(Therian) Vocals

### Simple explanation:

What are vocals? vocals are a way to connect to ones theriotype  via noises. Vocals originated in the therian community since the beginning of the community's rise, and are a large way to connect and gain euphoria.

Some vocals may include: purring, meowing, hissing, chirping etc. but this all depends on your theriotype.

some vocals are harder to replicate because of human restrictions, however, there are other ways that can help with dysphoria. Dysphoria is hard to tackle, though, there are plenty of places to find help with such an issue e,g, YouTube and Discord.

### Tutorials I have found:

#### Meowing:

When a cat meows, there are multiple meows that it can make. In fact, there are over 60 different meows, and over 100 different sounds that cats make; despite the fact that to a person unused to cats, all meows might sound like 'meow'. Some sound like 'mew', 'meow', like the words show, but there are many tones and actions that change the meanings of these meows. However if you make a general 'meow' or 'mew' sound and add a purr in the back of your thought then you should achieve a somewhat realistic 'meow'.

##### Purring:

To purr, move the tip of your tongue to the top of your mouth, and breath out with your mouth almost/fully closed. You should hear a 'purr' sound. Keep practicing until you can do it easily, then try varying the length. If you do a short purr, that goes up at the end, like 'purr-ip', it will sound a little like one of the 'trills' that a Maine Coon (a cat breed) makes. Kittens and younger cats make this sound, usually to signify happiness.

##### Hissing:

When a person who has not listened to cats, and practiced, tries to hiss, it generally sounds like the snake 'ssssss', or 'hisssssss'. Despite this being the spelling of the word 'hiss', a cat's hiss actually sounds fairly different! Of course, cat's hisses vary, but the general sound isn't 'hiss', but 'harc' or 'hirc'.

##### Growling:

Growling can come from many animals e,g, a dog, cat or even sometimes reptiles. to growl you generally make a 'rrr' sound, or a 'grrr' sound. play around with lip movement or keep them still to create different animals, for example; dogs and wolves tend to growl deeper and moving your lips can help a lot with that.

##### Snarling:

Snarling is quite a difficult one to explain, however, snarling is very fun and can get rid almost anyone. To snarl, you start by flashing your teeth really wide. Then all you do is growl but a lot harsher, as if someone just stole your house (or territory) and you are trying to defend it.

##### Barking:

Barking I can guarantee does not sound the same as it looks. To bark all you do is; make a 'hough' sound or a 'arrgh' sound. then all you need to to is make those sounds but extremely quickly and slightly loud.

##### Howling:

Howling is incredibly simple so there will be basically no text. All you do is make an 'awoo' or 'aroo' noise but make it longer and play with the tone  and pitch  to get a nice howl. Some people like to make an O with there hands an cover there mouth to get better pitch, however this is not always needed.

**Bickering(For foxes):**

Bickering is the sound/vocal that foxes make when they are fighting or playing. Basically, just try to get some saliva in the back of your throat, but make sure not to swallow or get too much. Then, try opening your mouth like a rectangle if that makes any sense. Now just try to make a sound from the back of your throat, and put some heart into it, lol. Remember, practice makes perfect!

#### Tips:

Tone:

tone is how loud and/or quiet you are

Pitch:

pitch is how high or low your voice is.