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Ragtime
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Ragtime
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a style of jazz piano music, developed by Scott Joplin around 1900, having a two-four rhythm base and a syncopated melody
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Ragtime
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1.
a type of American music, mostly composed but sometimes improvised, popular from about 1890 to 1920 and characterized by strong syncopation in even time: it was influential in the development of jazz
2.
its syncopated rhythm
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Ragtime
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A style of jazz characterized by elaborately syncopated rhythm in the melody and a steadily accented accompaniment.
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