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. A♭ Major (5%)
  12. B Major (5%)

Minor

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

Lydian

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

Phrygian

  1. E Phrygian (20%)
  2. C Phrygian (10%)
  3. G Phrygian (10%)
  4. A Phrygian (10%)
  5. F Phrygian (9%)
  6. D Phrygian (9%)
  7. D♯ Phrygian (8%)
  8. F♯ Phrygian (7%)
  9. C♯ Phrygian (6%)
  10. B Phrygian (5%)
  11. A♯ Phrygian (4%)
  12. G♯ Phrygian (3%)

Locrian

  1. B Locrian (16%)
  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 (4359)
  2. D Major (3447)
  3. G Major (3178)
  4. A Major (2761)
  5. E Major (2618)
  6. F Major (2448)
  7. A Minor (2289)
  8. E Minor (2200)
  9. C Minor (2135)
  10. D Minor (1973)
  11. E♭ Major (1906)
  12. B♭ Major (1655)
  13. G Minor (1614)
  14. B Minor (1612)
  15. F♯ Minor (1359)
  16. F♯ Major (1351)
  17. D♭ Major (1350)
  18. A♭ Major (1304)
  19. B Major (1301)
  20. F Minor (1267)
  21. C♯ Minor (1194)
  1. D♯ Minor (1121)
  2. B♭ Minor (987)
  3. G♯ Minor (914)
  4. A Mixolydian (358)
  5. E Mixolydian (348)
  6. C Mixolydian (324)
  7. G Mixolydian (323)
  8. D Dorian (322)
  9. D Mixolydian (319)
  10. E Dorian (276)
  11. A Dorian (270)
  12. C Dorian (224)
  13. G Dorian (207)
  14. F Dorian (172)
  15. B Dorian (165)
  16. B Mixolydian (165)
  17. F Mixolydian (149)
  18. B♭ Mixolydian (149)
  19. A♭ Mixolydian (130)
  20. E♭ Dorian (127)
  21. E♭ Mixolydian (123)
  1. E Phrygian (123)
  2. C♯ Mixolydian (120)
  3. F♯ Mixolydian (115)
  4. F♯ Dorian (112)
  5. C♯ Dorian (102)
  6. G♯ Dorian (90)
  7. B♭ Dorian (85)
  8. C Phrygian (62)
  9. G Phrygian (60)
  10. A Phrygian (60)
  11. F Phrygian (57)
  12. D Phrygian (55)
  13. F Lydian (53)
  14. C Lydian (53)
  15. D♯ Phrygian (49)
  16. F♯ Phrygian (42)
  17. C♯ Phrygian (38)
  18. A Lydian (38)
  19. D Lydian (36)
  20. G Lydian (34)
  21. B Phrygian (33)
  1. E Lydian (32)
  2. A♭ Lydian (31)
  3. A♯ Phrygian (27)
  4. D♭ Lydian (26)
  5. E♭ Lydian (24)
  6. B♭ Lydian (24)
  7. G♯ Phrygian (21)
  8. B Lydian (20)
  9. B Locrian (14)
  10. D Locrian (14)
  11. G♭ Lydian (13)
  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 2024-09-09 03:03:03)