Ragtime

The article contrasts ragtime with jazz. What is one difference between these forms of music?

• Improvisation is more important to ragtime than to jazz.

• Improvisation is more important to jazz than to ragtime.

• Jazz is played mainly on the piano, while ragtime is played mainly on the trumpet.

• Ragtime is usually played by many instruments, while jazz is usually played by one instrument.

It was the ragtime pianist Scott Jopling __________ the "Maple Leaf Rag", perhaps the best known of all ragtime tunes.

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Another influence on jazz was ragtime, an energetic musical form popular in the 1890's.

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It was the ragtime pianist Scott Joplin ______ the Maple Leaf Rag, perhaps the best known of all ragtime tunes.

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It was the ragtime pianist Scott Joplin ______ the "Maple Leaf Rag," perhaps the best known of all ragtime tunes.

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It is ragtime that is one form of American music.

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• Known as ragtime, it is one form of American

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• Ragtime is one such form of American music.

• Being one form of American music is ragtime.

Characterized both by its distinctive African-American

syncopation and conservative European classical structure, ragtime in its heyday from 1900 to 1918

was enjoyed by people of all races and ethnicities.

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• ragtime, in its heyday from 1900 to 1918

• ragtime, in its heyday, from 1900 to 1918,

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Which of the following best describes the musical style of ragtime?

• A) A slow, melancholic style with heavy use of strings.

• B) A fast-paced, syncopated style often played on the piano.

• C) A style characterized by improvisation and brass instruments.

• D) A vocal-heavy style with complex harmonies.

Who is considered the 'King of Ragtime'?

• A) Louis Armstrong

• B) Duke Ellington

• C) Scott Joplin

• D) Bessie Smith

Ragtime music is primarily associated with which instrument?

• A) Violin

• B) Trumpet

• C) Piano

• D) Guitar