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+      "About This Workshop\n",
+      "===================\n",
+      "\n",
+      "The first CCRMA summer workshop on music information retrieval was taught by Jay LeBoeuf in 2008."
+     ]
+    },
+    {
+     "cell_type": "markdown",
+     "metadata": {},
+     "source": [
+      "Instructors\n",
+      "-----\n",
+      "\n",
+      "- 2008: Jay LeBoeuf\n",
+      "- 2009: Jay LeBoeuf, Kyogu Lee\n",
+      "- 2010: Jay LeBoeuf, Rebecca Fiebrink\n",
+      "- 2011: Jay LeBoeuf, Stephen Pope, Leigh Smith, Steve Tjoa\n",
+      "- 2012: Jay LeBoeuf, Leigh Smith, Steve Tjoa\n",
+      "- 2013: Jay LeBoeuf, Leigh Smith, Steve Tjoa\n",
+      "- 2014: Jay LeBoeuf, Leigh Smith, Steve Tjoa\n"
+     ]
+    },
+    {
+     "cell_type": "markdown",
+     "metadata": {},
+     "source": [
+      "Experimenting\n",
+      "-----\n",
+      "\n",
+      "Code cells are meant to be interactive. If you see a cell like this:"
+     ]
+    },
+    {
+     "cell_type": "code",
+     "collapsed": false,
+     "input": [
+      "x = scipy.randn(100)\n",
+      "# x = scipy.rand(100)\n",
+      "# x = scipy.arange(100)\n",
+      "# x = scipy.linspace(0, 1, 100)"
+     ],
+     "language": "python",
+     "metadata": {},
+     "outputs": [],
+     "prompt_number": 0
+    },
+    {
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+     "metadata": {},
+     "source": [
+      "then try all of the possible options!"
+     ]
+    }
+   ],
+   "metadata": {}
+  }
+ ]
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notebooks/get_good_at_ipython.ipynb

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+      "Getting Good at IPython\n",
+      "======================="
+     ]
+    },
+    {
+     "cell_type": "markdown",
+     "metadata": {},
+     "source": [
+      "You are looking at an **IPython Notebook**, an interactive Python shell inside of a web browser. With it, you can run individual Python commands and immediately view their output.\n",
+      "\n",
+      "It's basically the Matlab Desktop or Mathematica Notebook for Python.\n",
+      "\n",
+      "An IPython Notebook is comprised of **cells**. Cells are just small units of code or text. They allow you to edit, execute, and analyze small portions of code at a time.\n",
+      "\n"
+     ]
+    },
+    {
+     "cell_type": "markdown",
+     "metadata": {},
+     "source": [
+      "Modes\n",
+      "-----\n",
+      "\n",
+      "The IPython Notebook has two different keyboard input modes. \n",
+      "\n",
+      "In **Edit Mode**, you type code/text into a cell. Edit Mode is indicated by a *green* cell border. \n",
+      "\n",
+      "To enter Edit Mode from Command Mode, press `Enter`. You can also double-click on a cell.\n",
+      "\n",
+      "To execute the code inside of a cell and move to the next cell, press `Shift-Enter`. (`Ctrl-Enter` will run the current cell without moving to the next cell. This is useful for rapidly tweaking the current cell.)\n",
+      "\n",
+      "In **Command Mode**, you can perform notebook level actions such as navigating among cells, selecting cells, moving cells, saving notebooks, displaying help. Command Mode is indicated by a *grey* cell border. \n",
+      "\n",
+      "To enter Command Mode from Edit Mode, press `Esc`. Other commands can also enter Command Mode, e.g. `Shift-Enter`.\n",
+      "\n",
+      "To display the Help Menu, press `h`."
+     ]
+    },
+    {
+     "cell_type": "markdown",
+     "metadata": {},
+     "source": [
+      "Tab Autocompletion\n",
+      "-----\n",
+      "\n",
+      "Tab autocompletion works in Command Window and the Editor.  After you type a few letters, press the `Tab` key and a popup will appear and show you all of the possible completions, including variable names and functions.  This prevents you from mistyping the names of variables -- a big time saver! \n",
+      "     \n",
+      "For example, type `librosa.` and then press `Tab`. You should see a list of members in the Python package `librosa`."
+     ]
+    },
+    {
+     "cell_type": "markdown",
+     "metadata": {},
+     "source": [
+      "Saving\n",
+      "------\n",
+      "\n",
+      "Your code goes directly into an IPython notebook. To save your changes, click on the \"Save\" icon in the menu bar, or type `s` in command mode.\n",
+      "\n",
+      "If you want to undo a saved edit, use `git checkout -- <file>` to revert the change."
+     ]
+    }
+   ],
+   "metadata": {}
+  }
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