><p>Make sure your voice lacks a "rumble" (This is an indication of high weight)</p></li><li><p>Remain extremely relaxed and pure</p></li><li><p>Experiment with changing volume at a constant weight (by changing pitch)</p></li><li><p>Explore, experiment, and acquire familiarity</p></li></ul></div><p id="text13">Some more weight explorations can be found in the <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/transvoice/comments/ztdtll/an_organized_collection_of_selene_da_silvas_clips/">clip collection</a>.</p><h2 id="text06">Size</h2><p id="text15">Begin by listening to <a href="https://clyp.it/jdquw5ac">Selene's size clip</a>.</p><div class="list" id="list04"><ul><li><p>Move from a large sound into a small sound (you can do it as a slide or do it in steps)</p></li><li><p>Explore changing weight (starting heavy or starting light)</p></li><li><p>Try to aim for a younger-sounding voice</p></li><li><p>Avoid <a href="https://clyp.it/bmwfjmya">knodel</a></p></li><li><p>Avoid any and all feelings of strain</p></li><li><p>Remain completely pure and non-breathy</p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/transvoice/comments/ztdtll/an_organized_collection_of_selene_da_silvas_clips/">Try some of the other explorations</a></p></li><li><p>Get very familiar over a long period of time</p></li></ul></div><h2 id="text07"><span class="p">Fullness and<br/> further exploration</span></h2><p id="text09">Start by watching the <a href="https://youtu.be/uVJuUoypVHE">TransVoiceLessons fullness video</a>.</p><div class="list" id="list06"><ul><li><p>Learn about deandrogenization</p></li><li><p>Create a full-masc sound (heavy, large)</p></li><li><p>Create an overfull sound (heavy, small)</p></li><li><p>Create a full-fem sound (light, small)</p></li><li><p>Create an underfull sound (light, large)</p></li><li><p>Acquire extreme familiarity with those four main fullness types</p></li><li><p>"Slide" between different zones of fullness</p></li></ul></div><p id="text11">Adduction work (expansion of one's pitch range) can be worked on using the clips below.</p><h2 id="text08">Personality-expressing features</h2><p id="text10"><span class="p">Information about this topic is a little scattered - you'll find a lot of it on the Speech section of my <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/transvoice/comments/ztdtll/an_organized_collection_of_selene_da_silvas_clips/">reddit post</a>.</span><span class="p">This section focuses on ear training.</span></p><div class="list" id="list07"><ul><li><p>Understand the theory behind why children of different sexes do not usually sound the same, despite their shared lack of sexual development</p></li><li><p>Listen carefully for the differences in pronunciation between men and women</p></li><li><p>Notice vowel shifts, vowel replacement, and vowel stress</p></li><li><p>Analyze voices and determine whether their manners of speech are more typically masculine or typically feminine</p></li><li><p>Notice how pronunciation differs across regions of the world</p></li></ul></div><p id="text12">This section focuses on experimentation and mimicry.</p><div class="list" id="list08"><ul><li><p>Explore said qualities in your own voice</p></li><li><p>Imitate other voices, while remaining mindful of the aforementioned concepts</p></li><li><p>Compare your recordings to the recordings of the desired voice, and analyze thoroughly</p></li></ul></div><p id="text17">At this stage, you may stylize your voice by changing the accent, getting a little larger, a little heavier, etc. It's strongly recommended to be very familiar with the hyperfem space before doing this, though.</p><hr id="divider03"/><h2 id="text18">Conclusion</h2><p id="text16"><span class="p">Absolutely none of this would have been possible without the tremendous hard work of Clover Grigsby, Zheanna Erose, and Selene Da Silva. Huge thanks, from me and many others.</span><span class="p">If you ever feel like you need more information, check out <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/transvoice/comments/ztdtll/an_organized_collection_of_selene_da_silvas_clips/">my collection of Selene's clips</a>, which also includes advice on <em>normalization</em>, a topic I did not cover in this guide. The <a href="https://discord.gg/acjy4Cw9z3">Online Vocal Coach</a> server is also great for asking questions and attending free lessons.</span><span class="p">And that's about it for this guide, good luck.</span></p></section></div></body></html> |