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

Locrian

  1. D Locrian (18%)
  2. B Locrian (15%)
  3. C Locrian (11%)
  4. D♯ Locrian (11%)
  5. A Locrian (10%)
  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 (4622)
  2. D Major (3639)
  3. G Major (3365)
  4. A Major (2961)
  5. E Major (2827)
  6. F Major (2585)
  7. A Minor (2449)
  8. E Minor (2335)
  9. C Minor (2253)
  10. D Minor (2111)
  11. E♭ Major (2005)
  12. B♭ Major (1776)
  13. B Minor (1711)
  14. G Minor (1686)
  15. D♭ Major (1425)
  16. F♯ Minor (1423)
  17. F♯ Major (1418)
  18. B Major (1413)
  19. A♭ Major (1375)
  20. F Minor (1341)
  21. C♯ Minor (1298)
  1. D♯ Minor (1168)
  2. B♭ Minor (1048)
  3. G♯ Minor (965)
  4. A Mixolydian (390)
  5. E Mixolydian (365)
  6. G Mixolydian (348)
  7. D Dorian (340)
  8. D Mixolydian (338)
  9. C Mixolydian (338)
  10. E Dorian (299)
  11. A Dorian (294)
  12. C Dorian (248)
  13. G Dorian (228)
  14. F Dorian (181)
  15. B Dorian (173)
  16. B Mixolydian (171)
  17. B♭ Mixolydian (167)
  18. F Mixolydian (164)
  19. E♭ Dorian (138)
  20. A♭ Mixolydian (134)
  21. C♯ Mixolydian (132)
  1. E♭ Mixolydian (127)
  2. F♯ Mixolydian (122)
  3. F♯ Dorian (117)
  4. C♯ Dorian (107)
  5. E Phrygian (99)
  6. G♯ Dorian (95)
  7. B♭ Dorian (91)
  8. C Phrygian (72)
  9. F Lydian (61)
  10. A Phrygian (61)
  11. D Phrygian (58)
  12. C Lydian (58)
  13. G Phrygian (57)
  14. F Phrygian (57)
  15. D♯ Phrygian (53)
  16. G Lydian (42)
  17. F♯ Phrygian (41)
  18. A Lydian (40)
  19. D Lydian (37)
  20. C♯ Phrygian (36)
  21. B Phrygian (35)
  1. A♭ Lydian (30)
  2. E Lydian (30)
  3. E♭ Lydian (28)
  4. D♭ Lydian (28)
  5. A♯ Phrygian (28)
  6. B♭ Lydian (26)
  7. B Lydian (22)
  8. G♯ Phrygian (22)
  9. D Locrian (18)
  10. B Locrian (15)
  11. G♭ Lydian (14)
  12. C Locrian (11)
  13. D♯ Locrian (11)
  14. A Locrian (10)
  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 2024-12-23 03:03:22)