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 30,687. 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	13,754	44.8%
Double jig	6,249	20.4%
Hornpipe	2,304	7.5%
Song	1,800	5.9%
Polka	1,390	4.5%
Slide	865	2.8%
Air	827	2.7%
Slip jig	805	2.6%
Piece	472	1.5%
Barn dance	323	1.1%
March	321	1.0%
Waltz	310	1.0%
Set dance	265	0.9%
Single jig	255	0.8%
Fling	227	0.7%
Highland	189	0.6%
Strathspey	98	0.3%
Mazurka	90	0.3%
Schottisch	69	0.2%
Other	46	0.1%
Single reel	28	0.1%