Song Keys Ranked By Popularity

The most popular keys in each scale drawn from over 30,000 songs in the TheoryTab database

Major

  1. C Major (16%)
  2. D Major (12%)
  3. G Major (11%)
  4. A Major (10%)
  5. E Major (9%)
  6. F Major (9%)
  7. E♭ Major (7%)
  8. B♭ Major (6%)
  9. D♭ Major (5%)
  10. F♯ Major (5%)
  11. A♭ Major (5%)
  12. B Major (5%)

Minor

  1. A Minor (12%)
  2. E Minor (12%)
  3. C Minor (11%)
  4. D Minor (11%)
  5. G Minor (9%)
  6. B Minor (9%)
  7. F♯ Minor (7%)
  8. F Minor (7%)
  9. C♯ Minor (6%)
  10. D♯ Minor (6%)
  11. B♭ Minor (5%)
  12. G♯ Minor (5%)

Mixolydian

  1. A Mixolydian (14%)
  2. E Mixolydian (13%)
  3. G Mixolydian (13%)
  4. D Mixolydian (12%)
  5. C Mixolydian (12%)
  6. B Mixolydian (6%)
  7. F Mixolydian (6%)
  8. B♭ Mixolydian (6%)
  9. A♭ Mixolydian (5%)
  10. E♭ Mixolydian (5%)
  11. C♯ Mixolydian (5%)
  12. F♯ Mixolydian (4%)

Dorian

  1. D Dorian (15%)
  2. E Dorian (13%)
  3. A Dorian (12%)
  4. C Dorian (10%)
  5. G Dorian (9%)
  6. F Dorian (8%)
  7. B Dorian (8%)
  8. E♭ Dorian (6%)
  9. F♯ Dorian (5%)
  10. C♯ Dorian (5%)
  11. G♯ Dorian (4%)
  12. B♭ Dorian (4%)

Lydian

  1. F Lydian (15%)
  2. C Lydian (13%)
  3. A Lydian (10%)
  4. D Lydian (9%)
  5. G Lydian (9%)
  6. A♭ Lydian (9%)
  7. E Lydian (8%)
  8. D♭ Lydian (7%)
  9. E♭ Lydian (6%)
  10. B♭ Lydian (6%)
  11. B Lydian (5%)
  12. G♭ Lydian (3%)

Phrygian

  1. E Phrygian (20%)
  2. A Phrygian (10%)
  3. C Phrygian (10%)
  4. G Phrygian (9%)
  5. F Phrygian (9%)
  6. D Phrygian (9%)
  7. D♯ Phrygian (8%)
  8. F♯ Phrygian (7%)
  9. C♯ Phrygian (6%)
  10. B Phrygian (5%)
  11. A♯ Phrygian (4%)
  12. G♯ Phrygian (3%)

Locrian

  1. B Locrian (16%)
  2. D Locrian (15%)
  3. C Locrian (13%)
  4. A Locrian (10%)
  5. E Locrian (8%)
  6. D♯ Locrian (7%)
  7. C♯ Locrian (7%)
  8. F♯ Locrian (6%)
  9. G Locrian (6%)
  10. E♯ Locrian (5%)
  11. A♯ Locrian (5%)
  12. G♯ Locrian (3%)

All Keys Ranked By Popularity

  1. C Major (4280)
  2. D Major (3391)
  3. G Major (3121)
  4. A Major (2720)
  5. E Major (2577)
  6. F Major (2393)
  7. A Minor (2225)
  8. E Minor (2148)
  9. C Minor (2087)
  10. D Minor (1935)
  11. E♭ Major (1880)
  12. B♭ Major (1617)
  13. G Minor (1586)
  14. B Minor (1576)
  15. F♯ Minor (1347)
  16. D♭ Major (1317)
  17. F♯ Major (1314)
  18. A♭ Major (1279)
  19. B Major (1271)
  20. F Minor (1245)
  21. C♯ Minor (1172)
  1. D♯ Minor (1106)
  2. B♭ Minor (974)
  3. G♯ Minor (901)
  4. A Mixolydian (347)
  5. E Mixolydian (335)
  6. G Mixolydian (321)
  7. D Dorian (318)
  8. D Mixolydian (316)
  9. C Mixolydian (312)
  10. E Dorian (267)
  11. A Dorian (262)
  12. C Dorian (216)
  13. G Dorian (195)
  14. F Dorian (167)
  15. B Dorian (164)
  16. B Mixolydian (153)
  17. F Mixolydian (147)
  18. B♭ Mixolydian (146)
  19. A♭ Mixolydian (128)
  20. E♭ Mixolydian (121)
  21. E Phrygian (121)
  1. E♭ Dorian (119)
  2. C♯ Mixolydian (117)
  3. F♯ Mixolydian (115)
  4. F♯ Dorian (113)
  5. C♯ Dorian (108)
  6. G♯ Dorian (87)
  7. B♭ Dorian (85)
  8. A Phrygian (61)
  9. C Phrygian (61)
  10. G Phrygian (57)
  11. F Phrygian (56)
  12. F Lydian (56)
  13. D Phrygian (54)
  14. C Lydian (50)
  15. D♯ Phrygian (49)
  16. F♯ Phrygian (45)
  17. C♯ Phrygian (38)
  18. A Lydian (38)
  19. D Lydian (36)
  20. G Lydian (33)
  21. A♭ Lydian (33)
  1. B Phrygian (31)
  2. E Lydian (29)
  3. D♭ Lydian (26)
  4. A♯ Phrygian (25)
  5. E♭ Lydian (24)
  6. B♭ Lydian (24)
  7. B Lydian (20)
  8. G♯ Phrygian (20)
  9. B Locrian (14)
  10. D Locrian (13)
  11. G♭ Lydian (12)
  12. C Locrian (11)
  13. A Locrian (9)
  14. E Locrian (7)
  15. D♯ Locrian (6)
  16. C♯ Locrian (6)
  17. F♯ Locrian (5)
  18. G Locrian (5)
  19. E♯ Locrian (4)
  20. A♯ Locrian (4)
  21. G♯ Locrian (3)
(Key data last updated 2024-07-26 03:03:02)