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Python is a general-purpose programming language widely used in a variety of fields, including computational humanities research (and computational musicology in particular). Once you have Python installed, type the following and hit enter to print your first message: The print function displays the elements in parentheses in the console window. This can be a string […]

A for loop is used to iterate over a list or other sequence. The for loop is a fundamental building block of Python programming. Let’s say we we have values stored in a list (notes, intervals, rhythms, etc.) and we want to step through or iterate through them in order to display them or perform […]

A list comprehension is a concise way to build a list. It is often used in place of a for loop when creating a new list based on an existing list. For example, let’s say we have a list of pitches (MIDI note numbers) and we would like to generate a list of pitch classes: […]

Get started with Python by following the installation instructions. Here are a few options we recommend for running Python: Terminal (Mac) You can run Python directly in the Terminal on a Mac (Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal). This allow you to get going right away without installing any additional software. Using an IDE You can […]