What is ragtime?

Answer:
Ragtime music is the rhyme of how people danced and played when they where back in the 1800s.

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Ragtime Music

The main instrument used is the piano

It was most popular between 1897-1918

The most famous rag-time composers were: Scott Joplin, Joseph Lamb, James Scott.

Different styles of ragtime

The Cakewalk, is an traditional African American form of music. This type of music was originally known as chalk-line music. Lots of the slaves would dance to this type of music. It gets it's name from on the plantations they held competitions the best dancer would get cake.

Two-Step, is a dance with two steps in the same direction

Slow Drag, it is associated with early ragtime, quite a lot of rags are slow drags

Coon Song, it is a ragtime in a vocal form

Ragtime Song

Folk Ragtime

Folk Rags

Classic Rag

Fox Trot

Novelty Piano

Stride Piano

Was first introduced in America

Scott Joplin's Maple-Leaf Rag inspired lot of other composers to write their own ragtime pieces. This sparked a nationwide craze.

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