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if you go through the 'tarot' tag, you can find the ace, two, three, four, eight, nine, and ten! (iirc)

If you feel comfortable answering, how has hrt effected your singing voice?

I am also an alto that can range from a high F to most of the tenor range, and I am very interested in starting testosterone. Being as I sing in a semi-professional capacity, Im worried that if I start T I will lose my range that i know my director relies on.

Have you noticed a large difference in your vocal range since starting T? Have you dropped any high notes or gained any low ones?

No pressure to answer, its just always nice to see fellow trans mascs in choirs. 💜

hi! i actually sing bass, not alto!

before T, i sang soprano (though i did expand down to a low alto/high tenor range just from practice and a bit of help training from my choir director at the time)

after going on T, my voice completely switched from soprano to bass. i lost my high range; my mid range lowered, and i gained a low range.

its also worth noting that there was a period during the shift where my voice hadnt settled yet, and it could be frustrating to try and sing; it cracked and squeaked and was generally inconsistent

i didnt sing professionally or anything and just rolled with the change, so i dont have any particular advice on that front? i sang in choirs before, during, and since, but only ever recreationally.

it’s a line from my favorite book, maurice by e.m. forster!

forster, who was gay, wanted to write a love story about a gay man that ended happily. the fact that the book did end happily made it completely unprintable. the book was written by forster in the 1910s, but wasn’t published until after his death in the 1970s.

the line that i took my blog title from appears at the end of a chapter describing the heteronormative love maurice’s former boyfriend has found with his new wife. meanwhile, maurice is struggling with how lonely and alienated he feels.