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 25,998. 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	10,901	41.9%
Double jig	4,870	18.7%
Hornpipe	1,770	6.8%
Song	1,393	5.4%
Polka	1,108	4.3%
Slide	694	2.7%
Air	671	2.6%
Slip jig	605	2.3%
Piece	356	1.4%
Barn dance	262	1.0%
March	244	0.9%
Waltz	225	0.9%
Set dance	205	0.8%
Single jig	200	0.8%
Fling	177	0.7%
Highland	136	0.5%
Strathspey	85	0.3%
Mazurka	69	0.3%
Schottisch	56	0.2%
Other	32	0.1%
Single reel	25	0.1%