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Band

A band is a strip of material in a loop, used for binding. Types of bands:


A band is a group of musicians playing parts of a musical arrangement on different musical instruments. See musical band.

See also The Band, the Canadian/American rock group of the late 1960s and early 1970s.


In a similar sense, a band can also refer to a group of people who are bound together by a common cause, especially if it is one not officially sanctioned by authority. eg. 'band' of pirates or brigands[?], 'band' of rebels, 'robber band'.



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