Ragtime

Noun

 * 1)  A musical form, predating jazz, characterized by a specific type of syncopation in which melodic accents occur between metrical beats.
 * 2)  A piece of music in this style.

Thesaurus
acid rock, andante tempo, avant-garde jazz, ballroom music, beat, bebop, boogie-woogie, bop, compound time, country rock, dance music, dances, duple time, folk rock, hard rock, hot, hot jazz, jazz, jazzed up, jazzy, jive, largo, mainstream jazz, march tempo, mixed times, musical suite, presto, rag, ragtimey, rhythm-and-blues, rock, rock-and-roll, rubato, sextuple time, simple time, suite, suite of dances, swing, swingy, syncopated, syncopated music, syncopation, syncope, tempo, tempo rubato, the new music, three-quarter time, time, time pattern, timing, triple time, triplet, two-four time, waltz time

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

Derived terms

 * ragtimer
 * ragtimey
 * ragtiming
 * ragtimy

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