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Are you ready to learn, practice & apply the most popular scales in music? Bass for Beginners: Major and Minor Pentatonic Scales + Exercises is the ultimate intro to bass pentatonic scales! Why take the time to learn bass pentatonic scales? Because it will set you up for success with all the other playing you want to learn. Melodies will become more intuitive and less difficult when you know the scales behind the music. Real-World Bass Lines! This how-to bass book is divided into 20 practice sessions, each featuring an important major or minor pentatonic or blues scale pattern. From Michael Mueller, author of the hit book How to Play Bass Guitar in 14 Days, this title is packed full of important bass pentatonic scales, exercises & bass lines. To help you learn these essential patterns, each session of this beginner bass guitar book puts a pentatonic scale through five exercises and then applies it to a real-world bass line in either a rock, pop, or funk style, among others. You''ll find 20 daily practice sessions in this bass pentatonic scales book for learning: Open-Position Patterns Movable Patterns Major and Minor Blues Scales Real-World Bass Lines Includes multiple keys and more! Beginner bass guitar lesson exercises include: Chromatic Scales Arpeggios Rhythms Real-World Bass Lines Experience the Troy Nelson Music difference: You will always know who our authors are-we are proud of them & call them by name. Nothing to hide here. Contact our authors any time, with any questions about what you are learning, and we will quickly get back to you with an answer. We want you to have the best learning experience possible! Contact our Customer Support via our website if you have any questions about audio files or need any other support. We are here for your entire learning-to-play-bass-guitar journey. All scales, exercises, and bass lines are presented in easy-to-understand fretboard diagrams and rhythm tab so you, the beginner, can quickly apply the material to your instrument! Read it! Hear it! Play it! Music examples are presented in fretboard diagrams and tab. This practical, step-by-step guide to beginning bass guitar includes quick-and-easy access to audio tracks via download or streaming-right from troynelsonmusic.com. No signup required! About Michael Mueller: Over the past 20 years, Michael Mueller has authored over 20 instructional guitar books, with over 400,000 units sold. Titles include the #1 New Releases How to Play Bass Guitar in 14 Days, How to Play Ukulele in 14 Days, and Bass for Beginners: Major and Minor Scales + Exercises, as well as Christmas songbooks for ukulele and bass guitar. In addition, Michael has written the Hal Leonard Rock Guitar Method, Acoustic Guitar Tab Method, and Scale-Chord Relationships. He has also edited countless others, including the top-selling Guitar Aerobics (Troy Nelson) and Ukulele Aerobics (Chad Johnson) titles. Additionally, he has served as the Editor at top guitar magazines Guitar One and Guitar Edge, and contributed to Guitar World, Jazz Times, and Sirius XM, among others. REMEMBER: Free access to instant streaming or audio downloads from troynelsonmusic.com is included. Thanks for the 5-star reviews! Author Michael Mueller and publisher Troy Nelson have garnered 1,000s of 5-star reviews via the breakthrough series How to Play Music in 14 Days and Strum It! Pick It! Sing It! Experience the Troy Nelson Music difference with each and every book you purchase. Get this book-and the Troy Nelson Music support system-today!

How to Play Bass Guitar in 14 Days: Daily Lessons for Beginners - with free audio downloads or streaming - is presented in an easy-to-follow format to help you learn to play bass quickly. If you''re looking for the best bass guitar book for beginners, look no further! Seasoned author and editor Michael Mueller has written an easy-to-follow beginning bass book methodically designed to teach you all the essential rhythms, scales, and techniques you''ll need to start playing your favorite songs! Teach yourself to play bass guitar with this jam-packed book with tons of fundamental bass skills and exercises. You''ll learn: Fingerstyle Technique Real-World Bass Lines Fundamental Rhythms: Basic to Advanced Major, Minor & Pentatonic Scales Plus! Hamonics Muting Technique Legato Technique Rake Technique The Blues Scales The Shuffle Rhythm Slap-and-Pop Technique Play-along tracks for this bass instruction book included! This is the perfect first lesson for beginner bass players. Also great for teaching a beginner how to play the bass! All music examples are presented in easy-to-follow tab. So, as new bass concepts are introduced, you''ll be able to quickly apply them to your bass. This bass book is from the top-ranked series Play Guitar in 14 Days from Troy Nelson Music. About Michael Mueller: Over the past 20 years, Michael Mueller has authored over 20 instructional guitar books, with over 375,000 units sold. Titles include the Hal Leonard Rock Guitar Method, Acoustic Guitar Tab Method, and Scale-Chord Relationships. He has also edited countless others, including the top-selling Guitar Aerobics (Troy Nelson) and Ukulele Aerobics (Chad Johnson) titles. Additionally, he has served as the Editor at top guitar magazines Guitar One and Guitar Edge, and he''s contributed to Guitar World, Jazz Times, and Sirius XM, among others. Note: To ensure that you receive a quality product and customer service, be sure to buy directly from Amazon rather than from a marketplace seller. FREE access to audio demos - download or streaming - for each music example! Free shipping with Amazon Prime.

