REASONS MEN WANT TO HAVE DEEPER VOICE
You may be one of the many men who wish they had that deeper and well-modulated voice. Of
course, we all admire how deejays speak over the radio and their soothing voice makes their
programs more appealing to listeners. You probably wish you know some techniques on how to
have a deeper voice.
But what makes a deeper voice attractive? A deep voice makes you more attractive to women.
Indeed, it is one of the things that women love in guys. Women can fall in love by just listening to
your voice - this is probably why women can go gaga over a deejay even and probably why they
are more appealing to women.
Aside from boosting your appeal to women, a deeper voice can also be of big help if you want to
project a confident and reliable you. Especially if you are looking for a job, having a deep and
well-modulated voice can make you look confident, capable and trustworthy. Other than these,
there are also a lot more benefits that you can get from having a deep voice.
For males, having a deep voice sure has a lot of advantages. Their deep voice tends to impress a
lot of people even through the telephone. Deep male voice signifies strength of personality,
dominance, authority and confidence. In addition to that, many women find males with deep
voices to be sexy and very masculine. It is not surprising that a lot of men want to have a deeper
voice than what they already have. Because of this, a great deal of males are finding ways to
enhance their deep male voice.
SIMPLE TECHNIQUES TO ACHIEVE DEEPER VOICE
Whether you have a squeaky voice or you just want to improve your voice more, here are some
tips and techniques on how to have a deeper voice.
- Sing. Indeed, singing can help you get a deep and good quality voice. This is because singing
can exercise your vocal chords and help you practice varying the pitch of your voice. Improving
your voice with singing is also a fun way on how to have a deeper voice.
- Strengthen your vocal chords. Your squeaky voice may be a result of weak vocal chords, thus it
would be a big help to strengthen your vocal chords. One thing that can help you strengthen your
vocal chords is to make sure you have proper nutrition and diet. Manage stress in your life as this
is also one cause of weak vocal chords.
- Try some breathing exercises. Learning the proper breathing is indeed one good way to deepen
your voice. A very good breathing exercise that can help you achieve a deeper voice is to practice
breathing from your diaphragm or belly breathing. You can check if you are doing your breathing
right by placing a hand on your belly and feel your stomach moving up and down as you breathe.
Correct breathing will help you a lot in gaining control over your voice in speaking and even in
singing.
- Find a voice coach. If you want to have a guided session on deepening your voice, you can also
find some voice conditioning tutorials from voice coaches to help you practice a lot of exercises to
develop a deeper voice. If you do not have the luxury of time for voice coaching, you can also find
convenient self-help resources on how to have a deeper voice. What is important is for you to
follow correct procedure to avoid doing harm than good to your voice.
MORE QUICK TIPS TO GET A DEEPER VOICE
Ideal men have always been characterized with tall and dark handsome looks along with a deep
voice. Millions of men having a high-pitched voice wish to deepen it further. However, each
person is different and has got a unique voice of his own. Proper care and patience along with
some time and perseverance has to be exercised to change your voice. Some of the tips to do
this are as follows:
* Relax: Keeping your body and mind tension free also helps in relaxing your vocal cords apart
from your own physical self. When you are tensed and stressed out, your vocal cords are also
strained resulting in a higher pitch. Even if your stress is unavoidable, try and learn some
relaxation techniques or breathing exercises that help you in losing stress. Loose and relaxed
vocals help in producing deeper reverberations in the chest and adding a deep timbre to your
voice.
* Start Voice Exercises: Most of us don't ever put any emphasis on exercising our voice even
though we may be a big fitness freak. Voice exercises involve humming, singing in your deepest
possible voice, and even heavy metal scream singing. When you start these exercises, you will
experience an itching feeling at the back of your throat. This would go away with regular practice.
Singing along a heavy metal music song including the grunting and growling voices is also a great
way to exercise your vocal chords.
* Mentholated Rub: Put a coat of mentholated chest rub on your chest every night. This would
help in clearing your voice and improving your breathing. This, in turn, would certainly lead to
further deepening of your voice.
* Speak Slowly: You should practice to speak more slowly with proper body language. Further, you
should also hold your head up and try to project your voice directly from your chest. This will
surely help your voice to carry a much larger distance without any strenuous effort on your side.
