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

The relative keys of C Major are:

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.

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

Popular Chord Progressions In The Key Of C Major

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