from heroism to pathos

while I'm still excited about scanning things, I thought I'd share this:

(please click on the picture to enlarge. please?) 

If you can't read my scrawl, the note at the bottom says: "these notes were on the board when I arrived at my classical Indian singing class this evening. They're from the classical Indian theory class which immediately precedes it."

I would love to take the theory class, too, but I don't reliably leave work early enough for a seven o'clock class. I got my teacher to explain some of it to me anyway, though.

I don't mean to suggest

I could sing that all night. Cry all night, too, if I did, I'm sure.

if all is going well

then I am currently learning how to sing like this (more or less):

It's pretty exciting. I had my first class at Zambaleta this evening. Only 5 more, so I don't expect proficiency at the end, but something. So interesting/challenging/fun. I like it I like it I like it.