I'm not the one who said ragtime came from jigs&amp;marches your niggapedia article that you presented said that, not me. Marching Band music is White music, not Black music, if Blacks play Marching Band music they are playing White music. The same as if a Black man plays the bagpipes that does not mean he's playing Black music only he is a Black guy playing a White style of music. Irish music sounds nothing like ragtime? I never said it did ,( unless you count some of the piano playing of the 19th century Irish composer John Field maybe) your wikipedia article said that, not I. Classical sounds like ragtime though, only more sophisticated, ragtime was just dumbed down classical piano. Classical piano for morons. It was cheap saloon music. Sure there is. It is the same exact thing. Maybe they just play it a little louder because well you know how negros are. They like to be loud and jump around alot;) .