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Questions? Comments? Please use the easy This list ranks the top 10 most-recorded tunes during the 2010s. By carefully comparing the 4,647 individual tune recordings dated as from the 2010s which appear on the indexed recordings, I identified a total of 3,147 musically distinct tunes. The top ten of those tunes are listed below, in order of how many albums they appear on. When tunes have the same number of recordings, tunes having the oldest recordings appear first. Note that reuses of a particular cut in other 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 | Explanation Rhythm | Title (and link to tune details) |
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1 | 10 | JigD | Cailleach an Airgid |
2 | 8 | JigD | Winnie Hayes's Jig |
3 | 7 | Air | Dear Irish Boy |
4 | 7 | Reel | Beauty Spot |
5 | 7 | Reel | Hare's Paw |
6 | 7 | Reel | New-Mown Meadows |
7 | 7 | JigD | Battering Ram |
8 | 7 | JigD | Anthony Frawley's |
9 | 6 | Reel | Pigeon on the Gate |
10 | 6 | Reel | Morning Star |