MUSICAL GENRE:

RAGTIME AND THE

BIG BAND SOUND
UNIT ONE OF MUSIC: LESSON TWO, PAGE 8

MUSICAL GENRE:
RAGTIME
CONCEPTS

WHAT IS RAGTIME?
Ragtime
is
a
musical
genre
composed for the piano, generally
in duple meter and containing a
highly syncopated rhythm.
Its composition usually consists of
three or four contrasting sections
and

DUPLE METER
It is a musicalmetercharacterized
by aprimarydivision of 2 beats to
the
bar,
usually
indicated
by
2
and
multiples
(simple)
or 6 and multiples (compound) in
the

DUPLE METER
SIMPLE
DUPLE METER
COMPOUND
DUPLE METER

THE POPULARITY OF
Ragtime RAGTIME
has
been
a
strong
presence in music, entertainment,
and scholarship for over a century.
Ernest Hoganwas an innovator and
key pioneer who helped develop the
musical genre, and is credited with
coining the termragtime.

ERNEST HOGAN
Ernest Hogan is the
first
AfricanAmerican entertainer
to produce and star
in a Broadway show
(The Oyster Man in
1907)
and
helped

THE POPULARITY OF
RAGTIME
This has been
enjoyed during its
popularity peak between 1897 and
1918.
Its popularity quickly spread in
Europe and there, as in America,
soon became a fad.
Ragtime fell out of favor as jazz

MUSICAL GENRE:
RAGTIME
SCOTT JOPLIN

SCOTT JOPLIN (1868Scott Joplin 1917)

is an
African-American
composer
and
pianist.
Joplin achieved fame
for
his
ragtime
compositions,
and

COMPOSTIONS OF SCOTT
JOPLIN
Joplin has wrote
44
original ragtime pieces,
one ballet ragtime, and
two operas.
The ballet ragtime is
The
Ragtime
in
Sedalia.
The two operas are A

MAPLE LEAF RAG

One of his most famous
rag is the Maple Leaf
Rag published in 1899.
For at least 12 years after
its publication, the "Maple
Leaf
Rag"
heavily
influenced
subsequent
ragtime composers with

MAPLE LEAF RAG

This
composition
became the model for
ragtime compositions.
The piece gave Joplin
a
steady
if
unspectacular income

MUSICAL GENRE:
BIG BAND
CONCEPTS

WHAT IS BIG BAND?

A big band is a type of musical
ensemble which was developed in
the United States.
It is associated with jazz and the
Swing Era typically consisting of
rhythm,
woodwind
and
brass
instruments.

MUSICAL GENRE:
BIG BAND
INSTRUMENTATION

THE INSTRUMENTATION
The
is
composed
of
approximately
12
to
25
musicians.
The
standard
17instrumentation
that evolved
includes: four trumpets, four

THE INSTRUMENTATION

THE INSTRUMENTATION
However, some composers and
bandleaders have used varied
instrumentations with more or
fewer players and instruments.
Recently,
synthesizers
and
electronic keyboards have been

MUSICAL GENRE:
RAGTIME AND THE
BIG BAND SOUND
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