Ragtime
A forerunner to jazz and often (but not always) performed on piano, ragtime is a style of music which features a steady left hand vamp pattern (if played on piano) and syncopated right hand patterns. Popular at the end of the 19th Century, ragtime, unlike jazz, was not improvised.
Note the left hand vamp pattern in this performance.
and here for a prezi on Ragtime, Blues, Gospel, Jazz and Swing.
No comments:
Post a Comment