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 (10%)
  6. F Major (9%)
  7. E♭ Major (7%)
  8. B♭ Major (6%)
  9. D♭ Major (5%)
  10. F♯ Major (5%)
  11. B Major (5%)
  12. A♭ Major (5%)

Minor

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

Mixolydian

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

Dorian

  1. D Dorian (15%)
  2. E Dorian (13%)
  3. A Dorian (13%)
  4. C Dorian (11%)
  5. G Dorian (10%)
  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 (14%)
  2. C Lydian (14%)
  3. G Lydian (10%)
  4. A Lydian (10%)
  5. D Lydian (9%)
  6. E Lydian (7%)
  7. A♭ Lydian (7%)
  8. E♭ Lydian (7%)
  9. D♭ Lydian (7%)
  10. B♭ Lydian (6%)
  11. B Lydian (5%)
  12. G♭ Lydian (3%)

Phrygian

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

Locrian

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

All Keys Ranked By Popularity

  1. C Major (4586)
  2. D Major (3612)
  3. G Major (3330)
  4. A Major (2926)
  5. E Major (2798)
  6. F Major (2560)
  7. A Minor (2418)
  8. E Minor (2300)
  9. C Minor (2221)
  10. D Minor (2093)
  11. E♭ Major (1986)
  12. B♭ Major (1759)
  13. B Minor (1697)
  14. G Minor (1659)
  15. F♯ Minor (1418)
  16. D♭ Major (1413)
  17. F♯ Major (1402)
  18. B Major (1391)
  19. A♭ Major (1364)
  20. F Minor (1334)
  21. C♯ Minor (1279)
  1. D♯ Minor (1162)
  2. B♭ Minor (1030)
  3. G♯ Minor (954)
  4. A Mixolydian (381)
  5. E Mixolydian (362)
  6. G Mixolydian (340)
  7. C Mixolydian (335)
  8. D Dorian (333)
  9. D Mixolydian (330)
  10. E Dorian (299)
  11. A Dorian (291)
  12. C Dorian (246)
  13. G Dorian (224)
  14. F Dorian (177)
  15. B Dorian (174)
  16. B Mixolydian (171)
  17. F Mixolydian (162)
  18. B♭ Mixolydian (161)
  19. E♭ Dorian (135)
  20. A♭ Mixolydian (133)
  21. C♯ Mixolydian (130)
  1. E♭ Mixolydian (126)
  2. F♯ Mixolydian (120)
  3. F♯ Dorian (117)
  4. C♯ Dorian (108)
  5. E Phrygian (99)
  6. G♯ Dorian (95)
  7. B♭ Dorian (87)
  8. C Phrygian (67)
  9. A Phrygian (62)
  10. G Phrygian (58)
  11. F Lydian (58)
  12. D Phrygian (58)
  13. F Phrygian (57)
  14. C Lydian (57)
  15. D♯ Phrygian (50)
  16. F♯ Phrygian (43)
  17. G Lydian (41)
  18. A Lydian (40)
  19. D Lydian (37)
  20. C♯ Phrygian (36)
  21. B Phrygian (33)
  1. E Lydian (30)
  2. A♭ Lydian (29)
  3. E♭ Lydian (28)
  4. A♯ Phrygian (28)
  5. D♭ Lydian (27)
  6. B♭ Lydian (26)
  7. G♯ Phrygian (22)
  8. B Lydian (21)
  9. B Locrian (15)
  10. D Locrian (15)
  11. G♭ Lydian (14)
  12. C Locrian (11)
  13. D♯ Locrian (11)
  14. A Locrian (9)
  15. F♯ Locrian (8)
  16. E Locrian (7)
  17. G Locrian (6)
  18. C♯ Locrian (6)
  19. E♯ Locrian (4)
  20. A♯ Locrian (4)
  21. G♯ Locrian (1)
(Key data last updated 2024-12-03 03:04:23)