Anyone stutter while singing music? (not rap)

[Andrew]

I noticed when I sing along to System of a Down songs I don't stutter at all. Is this because I know the words that are coming next, or is it because the words are slowed down? I know thier is a rap thread already, and I stutter sometimes while trying to "sing-a-long" with rap, but when I sing along with System of a Down... I don't stutter at all. Is it because the words are said at a lower pace? I'd love to hear some feedback from others.

[Bobby]

i dont stutter when i sing

its wierd

[flipperfinn]

you are so right i never realised this until one evening after singing at a family party my wife said i had amazed here by singing in front of 200 people and not stammering once. it is the strangest feeling to be able to do this after over 40 years of stammering

[Vermillion]

Many different theories on this.

Some say you don't stutter because you use your right brain to sing. The right brain is involved in creative, spatial tasks compared to the left brain.
(It's interesting because people with Broca's Aphasia have damage to their Broca's Area which is in the left side of the brain. They have trouble with the physical production of speech and they have many grammatical errors. However, when they start singing or talking in melody, they are able to speak without difficulty.)

Other people say you focus on phonation when you are singing. Stretching the syllables causes you to focus more on the melody and reduces your stuttering.

[Bobby]

i'm very glad that i was brought up with my dad playing guitar, his influences moved on to me, and now i play guitar alot, and sing. its really nice to be able to communicate with playing music to ppl.

[happy7117]

What is Broca's Aphasia??

I not only do the stutter thing, but i
physcially have problems making sounds
with my mouth....I don't know if it's a stuttering
symptom, or something else entirely....


Help is needed and apprreciated...

[Northern]

I noticed when I sing along to System of a Down songs I don't stutter at all. Is this because I know the words that are coming next, or is it because the words are slowed down? I know thier is a rap thread already, and I stutter sometimes while trying to "sing-a-long" with rap, but when I sing along with System of a Down... I don't stutter at all. Is it because the words are said at a lower pace? I'd love to hear some feedback from others.
Generally speaking, stutters' do not stutter when singing. Two things - singing requires proper breathing(air flow) and the words run rymthmatically onto the next. Plus stutters' are much more relaxed singing.

[Standingtall]

First, Hi Northern, I'm from Edmonton.

I enjoy singing, my favorite are those sad country songs. Sometimes I stutter when getting started but not through the song. My girls like it when i sing to them, with old Johnny Horton songs.

[nbakunda]

there is an east african artist called GK or something who stammers but never when he RAPS and he raps klike TWISTER. thers even a song where he says "kigigumizi imepotea/ na watuwame shangaa" in lyric real fast. it means the stutter is llost and people are surprised.

[nbakunda]

aiyayaya! my SPELLING!!!!

[happy7117]

I just thought of something someone mentioned
in an old post about Broca's Aphasia!!

What is Broca's Aphasia and how does it
compare to stuttering??

Is it like stuttering??

Could it make our stuttering worse if we had
it??

Anyone think they could help me??

[studentdoc]

It is true that people don't stutter when they sing because we use our right hemisphere of our brain for singing and our left for speaking. So they are different tasks and there are actually singers out there that have stuttering problems when they speak.

Regarding Broca's aphasia, it is pretty complex, but here is a good explanation from http://www.sci.uidaho.edu/med532/Broca.htm

Aphasia is defined by Websters Dictionary as a "loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage."

In most people the Broca's area is in the lower part of the left frontal lobe. It is one of the main language areas in the cerebral cortex because it controls the motor aspects of speech. Persons with a Broca aphasia can usually understand what words mean, but have trouble performing the motor or output aspects of speech. Thus, other names for this disorder are 'expressive' and 'motor' aphasia. Depending on the severity of the lesion to Broca's area, the symptoms can range from the mildest type (cortical dysarthria) with intact comprehension and the ability to communicate through writing to a complete loss of speaking out loud.

[studentdoc]

That's very interesting - this is the first time I've heard of Broca's Aphasia.

Tell me studentdoc - and forgive me if somebody has already asked me this - did you get into medicine to find a way to cure your speech?

I know of a couple of people who took psychology degrees to work out a way to cure their speech. They didn't......
My speech was unrelated to my choosing medicine. Actually, for a few years I avoided my dream of becoming a physician due to my speech but recently went back to pursue it. I was a psych major in college ... unconscious decision? :)