The present proceeding is concerned with the standard broadcast ( AM ) band, from 540 kc. to 1600 kc..

With no set standards, there is the tendency to promote to the next highest level when the top of a salary band is reached regardless of performance.

A band viscometer is shown in Figure 2.

When in place, a well-cemented band actually protects the part of the tooth that is covered.

Usually this is a thin band of wire attached to the molars and stretching across the teeth.

As a finale is appended a close-up of one of the band taking aim and firing his revolver straight at the audience.

Everywhere there are little touches of humor, and the leader of the on-stage band of musicians is an ebullient comedian who plays all sorts of odd instruments with winning warmth.

Several times it came near breaking, and there were in fact some lovely peals of thunder from Jerry Mulligan's big band, which is about as fine an aggregation as has come along in the jazz business since John Hammond found Count Basie working in a Kansas City trap.

But what is equally impressive is the delicacy and wonderful lyric quality of both the band and Mulligan's baritone sax in a fragile ballad like Bob Brookmeyer's arrangement of `` Django's Castle ''.

Possibly the most notable current version of " America the Beautiful " is the setting for band and symphonic orchestra by the late arranger / conductor / composer Carmen Dragon.

Aztlan Underground is a fusion band from Los Angeles.

The band is set to begin writing a new record this year.

Beginning with Reginald Fessenden's audio demonstrations in 1906, it was also the original method used for audio radio transmissions, and remains in use today by many forms of communication —" AM " is often used to refer to the mediumwave broadcast band ( see AM radio ).

The tempo of their arrangement was slowed to allow for the bagpipes, but it was based on Collins ': it began with a bagpipe solo introduction similar to her lone voice, then it was accompanied by the band of bagpipes and horns, whereas in her version she is backed up by a chorus.

It hit number 1 in the UK singles chart in April 1972, spending 24 weeks total on the charts, topped the RPM national singles chart in Canada for three weeks, and rose as high as number 11 in the U. S. It is also a controversial instrumental, as it combined pipes with a military band.

* The garage folk band David's Doldrums references Absalom in their song, " my name is Absalom.

* " Absalom " is an album by the Experimental / Progressive band " Stick Men " featuring Tony Levin, Markus Reuter and Pat Mastelotto.

Alexander's band, an optical phenomenon, is named after him.

Absolute magnitude ( also known as absolute visual magnitude when measured in the standard V photometric band ) is the measure of a celestial object's intrinsic brightness.

BrE: The Clash are a well-known band ; AmE: The Clash is a well-known band.

Proper nouns that are plural in form take a plural verb in both AmE and BrE ; for example, The Beatles are a well-known band ; The Saints are the champions, with one major exception: largely for historical reasons, in American English, the United States is is almost universal.

Arrangers in pop music recordings often add parts for orchestral or band instruments involving new material such that the arrangers may reasonably be considered co-composers, although for copyright and royalty purposes usually are not.

Belle and Sebastian are often compared with acts such as The Smiths, The members of the band see this as a landmark event, with Stevie Jackson saying, " This is the biggest thrill of my entire life ".

The current-carrying electrons in the conduction band are known as " free electrons ", although they are often simply called " electrons " if context allows this usage to be clear.

It is instead often topped with an inverted frustum of a shallow cone or a cylindrical band of carvings.

" Kaye was often invited to conduct symphonies as charity fundraisers and was the conductor of the all-city marching band at the season opener of the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1984.

Hungarian, Slovenian, and Romanian fiddle players are often accompanied by a three-stringed variant of the viola known as the kontra, or as well as double bass, with cimbalom and clarinet being less standard yet still common additions to a band.

The hard rock band KISS was also one of his earliest grade school musical influences and his shows often reflected this.

Another tribute band called Yada Yada is still active in The Netherlands, often appearing with original members of the Wild Romance ( Dany Lademacher, Ramon Rambeaux ).

The Celts themselves often fought with Aquitanians and Germans, and a Gaulish war band led by Brennus invaded Rome c. 393 or 388 BC following the Battle of the Allia.

The confusion of the band was that for years, the Famous Flames were often mistaken for Brown's backing band ; fellow Famous Flame Byrd was also a member of the backing band at one point.

These elements were often taken to reflect Page's interest in the occult, which resulted in accusations that the recordings contained subliminal satanic messages, some of which were said to be contained in backmasking: claims generally dismissed by the band and music critics.

These elements mean that they are often cited as one of the progenitors of hard rock and heavy metal and they have been described as the " definitive heavy metal band ", although they have often eschewed the label.

Minor Threat's song " Straight Edge " became the eventual basis of the straight edge movement, while the band often professed their own " straight edge " ideals.

The band members have often been noted for their hedonistic lifestyles, and the persona they maintained.

* 1951 – Jackie Brenston, with Ike Turner and his band, records " Rocket 88 ", often cited as " the first rock and roll record ", at Sam Phillips ' recording studios in Memphis, Tennessee.

In all cases, microwave includes the entire SHF band ( 3 to 30 GHz, or 10 to 1 cm ) at minimum, with RF engineering often putting the lower boundary at 1 GHz ( 30 cm ), and the upper around 100 GHz ( 3 mm ).

Between 1977 and 1980, Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, and Bernard Sumner were members of the post-punk band Joy Division, often featuring heavy production input from producer Martin Hannett.

Charles Ives often used two conductors, one for example to simulate a marching band coming through his piece.

Punk recordings thus often have a lo-fi quality, with the sound left relatively unpolished in the mastering process ; recordings may contain dialogue between band members, false starts, and background noise.

The band often provoked its crowds into near-riots.

Several bands will share a common territory, with some members of one band joining another band, every so often.