Confused by Voice Terminology? Let's Fix That!

[@TransVoiceLessons]

I think this is like the Rosetta stone for my content.

[@ameliav.norman94]

Yes! This is super helpful. Studying these terms and concepts alone on Wikipedia is like studying a recipe to understand a dish vs. actually cooking it. On this channel we're cookin' with the master chefs. 🤓

[@edenasharpie]

(this is almost in a literal sense)

[@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115]

I?m just starting my feminization path, and your videos are easy to follow, and I'm practicing, and my girlfriends have noticed my voice is changing. Thank you so much!

[@nicolelobia4550]

Do you provide 1 on 1 lessons?

[@debrasue2793]

the fact alone that one would conceivably need a rosetta stone to navigate your work demonstrates the inter-disciplinary expertise and sheer volume of work and effort you've invested into making this all more accessible to the average person and potentially availing many people of what would otherwise be an extremely intimidating and unapproachable barrier to entry, and you will never recrive the commensurate amount of thanks you deserve. as long as these videos exist, they will be watched by future generations, potentially long after you're gone. thank you for this, as always! not only are you helping me navigate voice, you're also inspiring me to contribute where i can in my own life. 💛

[@ilikecheeseAK47]

As someone who’s been working on voice fem for a few months now (this channel is the reason I was able to take any action at all, I am forever grateful) I’d like to advocate for learning biomechanics in a sensory way if that makes any sense. Identifying lighter vocal weight was something I found somewhat easy to mimic, but I still felt very lost w it in my own vocal exploration for quite a while. It wasn’t until very recently where I found an analogy to my own instrument that helped me understand biomechanics in a way that made training muscle memory for lighter vocal mass a lot more straightforward. Thinking about how I produce sound w my voice to how I use my bow with my bass helped me to make the analogy of trans feminine buzz to using heavy bow weight on a high note on my double bass. It’s something that I’ve had to work on a lot with bass, so having that sensory experience externally helped me to figure out what’s going on internally.

[@TransVoiceLessons]

Absolutely!! I love that so much! All descriptions can be helpful! It’s amazing how even a small amount of basic experiential or sensory experience (you having bass history) can allow you to breathe life and meaning into otherwise abstracted layers!!

[@thetransgenderapocalypse9711]

Ahh this is really useful! My trans friends get so confused when I try to explain how “resonance,” “size,” and “larynx height” are more or less the same thing.

[@laurentabukitty]

For those of us caught up on this channel’s content, this was very helpful. I can hone my focus now. Thank you VoiceMom

[@TransVoiceLessons]

aww :3

[@michaelamarie1955]

We're like in school and you're our teacher and I feel like I'm failing 😢

[@hadley4936]

Thank you for all your work! I’ve been able to feminize my voice dramatically. This month marks two years of training.

[@TransVoiceLessons]

That’s amazing!!! So proud of you!

[@SoulStrings]

I feel like this is a great summary on the experience I witnessed in your videos so far. For someone who bingewatched your channel in a matter of days/weeks recently it's a little bit confusing with how rapidly [during the bingewatch period] the perspective (or lens?) was changing. Now it's like an arc above everything you've been talking about here or a look from "above the subject" which is a very interesting perspective.

[@TransVoiceLessons]

Absolutely! That's been one of the hardest aspects of having this channel. I am constantly evolving but once a video is done, it's ... static. People still post all the time on my older vids talking about how helpful it is for them which is a bit surprising to me because I feel they aren't optimal. But keeping them up outweighs taking them down since they still help people. Hopefully this video can act as a Rosetta stone between it all.

[@SoulStrings]

​@@TransVoiceLessons Since your journey on this channel does not contain any videos that may be considering "dead ends" in a labyrinth of exploration and deepening of the topic, they work as photographs, mementos, diary notes you take along the way in certain periods of your journey, so... No wonder your older ways of understanding different things still work for some folks (including us!) because, like you said in this video, different lenses may resonate better with someone and get them a better understanding of what they're doing. You did a great job providing not just different lenses/perspectives but simply letting everyone know of the existence of different approaches in a first place - and yes, it really makes it all much less confusing in general, not just in relation to your videos. Thank you kindly, we are ever grateful for what you're doing! *less than three*

[@Emily_North]

