Ragtime Definition

răgtīm
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.
Webster's New World
Its syncopated rhythm.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
ragtime
Plural:
ragtimes

Origin of Ragtime

  • From ragged time according to the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz

    From Wiktionary

  • From rag

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Ragtime Sentence Examples

  • You'll see a bit of western and a little bit of ragtime.

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

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

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

  • Featuring a diverse range of musical styles including jazz, Argentinean tango, Brazilian samba, classical, ragtime and Klezmer.

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Words Starting With

RRARAG

Words Ending With

EMEIME

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Words Starting With R and Ending With E

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