How come stammerers can sing without stammering?

Answer 1

singing is controlled by a different area of the brain than talking is. simple explanation, really.

Answer 2

I'd just like to say stammering is not often the result of not know what one wants to say. Most of the time the people knows what they want to say but the speech center of the brain has problem putting the thoughts into words.

Answer 3

The cadence of the music changes the focus from speech. Many times stammerers will learn to master speech by talking in a rhythm.

Answer 4

music can do wonders :]

singing is actually very different from talking.
sometimes talking in different languages is enough to lessen the stammering. my mom used to have this friend in her french class in high school who was actually top of her class in french. this person stammered and stuttered when she talked normally, but when she was speaking in french the stammering and stuttering decreased a lot.

Answer 5

Because they know the words ahead of time.

Stammering is generally the result of not being entirely certain what one wants to say or how to say it.... anxiety and the like. The mouth and mind have to work at the same time in order to communicate. Singing songs (unless improvising) generally involves recitation of a rote lyrical arrangement... which leaves no space for uncertainty in what is expressed. Its not actually communication persay.