Comment For Engaygement🏳️‍⚧️

[@TgPepper]

HAHA GAY

[@giftmichaelmtf]

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[@Emily_North]

@@_lyraspan LUTRIEEEEEEE

[@KaitlynGothGurl]

Oh my gorrr Emily ur literally EVERYWHERE😭

[@fainfawn7641]

Best comment

[@thisislaynz]

Cis aut/adhd and so glad this came up as no one has ever explained pitch and frequency so well before that’s popped up when I’ve searched. Thank you for this I need help with an ent working through this as I’m having input and not interoception sensory issues 😭 been impacting my voice since so much stress and I need support from a therapist to relearn pitch properly . Very grateful for this video .

[@lucyyockey]

This idea of breaking down each concept into three instructional categories is super interesting for me to see as a music educator and trans woman. Having seen videos of yours with all three approaches, I’m reflecting back on how each one was useful in different contexts throughout my vocal training, and how planning instruction with these different levels of objectivity and directness could be beneficial in different educational scenarios. In the same vein, the idea of phenomena vs qualia will be super helpful for me as a teacher in bridging the gap between helping students to understand something conceptually and applying the idea in practice. I’ll definitely be adapting these principles in my instrumental music teaching (which I bet you may have a few words on too, if you’re still in the trumpet world at all!) Thank you for your work!! I really appreciate the effort you put in to producing quality content 😁

[@katherinemercer2950]

The way that you teach is so incredibly elegant and concise; coming from a science educator! This was so, so helpful. Thank you!

[@TransVoiceLessons]

Thank you for the gracious words!

[@giftmichaelmtf]

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[@ayilajamiebailey9428]

Thank you Zhea! You've helped me to remember that it isn't necessary to overthink what comes naturally (a common pitfall for us studious-types).

[@Brou15O]

not just voice training, but people like to teach using technical and mechanical knowledge for like everything and its annoying >.> thank you for the video, youre an absolute legend

[@Estr0Vi]

So, I was a fan of your other channel for years now, since around the time of glitterdance (still my favorite track of all time from any artist) because I have been in love with 31 edo since I found out about it and you were the only artist I knew of who seemed to be really capturing it well. A year or so passes and I discover that I'm a trans woman and a few months after that (about a year ago now), I'm recommended your channel for voice lessons. I had no idea you did this as well at the time and it blew me away how small the world is and how talented you are. I want to thank you deeply for enriching my life through both your music and your skill with voice training.

[@giftmichaelmtf]

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[@adhdlama2403]

Thank you for this video, this is a really good way of thinking for pedagogy in general. I really love how you divided it into three categories, with sensory input and the "meta knowledge" categories. This holds true for teaching performance of any kind! You've obviously thought this through a lot.

[@TrashyAvery]

This video is honestly very helpful, I’ve been struggle with my vocal feminization. It was very hard for me to understand some of the language is used and that lead to somewhat of a downward spiral where I didn’t know what to work on and thus I didn’t know what to do and felt defeated. I think guiding using a mostly sensory description is very helpful especially for those who don’t have an understanding of these concepts and vocabulary.

[@emmanicolerulez]

I'm so happy to know that you're still making content! I've been watching your videos for a few months and I think I have improved a lot but I also could benefit from private lessons. Anyway you're so pretty and awesome and I just recently came out as trans at 30. Freaking love your content 🥰

[@Poppy_AndFriends]

This is AWESOME! I'm so happy with this new direction! I remember I'd watch your old vids from 2016 and I'd feel informed, but then what I'd end up doing is just looking up some dudebro teaching me "how to do the girl voice", and that's what I'd end up actually playing with and retaining. I'm really happy to see this beginner-friendly approach. Thank you Z, you're the best!

[@tohkaeinzbern7309]

I live in Ukraine, and trying to git gud with my voice, that I won't be attacked by radical and military people. I have huge progress. Thanks for the video.

[@TransVoiceLessons]

That's amazing! I'm so glad you've been having progress. Be safe!

[@excellent_2287]

Why are you praising nazis in your bio?

[@tohkaeinzbern7309]

@@excellent_2287 meta-irony, cause' in my country conservative people believe in homo-nazi dictatorship, and i am sick of arguing with them. But you are right, I should change it.

[@KVVUZRSCHK]

Girl you have the coolest keyboards. I see that continuum and the lumatone in the background there. Respect.

