How to make your voice rougher at home

There is no person completely satisfied with what nature has endowed him with. One is offended by an insufficiently thick hair, another complains of an imperfect figure, a third nose shape, but there are those who are not satisfied with the sound of their own voices. Men with a high, thin voice, which comes into dissonance with their internal image of a brutal macho, are especially affected.

Not everyone was lucky to be born with a deep velvet baritone, but to develop and make the voice lower, rude under the force of perseverance, determination and desire.

Why do you need a low voice

1. Holders of low timbre look more representative and authoritative. When we hear a person without seeing him, we subconsciously draw a physiological and psychological portrait. By the way he “sounds”, one can determine the role of activity, intelligence, temperament and type of character. A person with a low voice inspires more confidence, looks smarter. This fact is adopted by large companies.
2. A gruff voice is a sexual weapon in the battle for hearts. The higher the level of male hormone (testosterone), the lower the voice of the stronger half. This is felt by women at the genetic level. Such a man becomes more sexually attractive, unlike the male, even with the prefix "alpha", which begins to speak shrillly, breaking into a cock cry.
3. A low, gruff voice - salvation from stuttering. Studying stuttering, scientists came to the conclusion that people with a low voice are less likely to suffer from this problem. Stuttering tries to squeeze out a sound, strains the vocal cords, the voice sounds unnaturally high. Such people are recommended to lower the sound tone, to speak with "deacon" bass.

What determines the pitch of the voice

Sound made by a person originates in the larynx, an important part of which is the vocal cords. The sound of the voice depends on their length, width and thickness. Women and children have easier folds than men, while vocalists who sing bass have 4 times more weight than soprano singers.

The cavity of the pharynx, mouth and nose form an extension tube, which changes its size and shape over the years. In adolescence, voice breaking occurs. The pharynx drops down, manifests itself as an adam apple (Adam's apple), the cyst tube becomes longer, the ligaments are more powerful, the speech is rougher.

Ways to lower the voice

Before deciding whether you want to change the timbre of your voice or not, test yourself, listen to the sound of your own speech from the outside.

It makes no sense to refute the view that tobacco makes a smoker's voice rude - it really is. Just do not forget that the speech of tobacco lovers is accompanied by a cough, the voice becomes hoarse (smoked) - this is not the effect that you want to achieve. There are much nicer methods of fighting to lower the timbre without harm to health.

Effective exercises to reduce voice

1. The technique with the original name "from socks to the crown". When pronouncing words using this technique, it is necessary to focus not on the vocal cords, but on the muscles of the diaphragm. We speak from ourselves, from the inside out, unnaturally sticking out our stomach during inspiration, rather than pulling it in. Basic exercise: we lie on your back with a book volume on your stomach and breathe, when you inhale, we lift the press along with the load.
2. Imitation of the sound of a vinyl record when braking. The slower we talk, the voice sounds lower, like a vinyl record, when it is slowed down, it starts to bass. Carry out a small experiment, pronounce the letters of the alphabet to the sound of the record, do it too when braking it, and so several times. Gradually notice a decrease in the timbre of the voice.
3. Vocal cord relaxation and extension of the extension tube.We relax the ligaments with an exercise: sit on a chair or stand exactly against the wall in a relaxed state. Lower the chin to the chest and say “and”, slowly raise our head, holding the vowel sound. So we repeat several times a day so that the pitch with the head bowed and tilted back becomes the same in sound.
4. Lower the larynx. At the yawn and half-yawn, the larynx moves down, if we try to make a sound, it will be rude and low. Try to fix the oral apparatus, larynx, diaphragm in the yawning position during a conversation and see real voice changes. The great Chaliapin turned his body through the efforts of his will and brain into one loud-sounding biblical Jericho trumpet, and he did it. Indeed, by nature, the timbre of his voice was not the same as the audience heard, the vocalist developed a “paradoxical” breath, the secret of which was known only to him.

Psychologists and doctors advise not to get carried away with lowering the voice too much so as not to break it. You need to choose a middle ground in which it will sound harmonious and natural.

See a doctor endocrinologist

If the level of testosterone is low, the doctor will prescribe pills and drugs, after treatment, your voice will become more rude and courageous.

Surgical intervention
The operation on the vocal cords is done on an outpatient basis if there are no contraindications. As a result, you get the right shade of voice. Surgical intervention carries a certain health risk and a large financial investment.

From the foregoing, we conclude:

1. To reduce the sound of the voice, you need to breathe with your nose and diaphragm, not your chest, people say - "chest voice".
2. When talking, relax, remove nervousness.
3. Speak as calmly as possible, a little slower than always.
4. Watch your posture, a plastic person who knows his body well, usually has a low, rough voice.

Everything in the world is relative, successes in life and work were achieved not only by men speaking rudely, in a low voice, but also by a high one (tenor, counter-tenor). If you, nevertheless, are dissatisfied with the sound and coloring of your speech, consult a physician, do exercises, and the result will not be long in coming.

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