ragtime

Scott Joplin

• MissouriMidwestern state, major river
• St. LouisMajor Missouri river city
• Maple Leaf RagPioneering ragtime composition

The Entertainer · African American · New Orleans · Tin Pan Alley · cakewalk · minstrelsy · vaudeville · Harlem · Great Migration · player piano

stride

Extended single footstep

• keysLock-operating instruments
• ivoriesPiano keys, informally
• arpeggiosChord notes played individually

octaves · melody · chords · rolls · trills · fingering · technique · virtuoso · pianist · upright

cakewalk

Effortless task or promenade

• two-stepFast paired ballroom dance
• turkey trotEarly 1900s dance
• bunny hugHooded pullover sweatshirt

grizzly bear · one-step · ballroom · foxtrot · strutting · prancing · high-stepping · dance hall · social dance

offbeat

Pleasantly strange or unusual

• accentRegional speech pattern
• polyrhythmOverlapping musical beat patterns
• cross-rhythmSimultaneous contrasting beat patterns

anticipation · left hand · oom-pah · breakdown · habanera

turn-of-the-century

Time near 1900 or 2000

• EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
• Gilded AgeLate 1800s American prosperity
• Progressive EraUS social reform period

Victorian · antebellum · riverboat · steamboat · World's Fair · gaslight · silent film

vintage

Quality from past eras

• old-timeyCharmingly outdated in style
• antiqueOld valued collectible
• bygoneOf earlier times

classic · retro · sepia · yesteryear · old-fashioned · sentimental · wistful · revival · retrospective · period piece

• piano piecesnocturne, etude, prelude, ballade, impromptu
• music genresblues, pop, jazz, rock, classical
• American musicjazz, blues, country music, rock, country
• 1890s1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894
• American Singingspirituals, blues, country, gospel, barbershop
• instrumentalsguitar solo, guitar solos, drum solo, piano solos, drum solos