Describe the structure of "Spinning Wheel" by Blood, Sweat and Tears (1968).

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Tempo 96 beats per minute with 4 beats per bar, but the speed doubles during the instrumental section that precedes the last A section. The last A section returns to the beginning tempo; Form: Most sections are 8 bars, with some extensions; Features: The recording begins with a crescendo in the horn section, then the horns playing one bar of sixteenth notes (4 notes to a beat); Even beat subdivisions are used except during the bebop jazz-style trumpet solo; Stop time is used in the a sections; Drums sometimes accent the backbeat, not always; The meter changes to 9 eighth notes per bar at the end; The recording ends with maracas shaking and band members making casual comments; Lyrics: The spinning wheel compares life to gambling and fate; Charts: Pop, #2 for three weeks, R&B, #5.

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Which pianist may have influenced bebop players' practice of reharmonizing popular tunes?

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. Explain Pico della Mirandola’s Oration on the Dignity of Man as a humanist manifesto, and briefly discuss whether you find its ideas about “pure potential” and humankind’s being “at the very center of the world” persuasive

Please provide the best answer for the statement.

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