(Signature Licks Guitar). Learn the classic thrash metal riffs and solos of Slayer, as played by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King. You get a step-by-step breakdown of the guitar styles and techniques used in songs including: Angel of Death * Black Magic * Dead Skin Mask * Dittohead * Hell Awaits * Mandatory Suicide * Piece by Piece * Postmortem * Raining Blood * Seasons in the Abyss * South of Heaven * War Ensemble. Includes online access to full band audio demos at normal and slow speeds for download or streaming.

The perfect series to get beginners playing today! This book-CD pack will teach the absolute beginner how to play the piano at their own pace, and in their own style. The CD includes audio instruction as well as accompaniment tracks.

Intermittent renewable energy sources do not always provide power at times of greatest electricity demand or highest prices. To do so reliably, energy storage is likely required. However, no single energy storage technology is dominant when comparing cost intensities of the energy capacity and power capacity of storage. Past research on energy storage technologies has debated the value of storage technologies for different applications, and has compared the cost structures of different storage technologies without finding generalizable results across both locations and technologies. Here, a single performance metric, the benefit / cost ratio (X) of storage value added is analyzed across six locations globally to show that the relative value of storage technologies is largely location invariant. Electricity price dynamics, specifically the frequency and height of price spikes determine the value of storage, while the duration of price spikes determines the relative value of one technology versus another. We find that cost targets can be set for different technologies with ranging energy and power costs of storage.

IntroductionThe conventional procedure of sentinel lymph node (SLN) mapping in vulvar cancer includes peritumoral injection of technetium-99m radiocolloid (Tc-99m) the day before surgery and intraoperative injection of methylene blue. However, these techniques have some weaknesses. Near infrared (NIR) fluorescence imaging with indocyanine green (ICG) has recently gained popularity in SLN mapping in different types of cancer. The aim of this study is to evaluate the clinical value of ICG SLN mapping in patients with vulvar cancer.MethodsWe retrospectively analyzed all patients at our institution with vulvar cancer undergoing SLN mapping using NIR fluorenscence imaging with ICG by applying video telescope operating microscope (VITOM) system technology between April 2013 and May 2019.Results55 groins of 28 patients were analyzed. In 44 groins we used Tc-99m, in four methylene blue and in five both techniques additionally to ICG for SLN detection. ICG was injected peritumorally directly before surgery and no complications due to its administration occurred. 104 SLNs were identified and removed. SLN detection rates were 87.3%, 87.8%, 77.8% and 96.4% for ICG, Tc-99m, methylene blue and the combination of ICG plus Tc-99m, respectively. SLN detection rates of ICG were significantly higher in patients with positive lymph nodes and lymphatic space invasion compared to Tc-99m (p-value 0.035 and 0.005, respectively). We further observed a higher detection rate of ICG in obese patients (94.4% vs. 87.5%); however, this observation is non significant (p-value 0.69).DiscussionAccurate SLN mapping is a crucial part of vulvar cancer staging and enables avoiding unnecessary inguinofemoral lymphadenectomies. SLN mapping with ICG in vulvar cancer is feasible and safe with a detection rate comparable to Tc-99m, particularly in patients with positive lymph nodes, lymphatic space invasion or obesity. Furthermore, it is easier to perform than mapping with Tc-99m and has less side effects compared to methylene blue.

Recent studies (Cavanaugh & Rademacher, 2014; Clapham et al., 2014; 2015; Stuhl & Porter, 2015) indicate that surfing can be an effective therapy for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The type of aerobic fitness associated with regular surfing may also promote brain development and cognitive function (Khan & Hillman, 2014; Segalowitz, 2016). Brown et al. (2012) suggest the need for community programs that focus on recreational activities to promote friendship development for children with ASD. Considering the studies showing a demand for social supports (Siklos & Kerns, 2006) and the limited access to social and recreational activities for school-aged children with ASD (Brown et al., 2012), the researcher has attempted to create a surf therapy program designed to teach social skills to children who have ASD. The included lesson plan sequence incorporates social development activities into a training program geared to develop the paddling and balancing skills associated with surfing. Throughout the program, students will learn about water safety, surf culture, surf history, paddling and surfing techniques, and worldwide surf destinations. The main intent of this program is to promote the availability of surf-focused recreational therapy programs (RTPs) for children with ASD by discussing the indicated social skills benefits that such therapies may have. The attached program is intended to provide children who have ASD with an opportunity to practice important social skills while learning about the various dynamics of surfing. Keywords: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Recreational Therapy Program (RTP), Social Skills, Surf Therapy.

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted that access to timely health spending data is crucial for informed policy-making. This Health Working Paper summarises and compares the methodologies applied in around half of OECD countries to estimate public and private health spending for the most recent year (i.e., t-1) as well as the approaches taken by the OECD Secretariat to fill existing data gaps for the remaining OECD countries. For the first time, the paper also explores the feasibility of nowcasting health spending for the current year (i.e., t) and examines data sources that could be potentially useful in such an exercise. While this review should help OECD countries that do not yet have experience in estimating health spending for year t-1 to improve the timeliness in their data reporting, the paper also analyses the applicability of the methods in low- and middle-income countries.