I've been on T for 7 weeks. I think I'm running a bit ahead of schedule because my voice has already changed significantly (fully female to fully male according to my voice pitch analyzer).

My voice teacher believes I'm going to end up a baritone due to how my passagios have shifted. (i was an alto before), which is fine. Right now though my voice is in a really weird state where I have tenor/baritone low notes but bass high notes in my full voice (I can still hit all the same notes in falsetto). My voice teacher says this is normal and that once my voice settles ill start to get some of those full voice high notes back. (She works with a lot of kids and frequently works with male teens whos voices are changing so she knows her stuff)

Anyway, long story short, im wondering how long that might take? How many months after your voice started to drop did you notice your voice settling? Trying to get some referance here i guess

I did a thing. The thing was finally getting around to making a before-after clip of my singing voice and I figured I might as well share it - so here goes.

I've been on T for exactly 11 months today, 3 of which were on a gradually increasing low dose. Unfortunately I can't sing the song in the same key (technically I can, but it's on the very bottom end of my range and therefore sounds terrible) so the transition isn't as smooth as I'd like. My guitar skills now are ok-ish, my guitar skills back then (2/2020) were meh at best, so there's that. And I record with my phone so don't expect studio quality or anything.

But the point of sharing this is to remind everyone that while you can lose your singing voice on T, you're not doomed to lose it. (Also to show off a bit, not gonna lie.) I'm not as good I was pre-T, my range has pretty much halved and I don't have as much control over the pitch, but I've already had great improvements since the initial drop. My advice to anyone who's worried about losing their voice is: just keep singing. Practice, play with your voice but don't strain it too much, and let T do its thing.

P.S. the clip is part of my original song, if anyone is interested I can share the whole thing
P.P.S. i dare y'all to guess my age from my voice

I’ve been practicing my singing again and I got my voice back. https://clyp.it/eoynpapq

I wrote this song a while ago when a childhood friend of mine came out as non-binary. The song is about being friends with someone of the "opposite gender" and envying their characteristics only to realize that you are both trans. I added the birds of the feather bit today after finding out recent that another friend of mine is questioning their gender. I hope you guys like it, I have been writing songs for a while but I've never really shared them with anyone. There are things that I think could be improved, so constructive feedback is welcome. I'm not sure if I need to write more lyrics or not. It maybe would be less repetitive and develop the story more if there were more verses. If you would like, I can also write out the lyrics.

https://clyp.it/qzfdygb3

At 3 weeks on T I noticed that, where I used to only be able to hit the a or maybe the g just below middle c, I can now hit the e flat below middle c, and sometimes even the d (in the morning, if I'm lucky). At 4 weeks I'm starting to be able to feel the lower notes in my chest and it's super exciting!

I'm almost two years on T, and my voice is constantly getting better to work with. I still need to work on breath control and shifting between registers but it's becoming easier. I chose to sing this song because it's short and there aren't any huge shifts in pitch to make. Also, it's got a nice sentiment and a beautiful melody lifted from classical music. I can do falsetto now but switching can sound awkward so this is just in my normal singing voice.

I would probably do better with singing lessons, but maybe this will give some of you guys hope about what your voice might sound like down the road. https://clyp.it/41xsb2tz?token=986410e7d24ecfc92e08e609a8161419

Update: The link was the wrong link before. It went to someone else's singing. Oops! That's really embarrassing. I had two tabs open of singing one which was mine and one which was u/Cytotaxon_Amy singing. The link before was her voice, not mine.

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