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Where does the term “Ragtime” come from and What does Ragtime mean?

July 25, 2020 by Karen Hill

As all cool cats know, ragtime was precursor of jazz and is heavily syncopated, but with a strong beat.

To its listeners in the late nineteenth century, the timing was most certainly ragged, compared to the tunes with which they were more familiar.

What more logical than that this music of “ragged time” should become popularly known as ragtime?

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About Karen Hill

Karen Hill is a freelance writer, editor, and columnist. Born in New York, her work has appeared in the Examiner, Yahoo News, Buzzfeed, among others.

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