[@jacobford3452]

Would absolutely love a re-make/update of the resonance/size video with this in mind, with a link to the same spectrogram tool(s) you use so that people can follow along and practice.

[@TransVoiceLessons]

am indeed planning that!

[@AlanLoren-js2wf]

I am starting my journey through your videos, they re heaven sent, very enlightening.

[@Rose_Reverie-x]

I needed this I think, because even looking at beginner stuff sometimes I feel like I would wander into something about all this stuff I didn’t understand and just thought that I just couldn’t get it.

[@guiltyguildleader]

8:38 "Thats not really the way you learn to control your body" Isnt it? I dont really "hear" my voice when talking, or which voice im currently using, unless I put conscious effort into it. And I dont really have a "learned voice", its often all over the place and making an effort to have a distinct voice makes it almost impossible to concentrate on what I wanted to say in the first place. How do I even start from this. Im probably on my 5th failed voice training attempt over the last 20 months.

[@liathedigger]

MY GOD GIRL THANK YOU SO MUCH I'm Brazilian so my english is enough to understand what you're saying but there are some words, especially these specific terminologies that i can't translate that well, so having you explaining those words helps me, and many other girls, a lot Thank you ^^ ❤️💖💝

[@psa4578]

Amiga, vc gosta de pokemon ?

[@giftmichaelmtf]

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[@klikkolee]

I've never had much intuition for how to leverage my body to achieve a result. As a kid, we were expected to do a "flexed arm hang" exercise, and I was completely incapable of it and kept receiving bad grades. The adults assumed I wasn't trying. Later, long after the age that exercise is tested, I realized I could probably use the shoulder extensor muscles (lats, etc.) for that exercise, and suddenly I could not only easily do the exercise, but I could do a full pull-up with little difficulty. Intuition and outcome-only knowledge left me trying to do 60-lb bicep curls (half of assumed bodyweight) as a literal child. My life is full of experiences like this and they certainly didn't stop as an adult -- I'm currently in physical therapy to correct the many incomplete or otherwise maladaptive patterns of muscle recruitment. Sensory descriptions are important so I can tell whether I have accomplished the outcome, but I definitely expect to need the biomechanical descriptions so that I can achieve those outcomes without potentially-damaging guessed strategies

[@gillianomotoso328]

You remain possibly the most innovative, knowledgeable, and underrated voice (and music) guru on the Net.

[@giftmichaelmtf]

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[@cham4159]

i was waiting for this video tbh, because it was always veeery difficult for me to understand what exactly should i do and even how to create a routine out of all knowledge you gave, bc you gave a lot but I couldn't understand it to the fullest, so thank you 💓

[@Theotherone646]

Zhea Arthur, an Auntie with great ranties

[@1milliondollars1]

I Love you Zheanna

[@filakyle3663]

Lovely to see you and new video you did. Thank you for simplifying thouse terminology for me.

[@giftmichaelmtf]

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[@hcos8139]

I haven't checked out this channel for 2 years. You look amazing

[@giftmichaelmtf]

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[@kitty8016]

This is really helpful to understand how to relate the older and newer content with different terms! Personally I’ve found the biomechanical descriptions particularly useful, but I’m also very heavily focused on engineering and objective fact oriented practices vs. feeling and sensing. But knowing how to relate the mechanical to the feeling is great! Also, you look very very extra pretty in this video ^\\\^

[@sodaaccount]

WOW this was so helpful to me as an Aspie mtf, thank you so very much! Im used to categorising everything and regarding the science behind everything as the most important part. Everything is quantifiable and if I gain a technical understanding I can do it. This might stem from my struggle reading people and emotions in myself and others. I cant analyse it on an emotional level, so I rationalise and quantify it. I got problems with sounds as well, so that doesnt really help either. I hear crazy high frequencies, but am overwhelmed when different sounds interfere. That hissing or breathing sound when trying to hit high pitch was one of those. It becomes a kind of homogenous sound. I repeated these passages SO often its not even fun... It was a real refreshing perspective to learn speaking like a baby does. I mean I managed that once, right? (although my voice sounds kinda weird...) :D

[@CasualLifeExperiencer]