* Speak using the back of your throat: This step is much more difficult than the previous ones.
This technique involves a lot of practice. You should try and imagine that you have an egg stuck
at the back of your tongue while speaking. This will open up your throat and help project your
voice from your chest rather than from your nose which is the main cause of a high pitched voice.
These are just a few pointers and training exercises that can help you in deepening your voice.
They will help in loosening up your chords and will relax your voice box, thus providing you a
lower tone and deeper voice. However, at the time of doing these voice workouts, you should
practice recording your voice so that you can track any changes that may have occurred. Also
practice breathing with your abdomen rather than using your chest for the same. Regular training
of your vocal chords will show remarkable results and help you in achieving that deep voice you
cove so much for.
Have you ever listened to a recording of your voice and cringed?
Perhaps you were surprised about how nasally or high-pitched it was, or how hard you were to
understand. Perhaps in that moment you wished for a manlier, more pleasant-sounding voice.
A deep, strong, masculine voice is not without its benefits. Women prefer men with deeper voices,
and find what they say more memorable than men with higher-pitched ones. And a strong, deep
voice can make a man seem more confident and authoritative.
But here’s the deal. There isn’t much we can do to deepen our voices substantially. You’re pretty
much stuck with the voice nature gave you. So if you sound like Super Mario (or God bless you,
Toad), you’ll probably never sound like Sean Connery. Sorry.
But you know what? That’s okay.
You don’t have to have a rich baritone voice to be successful in love or life. Instead, you just need
to make the most of what you’ve got. Today we’ll cover how to do that.
Why You Need to Stop Trying to Sound Like James Earl Jones
You’re working against nature. The deepness of a voice is primarily determined by the length
and thickness of the vocal cords. Longer and thicker vocal cords produce lower, James Earl
Jones-like pitches. So, if you want a deeper voice, you just need to thicken and lengthen your vocal
cords. Easy, right?
Hate to break it to you, but unless you can travel back into time to when you were 12 years old,
there’s nothing you can do to naturally lengthen and thicken your vocal cords. Puberty was your
magic window to developing that signature Darth Vadar voice.
Remember all that embarrassing voice cracking? That was your vocal cords being exposed to
increased amounts of testosterone. As your body went into testosterone overdrive during puberty,
the hormone went to work on your vocal cords, causing them to lengthen and thicken. Boys who
produced more testosterone during puberty turned into men with thicker and longer vocal cords, and
consequently, naturally deeper voices. (Researchers theorize that this, by the way, is why women
prefer deeper voices; they signal that a man has more T, which back in primitive times might of
meant he was a stronger and more virile protector and provider.)
It can damage your voice. Because men usually want a deeper voice than the one they have,
they’ll artificially lower it by projecting their voice from the lower part of their throat. To hear and
feel what I mean, speak in the lowest pitch that you can, and pay attention to where you feel the
sound emanating.
Did you do it? You felt the vibrations primarily in your throat, right?
While you may feel uber-manly talking with that low voice, you’re actually doing damage to your
vocal cords. Consistently producing sound primarily from your lower throat does some major wear
and tear on your vocal cords. If you lose your voice or feel hoarse frequently, it’s probably because
you’re speaking with an artificially low pitch.
John F. Kennedy had this problem. In everyday conversation, JFK would use his God-given natural
pitch. But during debates or speeches, he’d start projecting sound from his lower throat to get that
deep, manly, and authoritative voice. The result? Hoarseness and oftentimes voice loss.
No one can understand you. When you speak from your lower throat to get that low pitch, you
produce a sound that lacks carrying power. Try speaking with an artificially lowered pitch again. Go
as low as you can, but speak as loud as you can. Dimes to donuts you couldn’t get very loud and
your voice sounded sort of muffled. I also bet your vocal cords felt a bit strained too.
I remember when I was an insecure 13-year-old, I’d speak with an artificially lower pitch. I thought
I sounded like a grown-up, but nobody could understand what I was saying. When I’d talk to people
they’d lean their ear towards me and ask me to repeat what I just said. I finally gave up and just
started using my normal voice.
