an early form of jazz, especially for the piano, first played by African American musicians in the early 1900s 雷格泰姆音乐(早期爵士音乐,多在钢琴上演奏,20 世纪初由非洲裔美国音乐家发展而成) CultureRagtime is played with a strong rhythm which is ' ragged', not regular. Pieces of ragtime music are often called rags. The most famous ragtime musicians were 'Jelly Roll' Morton and Scott Joplin.Word Originprobably from rag sense 3 + time.