7:51 I think the parallel of the description you made would be how ears work (the signal receiver). To make a parallel with vocal bio-mechanics (signal producer) I think it would be appropriate to explain how pixels work and how the molecular structures in pigments give rise to their colors. Nice video btw😊

[@JodieAprilMae]

On reflection, that is how I approached raising my pitch. I figured if I could sing in a way which was essentially feminine, starting at the top with Kate Bush, Christina Aguilerra, then going down to the “easier” r n b type voices like (as I thought) Amy Winehouse, Alicia Keys, Dua Lipa, Anne Marie… with this speaking voice would improve… because I would become comfortable making those sounds… I then found your channel and got in to the other aspects of learning and your incredibly logical and scientific approach. Thanks again :)

[@giftmichaelmtf]

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[@zestzonertheoblivious5828]

Another amazing video like always. Your a great teacher and also have a great personality to chat with on streams. I liked this video because we finally get a more descriptive video with the terms and functions.

[@easternscreechowl6701]

Fabulous lesson! Thank you for creating and posting this!

[@teavo3808]

As someone who for some reason wants to feminize their voice, I've come across your channel but have been confused as all get out. Hopefully this'll help me understand some stuff better. Thank you so much for all you do.

[@giftmichaelmtf]

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[@elise3455]

I 've followed your videos since 2018, and as I continued to struggle with my voice I eventually just assumed "Zhea is just coming up with new vocal concepts all the time, so it seems like she doesn't know what she's doing...". But this video really clarifies that you didn't come up with new ideas or anything, you were just changing how you present them so that it's more accessible and practical for people.

[@TransVoiceLessons]

It's both. There are many things that are genuinely new and novel discoveries spanning from exercises or approaches to frameworks and relationships in voice that have come from my work (and now Clovers). However, those discoveries have been necessary in order to create a more complete picture of voice. Never would I "create" something original just to for the sake of branding or obfuscation. But there are many times in the process I have been faced with patterns or feature combinations that have not previously been codified in voice literature and my initial "staking" of them was not pedagogically efficient (hindsight). This is primarily because resonance and it's implication across voice has been absolutely butchered by educators throughout history. Vocal pedagogy has missed massive fundamental components and relationships of vocal features because of the fact vocal gender/sex has long been implied as immutable in singing teaching or voice acting beyond the gimmick. My background is ear training, audio production, acoustics, and pedagogy. Then I transitioned and found myself at an intersection to weave these skills together to discover and refine things to help the community. That's what I've been doing -- but it's a process that happens through time and still happens to this day. Thanks for your post!

[@giftmichaelmtf]

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[@goldenpony822]

@@TransVoiceLessons wow what an eye opener

[@GolyBidoof]

okay, that is more important than i thought it would be xdd sumi wake uPPPPP

[@giftmichaelmtf]

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[@only_spencer]

It's nice to have a clarification of terms. Thanks

[@giftmichaelmtf]

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[@giftmichaelmtf]

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[@diegoespinoza8997]

God, I am no trans person, but this sure has helped me with my singing skills, very appreciated. One love

[@aurilightsong6330]

As always, wonderfully informative amd helpful 🥰🔥💗

[@giftmichaelmtf]

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[@user-xu1cu8iu1g]

I've been training my voice for a couple of years now but I really don't find myself getting anywhere. I'm with No. on this here with that purely sensory descriptions aren't helping me much more than dense theory on biomechanical processes, so at this point, I would appreciate if you could list what fields of acoustics you studied or all of whichever courses you mentioned taking in college that allowed you to come to the whole "the mouth is just a filter" epiphany you reached in your voice timeline video because I could really use that kind of understanding now.

[@chameleonhrt]

As an artist, the color analogy is perfect. When I'm making stuff I'm mostly just messing around with colors and being like "Eh, that looks right."

[@TransVoiceLessons]

Yay! I’m glad you liked it. I know some color theory but at the end of the day … colors go brrrr and that’s the vibe haha

[@Gadget_2161]

Thanks

[@giftmichaelmtf]

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[@giftmichaelmtf]

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[@zoegraham5058]

I just recently discovered myself as trans. I'm a cis male and have yet to come out to anyone really... I feel like that's the scariest part. Nonetheless after discovering myself, I realized my dysphoria was super existent, and causing me depression, anxiety, loss of sleep, the whole lot. I thank you greatly for your content and I'm going to begin voice training today because you give so much confidence. So excited for this journey and I have you to thank for me taking the first step. Much love 🖤🤍🖤🤍

[@ZuzuPazuzu]

I'm in the same boat. I've recently come out to a few friends, but my dysphoria became overwhelming the moment I came to terms with being trans. I realized one of the biggest reasons I can't express myself properly is because I feel disconnected from my own words while talking, but I can communicate just fine in text. Working on my voice has been very difficult, but I think it's the most important step for me personally.

