My voice is lower?

jimhelm · 10-14-2010, 02:08 PM

My upper range has all but vanished. Not that i ever had much of one... I don't know when it happened, but it has to have been recently... I can't hit that high note at all. Is it because I lost weight? I think I can go lower than I used to too.

In the car, I mostly have to sing an octave lower to stay in key at this point. sometimes 2.

footfootfoot · 10-14-2010, 02:17 PM

Something about testosterone being bound up in fat, probably related. See if your junk gets bigger.

jimhelm · 10-14-2010, 02:18 PM

IT DID!

but i think that's an optical illusion. I'm also hairier.... which makes sense, I guess.... same number of hairs crowded onto a smaller surface area....

Pete Zicato · 10-14-2010, 03:07 PM

I heard or read (long ago) that a man's voice loses it's upper end as he ages and that a woman's voice expands into the lower ranges as she ages. So that men's ranges shrink and women's ranges expand. However I can't find anything on the net to back that up.

Pico and ME · 10-14-2010, 03:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimhelm

IT DID!

but i think that's an optical illusion. I'm also hairier.... which makes sense, I guess.... same number of hairs crowded onto a smaller surface area....

LOL, my husband gains an inch when he loses weight. Its all in how its measured

jimhelm · 10-14-2010, 03:45 PM

well, i can definitely see more of it...

eta:
but this is about my voice....not my junk.

Pete Zicato · 10-14-2010, 04:04 PM

Are you smoking, Jim? That'll definitely affect your voice.

footfootfoot · 10-14-2010, 04:20 PM

He may have quit cigarettes, but he hasn't stopped
smoking

jimhelm · 10-14-2010, 04:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pete Zicato

Are you smoking, Jim? That'll definitely affect your voice.

oh hell no.

it's almost like my voice is weaker... like when i try to go higher, my throat hurts and my volume falls off.

Clodfobble · 10-14-2010, 04:55 PM

I have no actual scientific basis for this, but it does seem to me that losing that much weight could do it. It's like, higher ranges require your larynx muscles to be squeezed tighter, right? And with the fat all crammed in there, it's like your larynx was wrapped in a tight donut, helping it stay squeezed. Now that the donut is gone, you've got room to open the muscles wider, but it also turns out your muscles aren't strong enough to maintain the high pressure on their own. In a capella groups, the deepest baritones are always skinny tall guys.

jimhelm · 10-14-2010, 05:51 PM

that is what I was thinking. like my neck was all crammed full of fat... just like you said. and the part about the skinny guy with the deep voice...

footfootfoot · 10-14-2010, 06:13 PM

I think we've nailed it.

jimhelm · 10-14-2010, 06:28 PM

love that guy... and that song.

zippyt · 10-14-2010, 09:15 PM

Yer Bollz Dropped and You FINALLY got yer Big Boy Voice !!!

Elspode · 10-14-2010, 10:06 PM

Age and smoking, man. I've got a full octave less than I had at 17. I used to have a pretty good falsetto. No more.

10-14-2010, 02:08 PM	#1
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	My voice is lower? My upper range has all but vanished. Not that i ever had much of one... I don't know when it happened, but it has to have been recently... I can't hit that high note at all. Is it because I lost weight? I think I can go lower than I used to too. In the car, I mostly have to sing an octave lower to stay in key at this point. sometimes 2.

10-14-2010, 02:17 PM	#2
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Something about testosterone being bound up in fat, probably related. See if your junk gets bigger. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

10-14-2010, 03:07 PM	#4
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	I heard or read (long ago) that a man's voice loses it's upper end as he ages and that a woman's voice expands into the lower ranges as she ages. So that men's ranges shrink and women's ranges expand. However I can't find anything on the net to back that up. __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

10-14-2010, 03:45 PM	#6
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	well, i can definitely see more of it... eta: but this is about my voice....not my junk. Last edited by jimhelm; 10-14-2010 at 03:57 PM.

10-14-2010, 04:04 PM	#7
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	Are you smoking, Jim? That'll definitely affect your voice. __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

10-14-2010, 02:18 PM	#3
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	IT DID! but i think that's an optical illusion. I'm also hairier.... which makes sense, I guess.... same number of hairs crowded onto a smaller surface area....

10-14-2010, 04:20 PM	#8
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	He may have quit cigarettes, but he hasn't stopped smoking __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

10-14-2010, 04:55 PM	#10
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I have no actual scientific basis for this, but it does seem to me that losing that much weight could do it. It's like, higher ranges require your larynx muscles to be squeezed tighter, right? And with the fat all crammed in there, it's like your larynx was wrapped in a tight donut, helping it stay squeezed. Now that the donut is gone, you've got room to open the muscles wider, but it also turns out your muscles aren't strong enough to maintain the high pressure on their own. In a capella groups, the deepest baritones are always skinny tall guys. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

10-14-2010, 05:51 PM	#11
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	that is what I was thinking. like my neck was all crammed full of fat... just like you said. and the part about the skinny guy with the deep voice...

10-14-2010, 06:13 PM	#12
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I think we've nailed it. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

10-14-2010, 06:28 PM	#13
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	love that guy... and that song.

10-14-2010, 09:15 PM	#14
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Yer Bollz Dropped and You FINALLY got yer Big Boy Voice !!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

10-14-2010, 10:06 PM	#15
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Age and smoking, man. I've got a full octave less than I had at 17. I used to have a pretty good falsetto. No more. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

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