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If you are someone who has a slight issue with a high-pitched voice and you wonder ‘How to get a deeper voice?1‘, then the steps mentioned in this article might be helpful to you. There can be plenty of reasons for wanting a deeper voice. Either you want to opt for a job that requires a deep voice such as a radio announcer or a customer support executive. It might also happen that you just want to have a sense of authority over someone and that’s why, you want your voice to sound deeper.
1. How to Make Your Voice Deeper?
You might think it’s pretty cool to have a deep voice. A man sounds more manly and mature if he has got a deeper voice. However, it is not possible to change your vocal cords completely but there are certain vocal exercises that you can do for deep voices.
1.1. Do Diaphragmatic Breathing

Diaphragm breathing2 is one sure way to have a deep voice. You might get astonished if you get to know that the way you breathe has an effect on your natural voice. Firstly, you have to take a deep breath through your nose. Make sure that you take the air all in, the further it gets down, the better, and then, say something with that breathy voice while exhaling slowly. You will feel your vocal cords vibrate when you speak. This way, you can easily control your lower-pitch voice and you may sound deeper. This is a common practice between singers when they want to hit a few deeper notes.
1.2. Strengthening Neck Muscles Can Deepen Your Voice

You can make your neck muscles stronger to deepen your voice. If you put your hand on your neck, you can feel muscles that run down to your collarbone from behind the ears. When those muscles are tensed, you will notice a high pitch in your voice but when you tend to relax those muscles, you will get a lower tone in your voice. All you have to do is lay down, tuck your chin in, and nod your head from horizontal to vertical. You have to keep on doing this simple exercise for some days for an authoritative voice.
1.3. Inflection is Necessary
It is to put to your notice that there are three types of inflection:- Neutral inflection, Upward inflection, and Downward inflection. Inflection affects your vocal cords. If you practice neutral inflection, you might have a robotic voice naturally. Practicing upward inflection will make your sentence sound like a question but if you want your sounds deeper, you can go for downward inflection. It will make your sentences end at a lower pitch and result in a bit deeper masculine voice.
1.4. Humming Voice
These kinds of voice exercises are often practiced by voice actors when they are about to speak for roles having deeper voices as it is believed to make your voice deeper. When you hum or speak slowly, you can have a good hold on how your voice sounds. If your voice is at an upper range, you can take a deep breath and hum as long as possible till you reach lower depths of a scale in a lower voice. You will notice your voice sounds deeper.
1.5. Try Speaking Voice in Front of a Mirror

According to the voice coach, this is one of the best ways to make your voice deeper. The change in the vibration of vocal cords also depends on the way people speak. You can try speaking in front of the mirror to make your normal voice deeper. For a deep voice, you have to stand straight with a good posture. Try to keep your shoulders rising up. Then, you can try reading a book or a newspaper with more power considering the tone, volume, and pitch of your voice. In this way, you can practice deepening your voice.
Your voice pitch depends on your vocal tract. If your vocal cords are vibrating with less resonance, your voice is high pitched and sounds high but if your vocal cords are vibrating at more resonance and lower frequency, your voice is in low pitch and hence may sound deep. Also, try talking with your chest voice, and do not use your head voice. Your voice will sound deeper when you speak with your chest voice and higher when you speak with your head voice.
1.6. Try Relaxing Your Throat
According to speech therapist, your voice also depends on how often you relax your throat. If you try to speak in a low voice. your voice will not crack. So, you should try to relax your throat, the more relaxation, the better. Your voice sounds much clear when there is a little extra saliva collected inside your mouth. It will moisten your voice box and make your voice sound clearer and deeper. Hence, the less speaking, the deeper the voice is.
1.7. Try Doing Voice Exercises

There are a couple of apps that are present that can help make a male voice deeper. It can help you train your vocal cords at your own pace and you can even use these apps to monitor your performance. To use those apps, you can try recording your voice and then hear how your voice currently sounds and how you want it to sound later.
Before moving further with the process, start breathing and make sure to not stop immediately. Rather breathe deep take more air inside and try speaking like that in the same pitch. It will make your voice lower and you can notice a good change in your voice.
1.7. You Can Practice Gradual Changes While Speaking

