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 (12%)
  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. B Major (5%)
  12. A♭ Major (5%)

Minor

  1. A Minor (12%)
  2. E Minor (12%)
  3. C Minor (12%)
  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. E Mixolydian (13%)
  2. A 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. C♯ Mixolydian (5%)
  11. F♯ Mixolydian (5%)
  12. E♭ Mixolydian (5%)

Dorian

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

Lydian

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

Phrygian

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

Locrian

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

All Keys Ranked By Popularity

  1. C Major (4137)
  2. D Major (3210)
  3. G Major (3015)
  4. A Major (2583)
  5. E Major (2429)
  6. F Major (2294)
  7. A Minor (2149)
  8. E Minor (2072)
  9. C Minor (2026)
  10. D Minor (1869)
  11. E♭ Major (1810)
  12. B♭ Major (1535)
  13. G Minor (1532)
  14. B Minor (1502)
  15. F♯ Minor (1294)
  16. D♭ Major (1257)
  17. F♯ Major (1251)
  18. B Major (1226)
  19. A♭ Major (1216)
  20. F Minor (1191)
  21. C♯ Minor (1120)
  1. D♯ Minor (1070)
  2. B♭ Minor (949)
  3. G♯ Minor (847)
  4. E Mixolydian (321)
  5. A Mixolydian (321)
  6. D Dorian (307)
  7. G Mixolydian (307)
  8. D Mixolydian (298)
  9. C Mixolydian (293)
  10. E Dorian (266)
  11. A Dorian (255)
  12. C Dorian (210)
  13. G Dorian (193)
  14. B Dorian (159)
  15. F Dorian (156)
  16. B Mixolydian (143)
  17. F Mixolydian (142)
  18. B♭ Mixolydian (138)
  19. A♭ Mixolydian (118)
  20. C♯ Mixolydian (117)
  21. F♯ Mixolydian (115)
  1. F♯ Dorian (114)
  2. E♭ Mixolydian (110)
  3. E♭ Dorian (109)
  4. C♯ Dorian (94)
  5. E Phrygian (90)
  6. G♯ Dorian (85)
  7. B♭ Dorian (79)
  8. C Phrygian (59)
  9. F Phrygian (54)
  10. G Phrygian (54)
  11. D Phrygian (53)
  12. A Phrygian (52)
  13. C Lydian (50)
  14. F Lydian (47)
  15. D♯ Phrygian (47)
  16. F♯ Phrygian (45)
  17. D Lydian (35)
  18. C♯ Phrygian (34)
  19. A Lydian (34)
  20. G Lydian (31)
  21. A♭ Lydian (30)
  1. B Phrygian (30)
  2. E Lydian (28)
  3. A♯ Phrygian (27)
  4. D♭ Lydian (26)
  5. B♭ Lydian (21)
  6. G♯ Phrygian (21)
  7. E♭ Lydian (19)
  8. B Lydian (18)
  9. G♭ Lydian (14)
  10. C Locrian (12)
  11. B Locrian (12)
  12. D Locrian (11)
  13. A Locrian (9)
  14. E Locrian (7)
  15. D♯ Locrian (6)
  16. C♯ Locrian (6)
  17. E♯ Locrian (5)
  18. F♯ Locrian (5)
  19. G Locrian (5)
  20. A♯ Locrian (4)
  21. G♯ Locrian (3)
(Key data last updated 2024-04-19 03:03:18)