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Ragtime is syncopated music (`ragged time'),
in 2/4 rhythm, it is usually played on piano.
It developed in the US among black musicians
in the late 19th century, it was influenced
by folk tradition, minstrel shows, and
marching bands, and was later incorporated
into jazz.
Subject by: Vince Pike