Cocktail Jazz for Beginners

 https://pianowithjonny.com/piano-lessons/how-to-play-beginner-cocktail-piano-in-3-steps/

https://www.pianogroove.com/jazz-piano-lessons/cocktail-improvisation-for-beginners/

https://www.pianote.com/blog/cocktail-piano-101/

WIth A Little Help From My Friends

JSP - Java Description

https://docs.oracle.com/javaee/5/tutorial/doc/bnair.html

Install Java on the computer: https://phoenixnap.com/kb/install-java-windows

Install Apache Tomcat

Test if it displays a simple jsp page:

Digital Oceans Java Web Applicaiton Tutorial for Beginers. https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/java-web-application-tutorial-for-beginners

Spring MVC Tutorial: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/spring-mvc-tutorial

Spring MVC Example: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/spring-mvc-example

TutorialPoint Spring Tutorial: https://www.tutorialspoint.com/spring/index.htm

Google Colab first program, Hello World

 Google Colab first program, Hello World: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOx0iLkPwgo

Python with OpenAI on Windows Computer

Install python. https://platform.openai.com/docs/quickstart

 at command prompt:

C:\Users\Jhufnagel>python -m venv openai-env    (this creates a virtual environment so the libraries do not interfere with other libraries)

(openai-env) C:\Users\Jhufnagel>python -m pip install --upgrade openai (Note, the openai platform states that I can just use 'pip install --upgrade openai', but that gives an access error). I found the work around at https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31172719/pip-install-access-denied-on-windows

Solidworks macros eith ChatGPT

 Record a simple using thr Solidworks macro recorder, upload it to ChatGPT, and explain to ChatGPT how you want it changed: https://youtu.be/QJfYaIGAmdY?si=j2N52jE9NZl67tWA

A  similar second example where we start with giving ChatGPT some basic code ideas and even telling the references to use:https://youtu.be/ksOW4Sap6So?si=5bhrn3TmI8qSuJHb

Musical theory behind Bach Prelude in CMaj

 Theory explained https://andrewhennington.wordpress.com/2015/10/22/j-s-bach-prelude-no-1-in-c-major-bwv-846/

Tonic cord - the root cord

Supersonic: the second note in a normal 8 note (heptatonic: 7 pitches) scale

Phrase- usually 4 bars long, ending in some form of a cadence. The first phrase ends in a imperfect authentic cadence 

Authentic cadence goes from the dominant to the tonic. Perfect cadence has tonic the highest tone in the final cord. Imperfect does 

The Nature of Code

 https://natureofcode.com/book/

 AI in Manufacturing: How It’s Used and Why It’s Important for Future Factories

Redshift: https://redshift.autodesk.com/articles/ai-in-manufacturing

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Circle of 5ths

 Examples using Circle of 5ths https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DQJmicTFGQ

Most Elegant Key Change

Take Five

Import Vector Graphics image from Solidwords Drawing to Word

 Inside Solidworks, create the drawing. Print it to PDF. You may want to change the orientation to Portrait

Inside Adobe Acrobat Pro, clean whatever you don't want in the pdf.

Inside MS Word, open PDF and chose the option to convert to word document.

It will bring it in as an image on a page. Now you can add text to that page.