If you are too carried away in changing your voice as soon as possible and for that, you are making harsh efforts, you should slow down as it can damage your vocal cords and it may not be effective in the long run. According to a vocal coach, it is not good to strain your vocal folds. Start with working on your voice for a short period and then when you get good control on your tone, you can give yourself extra time.
Experiment a little with your close ones and try speaking in funny and odd voices to have better control of your tones and speech, and see their reactions to it. Try doing it as long as you get your preferable voice.
2. Which Factors Affect Voice Depth?
Some people do not have to try hard and have a naturally low-pitched voice and as a result, their voice sounds deep while some people tend to have a naturally higher-pitched voice and they sound a bit louder. However, the voice depth also depends on certain factors:-
2.1. Genetics of the Person
The genetics of a particular person also impact the depth of his voice. It is not directly transferred through his/her DNA but other factors contribute to the depth of the person’s voice such as his/her lung capacity and also the muscle development.
2.2. Gender of the Person
The depth of a person’s voice also depends on which gender the person is. Men seem to have naturally low-pitched voices compared to women who have higher-pitched voices. This is why. men’s voices sound lower and deeper than women’s. Testosterones present in the body also have a huge role to play in it as they affect the vocal cords.
3. How to Deepen Your Voice for a Performance?

If you are an actor or a stage performer, it might be important for you to make your voice sound deeper for certain roles or performances. If you are working as a radio announcer, customer support executive, or even a voice artist, then it gets really important for you to have a clear and deep voice. You can go through the above-mentioned techniques or you might have practiced some of those but there can be certain methods that you can use minutes before going to the stage as it will improve your deeper voice and you can rock the audition or the performance.
3.1. You Have to Hydrate Your Throat
It is important to keep your vocal folds hydrated to have a clear voice during your performance. You can drink a glass of water when its time for you to go to the stage as it will lubricate your cords. Not only this but make sure to hydrate your throat properly through the week leading to your performance. You can even consider using a humidifier to loosen and relax your throat muscles to improve your performance.
3.2. You Need to Keep Swallowing
Before your performance, you can consider eating chewing gum as it increases the saliva flow inside your mouth. Make sure that you go for gum that contains xylitol as xylitol is believed to increase the rate of the saliva flow inside your mouth and also hydrate your vocal folds. If you don’t have anything to chew or swallow, pretend that you are swallowing something so that there is enough saliva collected as it will activate and loosen your cords. Try this and you will be good to go.
3.3. You Have to Go Slow
You might have noticed that when you try to speak a bit too fast, your voice automatically sounds deeper. So, you have to keep in mind that you do not speak too fast during your performance or even before it. You can try to speak a little less and a bit slower before your performance so that it does not affect the tone and smoothness of your tone. You can even try making a hissing sound as an exercise for your cords. Once you go to the stage, keep that speaking pace and try your best to not affect that pace.
Hopefully, these steps will be beneficial for you and you can totally ace your performance. However, if you are already done following all these steps but it still did not help you, you can seek professional help. The vocal coaches work with you to make your vocal cords healthy3 even when your voice range gets expanded. They will be understanding your situation and try to practice certain exercises with you or even prescribe medication as they have a better understanding and knowledge about the cords. It will be of great help to you in the long run.
Final Note
Every man has his own ideas and preferences in what it takes for him to be manly. Some men prefer to be cool with how they are or how they sound, however, some men want other people to have a good impression about themselves by the way they act and present themselves to the world. We understand that some guys may have an insecurity about how they sound and they feel that their sound is not manly enough.
Well, if you are also someone who is going through the same insecurity or just want to have a deeper voice, then you can definitely try these techniques mentioned above in this article as they will help you with getting a deeper voice. However, as much as you want to focus on changing your voice, also make sure to not forget that you are perfect the way you are!
FAQs
1. Who is James Earl Jones?
James Earl Jones is an amazing American actor and is widely known for his versatile performances. As a child, he had a problem speaking because of his stammering. However, he did not give up and according to him, acting and poetry had helped him a lot in overcoming his disability.
2. Who has got the world’s deepest voice?
Tim Storms who is an American singer as well as a voiceover artist is believed to have the world’s deepest voice. The Guinness Book of World Records was presented to him for his low pitch voice.
3. Is my voice ever going to deepen?
Yes, your voice may deepen when you are going through puberty. Some people’s voice does change when they hit puberty or are in their late adulthood.
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