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Setup: Amazon AWS EC2 with NVIDIA CUDA GPU and Theano

2015 Sep 22: nvidia-352 seems to have disappeared from the repos.

1. Spot request Ubuntu Server 14.04; add storage; login with ssh
2. sudo apt-get update
3. sudo apt-get upgrade
4. sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
5. sudo apt-get install git gcc g++ gfortran build-essential python-dev python-pip python-matplotlib python-scipy libhdf5-dev linux-image-extra-virtual
6. sudo pip install --upgrade pip

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import librosa
import scipy

fs = 8000.0 # sample rate
T = 5.0     # signal duration
N = fs*T    # total number of samples
t = scipy.arange(N)/fs  # time vector

for f0 in range(415, 467):
    x = 0.1*scipy.sin(2*scipy.pi*f0*t)

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Violin Practice Tips

1. Play slowly.
2. Play in reverse.
3. Play syncopated/ in rhythms.
4. Play with strong fingers.
5. Play with light and fast bow at the fingerboard.
6. Play with slower bow at the bridge.
7. No vibrato.
8. Fast, continuous vibrato on every note (e.g. Heifetz).

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