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Questions? Comments? Please use the easy This list ranks the top ten most-recorded pieces out of the 262 distinct pieces on the indexed recordings. The tunes are ranked in descending order of number of recordings. When tunes have the same number of recordings, tunes having the oldest recordings appear first. Note that reuses of a particular cut in later anthologies are counted, which is fair, since the popularity of a recording is a good indicator both of the popularity of the tune and of the likelihood that musicians will learn the tune from that recording.
Rank | Number of Recordings | Tune (and link to tune details) |
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1 | 13 | Princess Royal |
2 | 12 | O'Carolan's Concerto |
3 | 9 | Planxty Browne |
4 | 8 | Fox Chase |
5 | 8 | Planxty Fanny Powers |
6 | 8 | O'Carolan's Draught |
7 | 7 | Music for a Found Harmonium |
8 | 6 | Hound after the Hare |
9 | 6 | Loftus Jones |
10 | 6 | Da Slockit Light |