what type of music is scott joplin?
Piano Jazz piano
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 Near the end of his life , Scott Joplin was taking ragtime in a new direction by adding emphasis on form and tonality , and attempting to combine the characteristics of classical Western music and traditional ragtime . This is an entirely different direction than the one that jazz would take . 

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 Joplin combines the waltz ' " oom @-@ pa @-@ pah " rhythm and its conventionally accented three quarter notes in the bass , with a syncopated melody in the treble . The main melody line used in the introduction and then repeated regularly throughout , with its alternate unaccented eighth notes and accented quarter notes , is the rhythm of the Cakewalk minus the final note . The Cakewalk was a popular African @-@ American dance which originated in plantation slave communities in nineteenth century America , and ultimately contributed to the musical style Ragtime . The simultaneous sounding of the two independent rhythms , he combination of the waltz in the bass and the syncopation of the main theme in the treble , is an example of a 4 against 3 polyrhythm . There are many subtle variations of this sequence which occur throughout the work . 

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 Exemplified by the commercial success of singer songwriters Bruce Springsteen , Bob Seger , and Tom Petty , along with less widely known acts such as Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes and Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers , it was partly a reaction to post @-@ industrial urban decline in the East and Mid @-@ West , often dwelling on issues of social disintegration and isolation , beside a form of good @-@ time rock and roll revivalism . The genre reached its commercial , artistic and influential peak in the mid @-@ 1980s , with Springsteen 's Born in the USA ( 1984 ) , topping the charts worldwide and spawning a series of top ten singles , together with the arrival of artists including John Mellencamp , Steve Earle and more gentle singer / songwriters such as Bruce Hornsby . It can also be heard as an influence on artists as diverse as Billy Joel , Kid Rock and the Killers . 

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 Some music historians evaluate " Magnetic Rag " , as well as other works from Joplin 's late period , as being indicative of his unstable mental condition which resulted from the effects of syphilis . One of these is Martin Williams : 

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 The roots of commercial country music are generally traced to 1927 , when music talent scout Ralph Peer recorded Jimmie Rodgers and The Carter Family . Popular success was very limited , though a small demand spurred some commercial recording . After World War II , there was increased interest in specialty styles like country music , producing a few major pop stars . The most influential country musician of the era was Hank Williams , a bluesy country singer from Alabama . He remains renowned as one of country music 's greatest songwriters and performers , viewed as a " folk poet " with a " honky @-@ tonk swagger " and " working @-@ class sympathies " . Throughout the decade the roughness of honky tonk gradually eroded as the Nashville sound grew more pop @-@ oriented . Producers like Chet Atkins created the Nashville sound by stripping the hillbilly elements of the instrumentation and using smooth instrumentation and advanced production techniques . Eventually , most records from Nashville were in this style , which began to incorporate strings and vocal choirs . 
