Music when the carnival takes place (7)

I believe the answer is:

ragtime

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'music' is the definition.
(I know that ragtime is a type of popular music)

I can't explain the remainder of the clue.

(Other definitions for ragtime that I've seen before include "musical style" , "Maigret (anag)" , "Jazz music for Maigret" , "Style of jazz popularised by Scott Joplin et al" , "Syncopated music genre" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.

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