[@giftmichaelmtf]

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[@aquaticstarr4607]

Hey Z! This video was helpful, I understand a lot better some of these terms Recently I watched your video for absolute beginners and it was great, though after trying those exercises and seeing how I can apply that to normal speech, I’m quite conflicted - I don’t know if I’ve just got the hang of this really easily, or if I’m just not doing it right I seem to have what seems like a lighter, higher voice than normal without too much effort, but I feel like I’ve always been able to sort of produce a voice like that - so I’m either getting this pretty easily or I’m missing something To clarify, it’s still not a sound that sounds very “feminine” but I’m not sure if that matters here, since this is just a foundation of course Any help would be appreciated! I commented this there too but maybe you’d see it easier over here :)

[@Kaisebon]

Progress in voice training normally comes in spikes and plateaus. You probably just hit a spike really early on.

[@hyeve2114]

you also might be going into falsetto, which is an easy mistake (i had the same experience to start with because of it) - i highly recommend looking up some info about falsetto and trying to make sure you're not doing it by accident.

[@goldenpony822]

Digging this thanks!!!

[@pinkpaso]

These channels are so helpful, but i wish there was free 1on1 stuff for us :(

[@sagesimms7889]

Yes! 2 new Z vids in 1 week!!!!!

[@Lavy575]

Ive always wanted to personally be able to control how my voice pitch sounds because I like being feminine and have a more feminine voice due to voice dysphoria. personally more then masculine and I came out to my mom about a month ago. Unfortunately I nearly almost passed away due to type 1 diabetes and now I am trying my best to be able to practice and control my voice because its basement low I am very intrigued in how helpful your channel is Unfortunately my voice is so low it can start to hurt when I try to do exercises to help stretch out my vocal chords. I am very thankful for your channel as I am a complete beginner currently and have no idea what to do have great day and nice video.

[@luckySkillFaker]

great vid as always :D

[@MisterOpera]

really great video. what if I suggested that the overall process you described is a type of switching, and that only validating the last mode you switched to bis being cruel to past you and reducing the options of future you?

[@rsyvbh]

That one note from 7:15 made me think "hmmm that interval sounds familiar and i think ive heard it in microtonal stuff" "wait are you zheanna erose" "NO WAY I WAS RIGHT" i mean i also could have looked in the description but still

[@liranpiade4499]

That's really enlightening, although my issue is that I find it difficult to learn without a more objective form of measurement, and with our phones' microphones, the acoustic level is the best. It is good to translate it and I'll try to use sensory descriptions, and relate them to acoustic measurements.

[@giftmichaelmtf]

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[@copypasta9563]

Woah........ You are extremely intricate and smart

[@giftmichaelmtf]

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[@frechjo]

Ho yes, thank you so much for that part about colors! It's a huge pet peeve of mine, when people equate color with wavelength. I've complained so much about it that I could probably compile all those youtube comments in a book, lol (I just left one about that just a few days ago under a maths video, haha). This probably comes from my frustration with art education, so I try to be civil about it, but it doesn't help it's so widespread and taken for granted. I love the other parts as well, but I had to comment just to say thanks for that :'D

[@GameMaster-ui2py]

Thank you ♥!

[@kori228]

Hm, I think I prefer the biomechanical terminology, it's less ambiguous in understanding and explaining it. Shifting back to Sensory means it brings back the same kind of hand-waving that resulted in Chest vs Head voice, etc, in singing pedagodgy.

