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.

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

Popular Chord Progressions In The Key Of C Major

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