The most typical band sound involved high, loud, block-voiced trumpet playing, with five- and six-note chords, and open-voiced trombone-section harmonies.
Re "So, Do I Make the Cut?," April 29: Neither as renter nor homeowner have I ever come across a dog who: plays his music too loud; blocks my driveway; steals my parking space; lets his trash blow into the street; or leaves the building door ajar.
Yet we cannot scroll over this or look the other way, ears covered, eyes closed saying: nah-nah-nah-nah-nah out loud to block out the sounds of those trying to get our attention.
It was never loud enough to block out their inconceivably loud sex.
But the screams are so loud they virtually block out the singing altogether.
Thus, there is much concern about the lasting effects of MP3 players that are turned up loud enough to block out surrounding sound, like street noise.
It was neither the quietest or nor the loudest in our test – still loud enough to block out dialogue from a TV in the room like all the rest.
Rihanna adds some lyrics that are mildly troubling in context — "Turn up the music 'cause I feel a little turned on" — and then the two sing together, promising to "do whatever it takes to make it right," which in this case means turning the music loud, presumably to block out the dissenters and the loud ringing bell of good sense.
We kept our voices just low enough not to wake the others in the pediatric ICU, and just loud enough to block out the beeps and the fears.
I recall loud explosions two blocks north of where I was working in Greenwich Village, on a Friday morning in early 1970.
Stereo speakers are built into the top and bottom edge of the phone, which are pretty loud but easily blocked when holding the phone in landscape to watch a video.