[@TransVoiceLessons]

It is not the same as chest, head, etc. Those are abstracted somatosensory commands. Somatosensory perception is not where vocal ability comes from as our primary intake and valuation of voice is purely through its sound. All other people hear our voice. We hear all voices. All sounds we want to do, we know because we've heard something similar prior. We learn to speak by listening. As appealing as the abstracted biomechanical or acoustic language is since it appears to promise a path through a priori knowledge, there is no physiological or acoustic direct map to what we hear or need to hear and what we hear is what allows us to ultimate abstract to those conceptions in a meaningfully productive way. Even if you are played a specific sound file and you listen to that repeatedly, that does not guarantee you actually heard or represented it to yourself in a perceptually useful way. Sensory language is absolute necessary before abstraction because its the only way we can ensure an individual selects from the sensory experience and confirms they are actually attending to the right aspect to hear. Sound is invisible and formless. Our experience of sound is internally contained. Even using a spectrogram, it's still just a visualization and is a shallow capture of anything relevant. All "domains" of terms have their need and utility. We need to be able to discuss things objectively but we also must be direct and honest that perceptual learning is contained within a persons phenomenology. Using objective terms does not at all guarantee the knowledge an individual needs is grounded nor is it objectively relevant to the goal at hand (to change the voice). Only communication through language we naturally use to communicate sense allows a person to communicate their own sense selection meaningfully. Once meaning is grounded, then abstractions can take over and quite dazzlingly fun conceptions can form with true meaning and thus value. Chest and head are offensive in particular because they trigger a person to try and intentionally micromanage what they physically feel or expect to feel when vocalizing. We don't learn or control the voice that way though. We control the voice via perception attenuating action relative to our intention to produce an effect. The effect is sound and through listening we attenuate. Biomechanical terms are not the base substrate the ability lives in nor linearly maps onto. You never had to learn biomechanics to learn your native language. Cheers.

[@kori228]

@@TransVoiceLessons I get the need to listen, but our ears are only as good as what they've accustomed to hearing. Without understanding the actual articulation, how can one create that beyond our "accustomed" sounds? As a Linguistics student, something like trying to explain the difference between [pʰ p b] by purely relying on hearing it as misguided. English speakers will just hear tenuis [p] and voiced [b] as the same-you need to clearly explain out how to create that distinction in voicing if you want them to understand and treat the sounds differently on a fundamental level. Actual learning to articulate the difference is the step after that. Or say if you try to teach tonal languages to speakers of languages without phonemic tone. Such a speaker simply cannot hear the movement of pitch as part of language unless trained to. Leaving such a speaker to their own devices is futile-they can't perceive it to begin making progress (unless they spend an extreme excess of hours, which isn't even guaranteed-something that could be avoided by just instructing them about the tone contour to begin with). On the other hand, you can always read the pitch on a spectrogram. The Sensory terminology may be better when both taught by an expert such as yourself and taught to someone who is either unconcerned with how it works or have really good aural senses. But not everyone has those same senses and learns the same way-it would still be good to still offer the Biomechanical explanation. In the end, if using Sensory terminology without the accompanying Biomechanics, what a student or another teacher perceives as a certain quality is not necessarily the same quality as your own terminology. It's relying on entirely subjective experiences to evaluate and teach others.

[@Godzilla_Star_Eater]

​@@TransVoiceLessons EXACTLY! I was so thrown off by being instructed on body parts. I think as an autistic person it is especially confusing since it's literally just flat out wrong, and i already have a background plethora of knowledge on sound design that made it obviously BS.

[@jbig7250]

loving the cleav action in this vid!

[@giftmichaelmtf]

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[@GalaxyCat404]

Bless thank you 🙏

[@Cateleya]

I don't see anyone else saying this, but I often find the sensory lens to be confusing and un-actionable without enough understanding in one or both of the other lenses

[@xerodollars]

very very helpful, thank you z

[@giftmichaelmtf]

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[@giftmichaelmtf]

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[@VE9S9]

Thank you 💕

[@dennisbarzanoff9025]

Why is Ralf Ineson's voice so resonant? I wanna know what quality he has, is it mass or stiffness of thr cords?

[@4eon4rcana]

Looking good 😍

[@julmuriruhtinas]

Very unrelated but omg is that a Lumatone behind you? 😻

[@TransVoiceLessons]

yes. I am a lumatone endorsed artist. see: Zhea Erose Lumatone

[@julmuriruhtinas]

@@TransVoiceLessons wow that's so cool! Definitely following your music channel now :O

[@Past_and_Present_]

Are you no longer available for consultations? You have no availability on your website schedule.