Your primary concern when speaking is to communicate. There’s no point in sounding like Barry
White if no one understands a word of what you’re saying.
There’s actually a way you can deepen your voice just a bit (and I mean just a bit) without straining
your voice while also maintaining understandability. We share the secret below. Keep reading.
How to Develop Your Natural Voice to Its Full Potential (And Make It a Bit
Deeper, Too)
Alright, so we all can’t sound like Dean Martin, but that doesn’t mean we can’t work on developing
a more pleasant-sounding voice. After talking to a few voice actors and reading up on books about
voice theory, I’ve learned that we’d all be better served if we spent our time developing our natural
voices to their full potential, not artificially lowering them. As one voice actor told me: “The
manliest voice is the voice you’ve already got. You just need to find it and own it.”
If your voice is higher-pitched than you’d like, despair not. Both Abraham Lincoln and Theodore
Roosevelt had higher-pitched voices, and yet each was a memorable and convincing orator–because
they made the best of their natural voices.
So what does your best natural voice sound like? A good voice is one that is filled with warmth
and expression; it should also have an even resonance that’s easy on the ears, it should carry
well so people can understand exactly what you’re saying, and it should be flexible and have a
wide range of natural pitches.
Unless you’re a singer or actor, you probably haven’t gotten any instruction on how to use your
voice properly. Consequently, most of us have probably been using a sub-optimal voice because
we’ve picked up voice habits that prevent us from sounding like our best selves. Most men use a
voice that’s lower than their natural pitch, resulting in a voice that’s hard to understand. Other men
might have a nasally-sounding voice that gets on people’s nerves.
There are two things you can do to speak with your best voice possible. First, speak with your
natural pitch. Second, breath from your diaphragm for a more powerful, commanding, and, yes, a
bit deeper voice. Ready to find your best voice? Let’s get started.
Method #1 for Improving Your Voice: Find Your Natural Pitch and Optimal Tone by
Projecting from Your “Mask”
As I mentioned above, most men are probably walking around speaking from their lower throat to
get an artificially deep voice. We’ve already covered the problems that come with this. If you have
a nasally-sounding tone, your problem is that you’re speaking from just your nose.
To speak with your natural pitch and optimal tone, you need to project your voice from your
“mask.” Where’s your mask? Glad you asked. It’s the area on your face that includes your lips and
the bridge and sides of your nose. You know you’re projecting from your mask when you feel the
area slightly vibrate when you speak. When you can feel vibration in that area, you know you’re
speaking with your optimal pitch and tone. A voice projected from the mask won’t be nasally nor
will it strain your throat.
According to voice coach, Dr. Morton Cooper, here’s how to hone in on your optimal pitch and tone
that comes from speaking from your mask:
Answer the following statement with a spontaneous and sincere “mmm-hmmm.” Keep your lips
closed and let your inflection rise on the “hmmm.” Pay attention for a slight vibration in your mask
area.
“The Art of Manliness is the greatest website of all time. I grow chest hair every time I visit it.”
“Mmm-hmmm.”
Did you feel the vibration in your mask? That mmm-hmmm is your natural pitch and tone.
Now say “mmm-hmm-one, mmm-hmmm-two, mmm-hmmm-three, etc.” Check to see if the
numbers are the same pitch and tone as your mmm-hmms.
From here on out, focus on speaking with that optimal pitch and tone. It will take some practice, but
it will be well worth the effort.
Method #2 for Improving Your Voice: Add Bravado and Power by Breathing from Your
Diaphragm
Now that we’ve found our voice’s natural pitch and tone, it’s time to add some of that manly
he-man oomph to it. We do that by proper breathing. If you’re like most people, you’ve been
breathing wrong for most of your life. You’d think something as easy as breathing would be hard to
screw up.
Take a breath. Did your chest and shoulders rise? Yes? You just failed at breathing.
When your chest and shoulders rise when you breathe, it means you’re breathing with your chest.
This sort of breath is weak and squeezes the throat area, causing strain on your voice.
Proper diaphragm breathing
A proper breath originates in the diaphragm. You know you’re breathing correctly if your belly
moves in and out and your chest and shoulders stay still. Watch how a baby breathes. This is how
they do it. For some reason, we pick up poor breathing habits as we get older and start breathing
from our chests.
