Emotional States Excerpts
from García’s Art of Singing II (1847)
Sighs and Sobs
“Sighs, in all their varieties, are produced by the stronger or weaker, longer or shorter rubbing of the air against the walls of the throat, either when one takes the air into the chest, or when one lets it out. Sobs are obtained by a short and jerky inhalation.” (Garcia, p 145)