[@natalieauroraphoto]

Hi do you have a recommended watch order for your videos?

[@mitschnel607]

I think my voice sounds too "airy" like there is too much air in my voice and its too thin wich makes it sound off, I dont know how to improve that... It sounds fuller if I talk lower but thats also not a great solution to my problem... I thought just keep on practicing but what if i continue practicing it wrong so it becomes like a habit or something

[@yuzuku2397]

grats on 100k

[@ryanap8396]

Great Video, also you’re pretty!

[@luisabe3197]

Simple great. Sincerely.

[@giftmichaelmtf]

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[@PhoebeBouley2212]

So. From an analogy standpoint it's a lot like many other things. 10% knowledge 99% practice. But how do we hear what others hear? I know I sound different in recordings and to other people than what I hear. I've tried practicing and making adjustments recording but unlike walking or welding it's not in real time so I can't achieve the same muscle memory or make changes on the go.

[@PhoebeBouley2212]

Also. I hope your doing well. I know you've had a tough time lately and my thoughts are with you. Sending positive energy your way girl.

[@giftmichaelmtf]

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[@WikoWiko-bj6wz]

will you ever make singing voice lessons?

[@giftmichaelmtf]

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[@CeramicSerpent]

trans pride🏳️‍⚧️

[@arsenetelosnookami]

Baby trans here, thanks for all the help, even if I'm too mute and vocally boneless to do much

[@giftmichaelmtf]

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[@ejro3063]

What I would like to know is how to apply the techniques that you teach in your channel to languages other than English.

[@jaymonies641]

My head just explode 🤯

[@furrypine]

I wish she'd dumb it down a little. She clearly knows A LOT about the voice and therefore knows all these fancy words but most of us are just confused teenagers

[@TransVoiceLessons]

Stay tuned - simpler videos coming asap

[@Potato-so6zr]

Sensory is your personal hearing experience. It is what YOU hear. Low pitch sounds deep, and high pitch sounds light. Acoustic is measurement of said experience. For example, we can use frequency to measure pitch. How high or low was that sound? Biomechanics explain what our bodies do in order to produce that specific sound. It’s more complicated and not necessary to know. The video emphasizes to focus more on what you hear rather than trying to focus on precise measurements or the process of how to produce specific sounds.

[@Godzilla_Star_Eater]

As a sound designer and engineer, i couldn't disagree more. I was getting nowhere with dumbed down tutorials. Instead of wanting dumbed down tutorials, strive to smarten up yourself and learn the terms.

[@Godzilla_Star_Eater]

​@@Potato-so6zr Actually, what you hear is qualia. The stimuli is the universally objective thing being sensed and perceived consciously as qualia.

[@dylanlux6046]

Every time I watch your videos I feel like I’m in a transfem finishing school.

[@albionpewpew]

Your depiction of the hydra reminds me of the 3 hyenas from lion king

[@scotter140]

Are you booked out really far for lessons? I emailed but never heard back

[@giftmichaelmtf]

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[@giftmichaelmtf]

To get yours click bio to see I.n.f.o.

[@torikenyon]

YOU HAVE DOLORES CATERINO'S CONTINUUM KEYBOARD???

[@giftmichaelmtf]

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[@Idk.-.]

Hi Zheanna when u try and talk with a higher larynx position is it a normal experience for it to be uncomfortable at first.

[@copypasta9563]

Yes, but along the process you will learn to eliminate pushing/strain. Because effective vocal results should allways be achieved and produced by a comfortable effortless and relaxed posture as much as possible

[@Idk.-.]

@@copypasta9563 Oh well I think I might have Muscle Tension Dysphonia cause when I talk with a higher larynx it's very hard/painful and strained to even speak a sentence.

[@copypasta9563]

@@Idk.-. yeah I'm also in a cufuddle with that as well :(

[@Idk.-.]

@@copypasta9563 Oh im rlly sorry to hear that 😭 is there any cure for it tho..

[@copypasta9563]

@@Idk.-. honestly I think voice practice and reworking certain muscle memory may be it but idk XD

[@selthafour6948]

Video thoroughly explains sensory vs biomechanics, but does next to nothing in terms of explaining the sensory terms that it places importance on.

