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 30,089. 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	13,460	44.7%
Double jig	6,109	20.3%
Hornpipe	2,281	7.6%
Song	1,781	5.9%
Polka	1,373	4.6%
Slide	857	2.8%
Air	820	2.7%
Slip jig	784	2.6%
Piece	458	1.5%
Barn dance	318	1.1%
March	315	1.0%
Waltz	300	1.0%
Set dance	259	0.9%
Single jig	244	0.8%
Fling	222	0.7%
Highland	184	0.6%
Strathspey	95	0.3%
Mazurka	90	0.3%
Schottisch	69	0.2%
Other	44	0.1%
Single reel	26	0.1%