[Lifestyle] How to Make Your Voice Deeper

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How to Make Your Voice Deeper

You’ve watched movie trailers, TV shows, and YouTube videos. You’ve listened to radio ads and podcasts. And you’ve come to realize that deep voices, in general, sound much better. But how can you make your voice deeper? 

If Mother Nature had a box of requests, voice deepening would be among the most po[CENSORED]r petitions. Voice actors, professionals who use their vocal cords to make money, and even everyday people constantly look for ways to lower the pitch of their voice. 

We get it. Numerous studies suggest that talking with a deeper voice comes with a bunch of benefits or even success. But is this feasible?

 

Step #1. Listen to Yourself
The very first thing you want to do is see what you have to work with, since, if you don’t pay attention to your voice, you won’t be able to know what you need to fix to make it perfect.

Start talking and record your voice with your phone’s audio recording app.

Listen to your voice carefully. Chances are your voice will be completely different from what you thought because you’re now experiencing it as an external listener. Don’t freak out, it happens to everybody, and the truth is that recorders don’t lie. 

Embrace the fact that this is exactly how you sound and start taking notes. Listen carefully as words are coming out of your mouth, study your pitch, and keep your recording in a safe place so you can compare it later after you’ve completed your exercises.
 

Step #2: Fix Your Posture
Now, stand in front of a mirror and watch yourself as you’re talking.

This might be an article on how to change your voice while shooting a video or make your voice deeper, but what you need to understand is that you basically want to control it. And to ensure absolute control of your voice, you need to mind your posture, and the best way to do so is to align your spine and stand straight. This will remove any extra pressure on your muscles around your larynx, and it will allow you to control your breath fully.

Study your current posture to see what you’re doing wrong. Stand tall, keep your chin up, and read a passage from a book. Practice your vowels as you’re changing your spine positioning to see how it affects your voice’s pitch. After a while, you will have found the perfect spine position that will help you talk with a deeper voice.

To fix your body posture, though, you need to make it a habit. Keep your spine straight when you’re working on a computer, sitting in a meeting, walking, and running.
 

Step #3: Relax Those Muscles
Our muscles are drowning in tension: stress, bad body posture, wrong working out exercises. Every single thing we do by using our bodies has a direct effect on our muscles and usually adds a lot of tension.

To make your voice deeper, you need to release it from four key areas

Tongue: Start with the organ that plays an ultra-essential part in controlling your voice, but we all forget to keep an eye on. The human tongue consists of eight different muscles, but it needs only a straightforward exercise to relax. Stick the tip of your tongue behind your bottom front teeth. Leave it there for ten seconds and repeat for a couple of times. This will relax the whole area and release unwanted tension from your mouth.
Jaw: Next, to get more control of the way you speak and deepen your voice, you need to relax your jaw. Start by massaging your masseter muscles (they lie right in front of your ears) for a minute or two. This will relax your whole face, essentially. Then, find a bone called pisiform right next to your masseter muscles and massage them in a circular motion while keeping your mouth open.
Throat: Have you ever noticed when you’re yawning, your throat is at its most relaxed state? Also, ironically, in that state, if you try to talk, your voice will sound deeper, fuller, and lower-pitched. So, yawn. And as you’re yawning, drop each ear towards your shoulder, forward, and back. Feel a small stretch at the back of your throat, relax your jaw, and when you feel your throat relaxing and gently stretching, you’re good to go.
Neck: Humans are not perfectly designed and the human neck is one of these flaws on our bodies. Pillows, desk work, long hours in front of a computer, weightlifting, and abs workout are just a few factors that put a lot of tension in the neck muscles. So, stretch it. Roll it over to one side, then to the other side, then bring it back to the center, drop it forward, and breathe. Feel the tension releasing, and even though it might feel like a face yoga exercise, it’s the perfect way to start your deep voice training.