Very special question about voice

[mindphuk]

Hi

I am just looking for information about how a voice changes. I mean, how different mood and temper does influence the voice.
Trying to analyze it myself, I would like to read about it from a professional point view, that means technically (pitch, spectrum, modulation and such points).

Does anyone maybe know if there is something to read about this on the net? I read about it a little in wikipedia but would like to go deeper into this topic...

[DKaiser]

Hmm... you're best off trying to look up things from vocal coaches. I'm more on the acting side, so I tend to be more concerned with how to make my voice sound that way, rather than what the changes are, but I'll try on some things of mood/temper:

Anger - Temper changes tend to vary among people, some get very loud, some get rather soft, but the constant one across all people is an increase in enunciation. People attempt to be very clear with their words, whether through yelling or simply being Very. Punctuated. With. Their. Words.

Excitement - Less control over the pitch of the voice. Many people go higher than normal, but generally the more important part is that it'll move up and down a lot while speaking, generally higher on words or ideas the person is most excited about, and lower on unimportant things like articles or prepositions. Some lose a sense of how fast they're talking, tending to cause words to run together in a rush to communicate their excitement.

Happiness - Less enunciation, words will flow more easily. The person is feeling good, and isn't as subconsciously needing to put in anything fancy with their voice.

Generally, you can take any of these, and the opposite emotion/mood will have opposite effects(calm people will be more relaxed with their speech, sad people will take long pauses while talking, and so forth). My best recommendation barring a more professional source is to just listen to people. Hear how they talk, why they're talking that way, and so forth. Make it a conscious perception, and you'll start noticing patterns of speech better.

[mindphuk]