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Foreword:
This video intended for absolute beginners. There is very little "theory" in this video. It begins very basic, teaches you what to listen for, gives you exercises to plays with, discusses how to make use of it, what issues to avoid, and other considerations. I've been meaning to make this video for a long time but it's very challenging to do it right. I hope this is the most helpful video I've made so far for those who are struggling to get started. ❤

The most important thing when getting started is developing a smooth, comfortable, higher and light foundation. Often when beginners start, they will focus on just trying to raise their pitch and keep it up. However, pitch alone is an incomplete and less useful picture. Our control of pitch is massively influenced by "vocal weight". The more vocal weight you have, the harder it will be for you to go higher. The less vocal weight you have, the easier it will be for you to go higher.

It's extremely challenging to normalize and get comfortable with higher pitches unless we adequately reduce our vocal weight. Pitch and weight need to be considered together, otherwise voice makes very little sense. In terms of feminization, weight very important while pitch is subordinate to weight.

Utilize these exercises to help you explore the quality higher pitch with lighter weight. Once you find a sound that is close to target, work on fluidly speaking and trying to get genuinely comfortable with that cleaner, lighter, and higher sound. Avoid accidentally going to high into your falsetto (see mistakes video) and avoid being too breathy. See "avoiding breathiness" in this video to understand how that sounds.

This stage of vocal modification is very much about establishing a comfortable, reliable, and light foundation to build off of. Resonance modification will come after this foundation is established and reliable. Listen to the section "The Foundation" to hear what I am referring to. Aim for a target pitch area of 180220 Hz at first (or shoot for what's comfortable just avoid staying too low to get sufficient weight reduction).

Individuals who have watched my previous "VOCAL FOLD MASS" video should know vocal weight and vocal fold mass are essentially the same thing. Vocal weight is being used to describe the auditory quality while vocal fold mass is more a physiological description of the event. Over the last 8 months I have preferred describing this to beginners as "vocal weight" for several reasons I'll discuss in a later video. Vocal weight is often connected to descriptions of "head voice", "vocal fold mass", "density of sound", "spectral rolloff".
warmly,
Zheanna

Pitch Tracker Used in Video: https://www.speechandhearing.net/labo...

00:00 Intro
00:36 The Beginning
00:57 Key 1: Pitch
01:58 Key 2: Weight
03:32 Taking Action
04:08 Basic Pitch Mimicry
04:48 Basic Weight Mimicry
06:17 Exercise 1
08:03 Exercise 2
09:25 Exercise 3
11:17 Exercise 4
12:49 Reflection
14:37 The Foundation
15:45 Avoiding Breathiness
17:03 Skippable Theory
19:00 What About Resonance?
20:30 Vocal Underdoers
21:42 Summary
23:53 Conclusion