The Whiskey Tenor Curse. (Defining Your Own Voice Type) - Video
PUBLISHED:  Jun 15, 2017
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Whatever you classify yourself, I'd simply advise you to base it off of 2 things,
1, can you consistently sing notes above c4 in "chest voice"?
2, when singing up there is it more pretty? Or more boomy and dark?
Where "middle of the road" voice types are concerned I think it's more about choice, just pick "high baritone" or "low tenor" and stick with it, it ultimately doesn't matter unless you sing opera.

Also, accents can have more twang, or less, or more grit, or less, etcetera.

Allergies, smoking, super excessive shouting, vocal function disorders, nerves, being too cold, are all things that change the way we talk, adding raspiness or "grit" which can sometimes create a false low speaking voice,

Just because people have a lower range, and an accent that activates different intrinsic musculature within the voice when speaking and causes a specific pronunciation of vowels, it doesn't mean we won't sing in a lighter coordination, if you think of your "singing voice" as your speaking voice too much, it can strain when moving to higher notes, but in the same way completely detaching your singing voice from your speaking voice will make you sound unnatural,

so in my case it's a balance of modifying my accent towards more of the twangy Americanized way of talking I have within my dialect, and keeping my natural timbre of a lighter coordination, when I speak up and speak clearer, my timbre goes from a mumbled vocal fry, to a gentle yet slightly gritty timbre,

So all in all, imo one of the best ways to get an idea of your voice type is to ignore your talking voice for now, try to speak clearer, and then sing in that clearer coordination, maybe even try different accents and integrate their vowel usage into your own accent where it works. :)
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