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

Mixolydian

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

Dorian

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

Phrygian

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

Locrian

  1. B Locrian (17%)
  2. D Locrian (16%)
  3. C Locrian (12%)
  4. A Locrian (10%)
  5. E Locrian (8%)
  6. G Locrian (7%)
  7. D♯ Locrian (7%)
  8. C♯ Locrian (7%)
  9. F♯ Locrian (6%)
  10. E♯ Locrian (4%)
  11. A♯ Locrian (4%)
  12. G♯ Locrian (3%)

All Keys Ranked By Popularity

  1. C Major (4418)
  2. D Major (3494)
  3. G Major (3222)
  4. A Major (2825)
  5. E Major (2670)
  6. F Major (2490)
  7. A Minor (2337)
  8. E Minor (2234)
  9. C Minor (2165)
  10. D Minor (2004)
  11. E♭ Major (1930)
  12. B♭ Major (1700)
  13. B Minor (1634)
  14. G Minor (1629)
  15. F♯ Minor (1379)
  16. F♯ Major (1360)
  17. D♭ Major (1359)
  18. B Major (1323)
  19. A♭ Major (1321)
  20. F Minor (1280)
  21. C♯ Minor (1212)
  1. D♯ Minor (1132)
  2. B♭ Minor (1003)
  3. G♯ Minor (924)
  4. A Mixolydian (361)
  5. E Mixolydian (348)
  6. C Mixolydian (330)
  7. G Mixolydian (329)
  8. D Dorian (328)
  9. D Mixolydian (322)
  10. E Dorian (284)
  11. A Dorian (275)
  12. C Dorian (228)
  13. G Dorian (213)
  14. F Dorian (170)
  15. B Mixolydian (165)
  16. B Dorian (163)
  17. F Mixolydian (151)
  18. B♭ Mixolydian (150)
  19. A♭ Mixolydian (130)
  20. E♭ Dorian (128)
  21. E♭ Mixolydian (124)
  1. C♯ Mixolydian (121)
  2. F♯ Mixolydian (118)
  3. F♯ Dorian (112)
  4. C♯ Dorian (102)
  5. E Phrygian (96)
  6. G♯ Dorian (94)
  7. B♭ Dorian (87)
  8. C Phrygian (64)
  9. A Phrygian (60)
  10. G Phrygian (58)
  11. C Lydian (58)
  12. F Phrygian (57)
  13. F Lydian (57)
  14. D Phrygian (56)
  15. D♯ Phrygian (48)
  16. F♯ Phrygian (42)
  17. A Lydian (40)
  18. C♯ Phrygian (38)
  19. D Lydian (36)
  20. G Lydian (35)
  21. E Lydian (33)
  1. B Phrygian (33)
  2. A♭ Lydian (31)
  3. E♭ Lydian (27)
  4. A♯ Phrygian (27)
  5. D♭ Lydian (26)
  6. B♭ Lydian (25)
  7. B Lydian (20)
  8. G♯ Phrygian (20)
  9. B Locrian (15)
  10. G♭ Lydian (15)
  11. D Locrian (14)
  12. C Locrian (11)
  13. A Locrian (9)
  14. E Locrian (7)
  15. G Locrian (6)
  16. D♯ Locrian (6)
  17. C♯ Locrian (6)
  18. F♯ Locrian (5)
  19. E♯ Locrian (4)
  20. A♯ Locrian (4)
  21. G♯ Locrian (3)
(Key data last updated 2024-10-05 03:03:12)