Breathing from your diaphragm when you speak does a few things for your voice. First, it gives
your voice more power. Try it. Say a few lines of gibberish, but focus on beginning your breath
from your diaphragm. Imagine you’re pushing your voice out from your belly and out your mask.
The harder you push, the louder your voice will be. Speak as loudly as you can using this technique.
Notice how your voice fills the room, yet there isn’t any strain on your throat. Pretty cool, huh?
The second benefit of breathing from your diaphragm is that it does deepen your voice a bit without
the ill-effects of trying to speak from your throat. Your voice will have more resonance and gravitas
as you breathe correctly.
Owning Your Unique Voice
Improving your natural voice is something doable and within your reach. Believe it or not, Morgan
Freeman once spoke with a voice that was an octave or so higher than it is today. When he was in
college, a professor helped him work on deepening it a little. While the timbre of your own voice
may never be movie narration-ready, it can be one that gives you confidence and leaves others
enjoying the sound of your words.
And don’t despair if after weeks of practice your voice still doesn’t sound exactly the way you want
it. Perhaps you’ll never get rid of that nasally voice. Instead of fretting over it, just own the crap out
of it. Make it your calling card. Lots of people have made a living off their “unpleasant” sounding
voices. Howard Cosell spoke right from his nose, but that nasally voice became recognized by
sports fans across the nation. Kate and I love listening to This American Life on NPR. The show’s
host, Ira Glass, has a really nasally sort of high-pitched voice that wouldn’t normally be classified
as attractive or pleasant-sounding.
Glass had this to say about his distinctive voice in an interview in the Salt Lake Tribune: “If you
compare my voice with a really great radio announcer, I’m just a whiny Jew.”
But that “whiny Jew voice” is one of the most recognized voices on radio. I know This American
Life wouldn’t be the same without it.
Bottom line: Do your best with the voice you have, but don’t fret too much about whether it’s
“manly” enough. Just own it. That’s the manly thing to do.
Exercises for a Deeper Voice
There are many reasons why someone would want a deeper voice. Perhaps you are a singer,
seeking to reach a lower register to diversify your musical roles. Perhaps you are a man that simply
dislikes the high pitch of your own voice. Whatever the reason, don’t feel alone. There are
thousands of people like you out there that would like to change the tone of their own voice.
Deeper voices are typically associated with masculinity and confidence. Just think back to all a few
current great male singers and leading voices – people such as: Barry White, James Earl Jones, and
Josh Groban. These people all share a deep, rich, and silky smooth voice in common.
There are several exercises you can practice at home to help deepen and smooth out the sound of
your voice. Diligently practice the exercises outlined below and you’ll be surprising your friends
with a deeper voice in no time.
Deep Voice Exercise – Recite the Alphabet
• Start reciting the alphabet, starting with the letter A. Take deep breaths. Go slowly and
deliberately. Do not rush any of the letters. Speak each letter out completely.
• After you reach the letter Z, repeat the exercise, only this time drop your tone one octave
lower.
• Repeat the exercise again, dropping your tone another octave lower.
• Continue repeating this exercise until you reach the lowest tone that your body is physically
capable of reaching.
This exercise can be practiced multiple times a day. Over time, you will gradually start to notice the
physical transformation in your voice box when you speak with a deeper voice. With enough
practice, this exercise can loosen up your vocal cords so that the deeper voice becomes a habit.
Deep Voice Exercise – Binga Bonga
A second exercise for a deeper voice that can be practiced at home is the following:
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Say the words “binga bonga, dinga donga, and kinga konga”
Speak each word slowly and purposely
Hold the end portion of each word as long as you can.
Repeat the exercise, lowering your tone an octave lower each time the exercise is performed.
Continue to repeat this exercise until you reach the lowest tone your body is physically
capable of producing.
This exercise for a deeper voice can also be repeated throughout the day at your leisure. However as
a special reminder, if your throat begins to feel sore and your voice hoarse – STOP. Never overwork
your voice box because this can lead to vocal cord damage and an injured voice box can severely
impede your progress to achieve a deeper voice.
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