ragtime
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noun
- 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
- its syncopated rhythm
See ragtime in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(răgˈtīmˌ)
noun A style of jazz characterized by elaborately syncopated rhythm in the melody and a steadily accented accompaniment.
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