The Jim Crow Era was a post of the civil war
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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