Where Does The Resonance Need To Come From For My Female Voice?

[Guest Hanayuki]

Hey everybody,

I realize that I have been asking quite a lot of questions in the voice section, but your answers are often so useful that I can't help it

I just read that there should be no resonance in your throat when you're using your female voice =o

But I noticed that when I'm speaking in my female voice, the resonance is in my throat and in my noise...

So, where does the resonance actually need to come from, and how do you get your resonance to come from that place?

Thanks in advance

[Sally]

Hey,

I think that the best description of how to get the resonance forward by thinking of the sound actually coming out of the tip of the nose rather than the vocal chords.

The one place that you do not want to feel resonance is in the chest - that is masculine.

Love ya,

Sally

[Guest Joanna Phipps]

Hey,

I think that the best description of how to get the resonance forward by thinking of the sound actually coming out of the tip of the nose rather than the vocal chords.

The one place that you do not want to feel resonance is in the chest - that is masculine.

Love ya,

Sally

I have minimal vibration in my larynx and none in my chest. I guess that means its all in my head... giggles

[Guest Hanayuki]

Hey,

I think that the best description of how to get the resonance forward by thinking of the sound actually coming out of the tip of the nose rather than the vocal chords.

The one place that you do not want to feel resonance is in the chest - that is masculine.

Love ya,

Sally

Hey, thanks, that actually helps I'm trying that right now =D

But when I am speaking, I can feel the resonance in my nose, in my throat and..... a little bit in my chest... Is that bad? The vibration in my chest is way weaker in my female voice than in my male voice... I got rid of the "booming" deep vibration which I feel when I'm speaking in my male voice...

When I try speaking from "the tip of my noise", I sound a little contrived though o.O

I thought that having a little of your resonance in your chest gives you a more natural sounding voice...

[Guest nymphblossom]

Hanayuki wrote:

So, where does the resonance actually need to come from, and how do you get your resonance to come from that place?

The resonance comes from the head. You can actually feel the vibration in your skull. You get it by reshaping the soft pallet to move the resonance upwards from your chest. There are many ways to develop these muscles including exercises like those by Melanie Speaks and Deep Stealth or learning to sing head voice.

Blossom

[Guest Elizabeth K]

Blossom and Sally have it - Sally plays trumpet so she knows this stuff. I FINALLY worked so long on my voice (nine months) I got my falsetto sounding natural - well - lower range - and with the softer higher range. It takes retraining muscles - yikes - think of how you cough? Those mucles.

Just a suggestion

Lizzy

[Guest Joanna Phipps]

Hanayuki wrote:

So, where does the resonance actually need to come from, and how do you get your resonance to come from that place?

The resonance comes from the head. You can actually feel the vibration in your skull. You get it by reshaping the soft pallet to move the resonance upwards from your chest. There are many ways to develop these muscles including exercises like those by Melanie Speaks and Deep Stealth or learning to sing head voice.

Blossom

I got mine by singing, working my voice up scale from its old baritone or bass to, now, something in the mid to high tenor range and somedays it gets very near the alto that I used to sing as a kid in chorus. One day, here at work, somthing slipped (either in or out of gear) and my voice had found me, that was wonderful since it was the missing piece of the puzzle.

[Guest nymphblossom]

Something else I wanted to mention-

You will notice as you train the muscles in your throat, you will begin to develop a slight smile when you speak. Women don't smile because they are happy or want to appear pleasant. It is the natural result of the arch in their soft pallet, and it simply becomes their resting facial expression. Wish I could remember where I read about this

Blossom

[Guest Hanayuki]

Blossom and Sally have it - Sally plays trumpet so she knows this stuff. I FINALLY worked so long on my voice (nine months) I got my falsetto sounding natural - well - lower range - and with the softer higher range. It takes retraining muscles - yikes - think of how you cough? Those mucles.

Just a suggestion

Lizzy

I have a little resonance in my forehead now

According to Candifla, you need to "bring back some of the maleness into your female voice" but I am having a hard time doing this

I don't know how to do this... My voice is in the female range, and I think my resonance is okay too- well sort of, but I still sound a little bit fake

I think I need to improve my voice quality- get a brighter/clearer tone as a female...

Does anyone have any idea how to do that?

My current voice is sounding androgynous at the moment