The adjustable voice elements include: pitch, speed, quality, tone, accent, and intonation.
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| The voice settings in Tomodachi Life |
You can use that as a template for a profile describing a character’s voice.
**NOTE: An asterisk (*) will be added to what I'd consider the more important elements.
*Pitch: The character’s most comfortable vocal range/type. Words like high-pitched and low-pitched, are good to use. If you want to get really specific with the vocal range, then words like bass, baritone, tenor, alto, mezzo, and soprano are good.
Speed: How fast/slow a character generally talks.
*Quality: How the voice feels on the ears. Words like: smooth, raspy, shrill, squeaky, rich, etc.
Tone: The general expression that shows when they speak. Words like: cheerful, gloomy, aggressive, etc.
*Accent: A description of how the character pronounces sounds. It's easiest to describe the accent by using the country/region/social class which the accent is standard to. You can also go with the specifics. E.g: dropping the "r" sound (with the exception of Rs between vowels), putting a strong emphasis on consonants, etc.
Intonation: I usually don't include this, but intonation is the rise and fall in the voice when someone speaks. Words like: singsong, monotone, as if they're asking a question, etc. (This is probably one that you'd worry about the least. It's not the easiest thing to describe, at least from my perspective.)
And here's an example, using one of my characters, Farqua Pells!
Pitch: Low-pitched, bassy
Speed: Medium,
Quality: Raspy, throaty
Tone: Laid-back with some hints of aggression
Accent: Southern US. Drawls on longer vowels, often softens the "t" sound, uses "n" instead of "ng," cuts words like "you" to "ya," you get the general idea.
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