12-01-2015, 11:09 PM
My understanding is that the resonance (also called timbre) of a man's voice is determined by the length of the airway from the larynx to the nasal passage which is typically greater than that of a woman. You can raise your voice pitch, but resonance is unaffected. That's why talking in higher pitch voice sounds weird. Surgery cannot change that. You have to train your throat muscles to pull your larynx up and back to change the geometry of the airway to reduce the resonance of your voice.
I can talk at a pitch within female range (170 - 220 Hz), but I still have that male characteristic resonance that gives me away. Voice surgery would do me no good. I have to train my voice to change the resonance characteristics.
If I raise my larynx by swallowing and hold it there while talking, my voice sounds more feminine. Try it. The trick is to talk that way without even thinking about it.
Clara
I can talk at a pitch within female range (170 - 220 Hz), but I still have that male characteristic resonance that gives me away. Voice surgery would do me no good. I have to train my voice to change the resonance characteristics.
If I raise my larynx by swallowing and hold it there while talking, my voice sounds more feminine. Try it. The trick is to talk that way without even thinking about it.
Clara