ragtime
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From ragged time according to the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz
[edit] Noun
ragtime (countable and uncountable; plural ragtimes)
- (music, uncountable) A musical form, predating jazz, characterized by a specific type of syncopation in which melodic accents occur between metrical beats.
- (music, countable) A piece of music in this style.