[@bluemartin5313]

Awesome. Are YOU Trans. ? You gave me hope…

[@mitsuhashii]

she is transgender

[@speakersr-lyefaudio6830]

Not to distract from the contents of the video, but don't you make microtonal music? I found a channel when searching for 31 edo, really liked the music, and searched through the videos. To my surprise, I find someone who looks like you.

[@TransVoiceLessons]

yes. i am a composer, producer, and theorist. my background is in composition.

[@speakersr-lyefaudio6830]

@@TransVoiceLessons I’m really impressed by stuff you’ve put out; really beautiful.

[@FawnMario]

Yea honestly i have never felt worse i dont know how people arent kust suicidal after watching these videos like i hate this no talks speaks or anything in easy terms im glad the only people that seem to be voice coaches are musicians who dumb it down not enough whats the point of life if one of the main videos people point to just makes me hate myself with every new video i watch

[@nutiketgotc]

Well you've gone in the wrong direction because none of that sensory stuff makes sense but the biomechanical sounds helpful.

[@TransVoiceLessons]

Sounding helpful is different than being helpful. Learning biomechanics to try and improve voice is the same as learning how the muscles and tendons in your arm work in order to draw from the beginning. It’s absolutely preposterous. You learn to draw by watching the medium while you interact with it. The way you improve in voice is by being able to receive high quality feedback every time you vocalize alone. This means developing perception of the sound. Watching the medium is the act of listening while doing in voice. I absolutely haven’t gone the wrong direction. I have worked with hundreds of students just since publishing this video alone. If a person is deaf, learning biomechanics will have no impact on their voice. This is because the thing that enables us to learn voice is our ability to sense and ultimately train perception of sound. How do you know who is a great vocalist or voice? You hear them and enjoy the sound, you don’t deconstruct the biomechanics. You learned how to speak an entire complex language as a literal baby and you didn’t/don’t know anything about the biomechanics then.

[@nutiketgotc]

@@TransVoiceLessons Maybe this isnt something my autistic brain is handling well.

[@sodaaccount]

@@nutiketgotc LOL I kinda feel you. Im an aspie myself and am used to categorising and quantifying stuff. Im a very technical learner, but I cant differentiate the sounds I should try to avoid (breathing sounds and such). It becomes a homogenous sound that I cant "disect" into what Im aiming for and what is noise, that corrupts the sound. As I failed the usual (technical) way I will definitely try this. Cant get worse than now :D And even if my voice sounds weird in general, I managed to learn to speak before more than once. I love languages and my english is pretty damn close to accent free. Theoretically I should be fine I guess? Now that I think about it my pitch in english is even considerably higher than in german or dutch. Thank you for triggering that thought process in me! You really helped me.

[@stirpiano]

It seems like purity wasn't touched on at all, a little odd.

[@TransVoiceLessons]

there are numerous other vocal features not listed in this vid. :) the main thesis was describing various lenses of thinking (perceptual-acoustic-biomechanic)

[@chrissyweikoop7931]

ah man, what happened to your face? i really dont wanna be rude. but every time i check out your channel, you look better. i know its completely offtopic but.... *cries in envy* 😭

[@JuneKuhn-k1w]

you have a continuum 0-0

[@josedanielng604]

🥵

[@lunarose3335]

Why doesn't a crow's call echo? A coo sticks

[@clementine-person]

i shouldn't be here

[@sedonarose7563]

🏳️‍⚧️ 😊

[@carlosemiralonso7997]

Girl, I would like to tell you something as a feedback for this video. I will try to go as straight as possible: your outfit choise is distracting. I suposed to be looking at you explaining things, I see myself more focus on your attire (wich is fun, sexy and girly thats why so distracting for me). Hope this was deliver in a positive way.

[@2small4theMall]

everybody else seems to handle it just fine so maybe just close your eyes

[@carlosemiralonso7997]

@@2small4theMall IS fine, i already see the video once. Is unlikely to be need it to be seen twice. Also my initial idea of why people dont talk about it might be related to embarrasment (wich i dont suffer). Have a good one!

[@Luna-cg2ns]

Bro.

[@CasualLifeExperiencer]

7:51 I think the parallel of the description you made would be how ears work (the signal receiver). To make a parallel with vocal bio-mechanics (signal producer) I think it would be appropriate to explain how pixels work and how the molecular structures in pigments give rise to their colors. Nice video btw😊