Converse of object

• play: The piano plays ragtime in another room, switches to a lullaby, shushing all the bad dreams back into the cotton sweet closet.

Adjective modifier

• contemporary: The music will be contemporary, ragtime and jazz style with a skiffle / street band sound.

• classical: He included music from the classical, ragtime, jazz and banjo repertoire.

• classic: Classic ragtime demands the frequent use of modulation and flattened tones also.

Modifies a noun

• music: Blues Connection got the sunny afternoon off to a great start with their laid back country blues and ragtime music.

• piano: Blind Blake neatly picking out impeccable ragtime piano tunes or the poignant strident slide of Tampa Red.

• guitar: Guitar: Twenty four years playing acoustic blues and ragtime finger-picking guitar.

• composer: Joplin was much more than just a ragtime composer, as can be seen in this vibrant collection of short works for piano.

• tune: Blind Blake neatly picking out impeccable ragtime piano tunes or the poignant strident slide of Tampa Red.

• blue: Join them for a top class night of foot-stomping ragtime blues.