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

Minor

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

Dorian

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

Lydian

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

Phrygian

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

Locrian

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

All Keys Ranked By Popularity

  1. C Major (3239)
  2. D Major (2412)
  3. G Major (2266)
  4. A Major (1953)
  5. E Major (1836)
  6. A Minor (1718)
  7. F Major (1710)
  8. C Minor (1649)
  9. E Minor (1637)
  10. D Minor (1503)
  11. E♭ Major (1443)
  12. G Minor (1245)
  13. B♭ Major (1195)
  14. B Minor (1165)
  15. F♯ Minor (1033)
  16. F Minor (987)
  17. D♭ Major (965)
  18. F♯ Major (948)
  19. B Major (935)
  20. C♯ Minor (889)
  21. A♭ Major (886)
  1. D♯ Minor (865)
  2. B♭ Minor (735)
  3. G♯ Minor (681)
  4. A Mixolydian (245)
  5. D Dorian (232)
  6. G Mixolydian (219)
  7. C Mixolydian (213)
  8. E Mixolydian (210)
  9. D Mixolydian (200)
  10. E Dorian (182)
  11. A Dorian (172)
  12. C Dorian (153)
  13. G Dorian (137)
  14. F Dorian (132)
  15. B Dorian (114)
  16. F Mixolydian (110)
  17. B Mixolydian (106)
  18. B♭ Mixolydian (92)
  19. F♯ Dorian (92)
  20. C♯ Mixolydian (90)
  21. F♯ Mixolydian (90)
  1. A♭ Mixolydian (80)
  2. E♭ Mixolydian (79)
  3. C♯ Dorian (77)
  4. E♭ Dorian (75)
  5. G♯ Dorian (71)
  6. E Phrygian (67)
  7. B♭ Dorian (63)
  8. C Phrygian (49)
  9. A Phrygian (43)
  10. D Phrygian (42)
  11. G Phrygian (40)
  12. D♯ Phrygian (40)
  13. C Lydian (38)
  14. F Phrygian (38)
  15. F Lydian (37)
  16. F♯ Phrygian (30)
  17. A Lydian (29)
  18. D Lydian (28)
  19. C♯ Phrygian (26)
  20. G Lydian (25)
  21. B Phrygian (23)
  1. A♭ Lydian (22)
  2. D♭ Lydian (22)
  3. A♯ Phrygian (22)
  4. E Lydian (19)
  5. B♭ Lydian (15)
  6. B Lydian (13)
  7. G♭ Lydian (13)
  8. G♯ Phrygian (13)
  9. E♭ Lydian (12)
  10. A Locrian (11)
  11. C Locrian (10)
  12. B Locrian (10)
  13. D Locrian (9)
  14. D♯ Locrian (7)
  15. C♯ Locrian (6)
  16. E Locrian (5)
  17. F♯ Locrian (5)
  18. G Locrian (5)
  19. E♯ Locrian (4)
  20. A♯ Locrian (3)
  21. G♯ Locrian (3)
(Key data last updated 2023-02-06 03:03:40)