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 (17%)
  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. B Major (5%)
  11. F♯ Major (5%)
  12. A♭ Major (4%)

Minor

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

Dorian

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

Lydian

  1. F Lydian (16%)
  2. C Lydian (14%)
  3. A Lydian (13%)
  4. G Lydian (10%)
  5. D Lydian (9%)
  6. D♭ Lydian (8%)
  7. A♭ Lydian (7%)
  8. E Lydian (6%)
  9. B♭ Lydian (5%)
  10. E♭ Lydian (5%)
  11. G♭ Lydian (5%)
  12. B Lydian (3%)

Phrygian

  1. E Phrygian (18%)
  2. C Phrygian (11%)
  3. G Phrygian (10%)
  4. A Phrygian (10%)
  5. D♯ Phrygian (10%)
  6. F Phrygian (8%)
  7. F♯ Phrygian (7%)
  8. D Phrygian (7%)
  9. A♯ Phrygian (6%)
  10. C♯ Phrygian (6%)
  11. B Phrygian (5%)
  12. G♯ Phrygian (3%)

Locrian

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

All Keys Ranked By Popularity

  1. C Major (2735)
  2. D Major (1924)
  3. G Major (1838)
  4. A Major (1572)
  5. A Minor (1501)
  6. E Major (1469)
  7. C Minor (1446)
  8. E Minor (1403)
  9. F Major (1383)
  10. D Minor (1313)
  11. E♭ Major (1128)
  12. G Minor (1045)
  13. B Minor (981)
  14. B♭ Major (904)
  15. F♯ Minor (878)
  16. F Minor (873)
  17. C♯ Minor (803)
  18. D♭ Major (760)
  19. D♯ Minor (752)
  20. B Major (750)
  21. F♯ Major (741)
  1. A♭ Major (663)
  2. B♭ Minor (634)
  3. G♯ Minor (607)
  4. D Dorian (201)
  5. A Mixolydian (178)
  6. E Mixolydian (165)
  7. G Mixolydian (165)
  8. C Mixolydian (165)
  9. D Mixolydian (153)
  10. E Dorian (145)
  11. A Dorian (143)
  12. C Dorian (123)
  13. F Dorian (115)
  14. G Dorian (113)
  15. B Dorian (85)
  16. F Mixolydian (83)
  17. B Mixolydian (83)
  18. F♯ Dorian (75)
  19. C♯ Mixolydian (73)
  20. G♯ Dorian (61)
  21. B♭ Mixolydian (61)
  1. F♯ Mixolydian (60)
  2. E♭ Dorian (60)
  3. E Phrygian (59)
  4. C♯ Dorian (58)
  5. E♭ Mixolydian (56)
  6. A♭ Mixolydian (56)
  7. B♭ Dorian (49)
  8. F Lydian (47)
  9. C Lydian (41)
  10. A Lydian (38)
  11. C Phrygian (37)
  12. G Phrygian (33)
  13. A Phrygian (33)
  14. D♯ Phrygian (33)
  15. G Lydian (31)
  16. F Phrygian (27)
  17. D Lydian (26)
  18. D♭ Lydian (24)
  19. F♯ Phrygian (23)
  20. D Phrygian (23)
  21. A♭ Lydian (22)
  1. A♯ Phrygian (21)
  2. C♯ Phrygian (20)
  3. E Lydian (18)
  4. B Phrygian (18)
  5. B♭ Lydian (16)
  6. E♭ Lydian (16)
  7. G♭ Lydian (15)
  8. C Locrian (10)
  9. D Locrian (10)
  10. A Locrian (10)
  11. B Locrian (10)
  12. G♯ Phrygian (9)
  13. B Lydian (8)
  14. D♯ Locrian (8)
  15. F♯ Locrian (5)
  16. G Locrian (5)
  17. C♯ Locrian (5)
  18. E♯ Locrian (4)
  19. E Locrian (4)
  20. A♯ Locrian (3)
  21. G♯ Locrian (3)
(Key data last updated 2022-05-21 03:03:01)