C Major Cheat Sheet

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The C Major Scale

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Key Signature

Key signature of C Major showing no sharps or flats

Relative Keys

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About The Key Of C Major

The key of C Major has a key signature of no sharps or flats. The C Major scale has the notes C, D, E, F, G, A, and B. It is the most common key in all of popular music. For chord progressions, statistics, and tendencies, view this key in Hooktheory Trends

The 20 Most Popular Chords In C Major

According to the TheoryTab database, songs in C Major draw almost entirely from the following 20 chords. Click on a chord below to show it on the piano and hear how it sounds.

Songs In The Key Of C Major

Click on the following songs in C Major to see their chords and melody in the TheoryTab database.

Imagine
by John Lennon
Tik Tok
by Kesha
Come Sail Away
by Styx
Dust In The Wind
by Kansas
When I Was Your Man
by Bruno Mars
Home Sweet Home
by Motley Crue
If We Hold On Together
by Diana Ross
Zelda's Lullaby
by The Legend of Zelda
Let It Be
by The Beatles
You Never Give Me Your Money
by The Beatles
Stay
by Rihanna
Organ Symphony No 3 Op 78 - If I Had Words
by Camille Saint-Saens
Down On The Corner
by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Ain't Too Proud to Beg
by The Temptations
Bliss
by Muse
Lisztomania
by Phoenix
My Lovely Horse
by The Divine Comedy
Goodnight Saigon
by Billy Joel
Can't Get It Out Of My Head
by Electric Light Orchestra
Poor Little Fool
by Ricky Nelson
You Gotta Be
by Des'ree
Whistle
by Flo Rida
Have You Ever Seen the Rain
by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Lovefool
by The Cardigans
Something In The Water
by Brooke Fraser
Sherry
by The Four Seasons
I Believe I Can Fly
by R Kelly
Boston
by Augustana
Some Nights
by Fun
Lean on Me
by Bill Withers
Birdhouse In Your Soul
by They Might Be Giants
We Run The Night
by Havana Brown
Forget You
by Cee Lo Green
Rocky Raccoon
by The Beatles
Stay Stay Stay
by Taylor Swift
One
by U2
Breakaway
by Kelly Clarkson
Bottle It Up
by Sara Bareilles
Tiny Dancer
by Elton John
Stars Come Out
by Zedd
La Bamba
by Ritchie Valen
The Thin Ice
by Pink Floyd
Those Magic Changes - Grease
by Sha Na Na
Hallelujah
by Leonard Cohen
Gravity
by Sara Bareilles
Ho Hey
by The Lumineers
Don't Go Away
by Oasis
Rimushotto Bungie Jump
by Frog Fractions Soundtrack
Come Back To Me
by Utada Hikaru
Something
by The Beatles
Theme Of Love - FFIV
by Nobuo Uematsu
First Date
by Blink 182
Run
by Snow Patrol
Hello Goodbye
by The Beatles
Piano Man
by Billy Joel
Lost Woods
by The Legend of Zelda
Don't Look Back in Anger
by Oasis
Thinkin Bout You
by Frank Ocean
All The Small Things
by Blink 182
Just
by Radiohead
Hysteria
by Muse
I Feel Love
by Donna Summer
Friends Forever
by Vitamin C

Popular Chord Progressions In The Key Of C Major

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