When students make merry music (7)

I believe the answer is:

ragtime

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

I don't understand how the remainder of the clue works.

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(Other definitions for ragtime that I've seen before include "Syncopated music form" , "Scott Joplin music style" , "Form of jazz with a two-four rhythm" , "musical genre" , "Syncopated piano music - migrate (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.

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