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The Learning Kingdom's Cool Word of the Day for October 26, 1999
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ragtime [adj., n. RAG-tym]
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In the early years of the 20th century, a new form of music
emerged in the southern U.S. Ragtime was a happy combination of folk
tunes with African and Creole elements. Typically, there was a
complex main melody and a steady, accented accompaniment.
One of ragtime's most obvious features is the complex, syncopated
rhythms of the main melodies. The name of the musical style was
probably a reduction of "ragged time," a description of the
unconventional rhythm. A further reduction led to the noun for one
song: a rag.
Ragtime was a popular style before jazz music swept it into
obscurity. In the 1970s, it enjoyed a popular revival, spurred in
part by the use of Scott Joplin's piano rags in the movie "The Sting."
Today ragtime music has legions of devoted fans:
http://www.ragtimers.org/~ragtimers/
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