ragtime, developed primarily by black pianist, is a style of composed piano music that was popular from the 1890s to about 1915, It is a style of jazz characterized by an elaborately syncopated rhythm in the melody and a steadily accented accompaniment. Ragtime quickly gained popularity after its first appearances, reaching millions on a national scale through sheet music, player pianos, ragtime songs, and arrangements for dance and marching bands. The leading ragtime composer was SJ , known as the '' kind of ragtime'', whose most famous piano piece, ''maple leaf rag'', was published in 1899.ragtime piano music has a generally standard form, duple meter (2/4 or two beats per measure)- performed at a moderate march tempo. The pianist's right hand plays a highly syncopate melody, while the left hand steadily maintains the beat with an ''oom-pah'' accompaniment. A ragtime piece usually consists of several melodies that take such forms as AA BB AA CC DD or Introduction AA BB CC DD EE, where each letter represents a melodic phrase. ''Maple Leaf Rag '' ia a classic example of ragtime.About three minutes long, it has the standard AA BB CC DD form, and each section is 16 bars in length. The opening melody, in march tempo, features the typical ragtime right-hand syncopationsthe form of ragtime derive from European marches and dances, but the rhythms are rooted in African-American folk music, the same rich body of music that because a vital source of jazz. Early jazz musicans often used ragtime melodies as introductions to their improvisations. With its syncopations, steady beat, and piano style, ragtime played an integral part in the jazz legacy
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