Rhythm Distribution in Recordings
(All Recordings)

This list ranks rhythms by how often they occur on commercial recordings of Irish traditional music. The total number of individual tune recordings considered here is 31,121. Since it ignores whether a tune recording is distinct tune or not, it reveals how often each tune type has been recorded. For example, even if one particular reel was recorded by ten different musicians over time, it still counts that as ten "votes" for the reel rhythm.

This report, since it considers all indexed recordings, is slightly different from the report Rhythm Distribution in Recordings (In Fully Irish Albums). Compare also Rhythm Distribution of tune types among all distinct tunes, as well as Rhythm Distribution in Session Tunes.

Rhythm	Number of instances	% of total	Bar graph
Reel	13,909	44.7%
Double jig	6,350	20.4%
Hornpipe	2,337	7.5%
Song	1,815	5.8%
Polka	1,430	4.6%
Slide	898	2.9%
Air	843	2.7%
Slip jig	807	2.6%
Piece	479	1.5%
March	329	1.1%
Barn dance	325	1.0%
Waltz	309	1.0%
Set dance	267	0.9%
Single jig	258	0.8%
Fling	233	0.7%
Highland	192	0.6%
Strathspey	98	0.3%
Mazurka	96	0.3%
Schottisch	69	0.2%
Other	47	0.2%
Single reel	30	0.1%