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

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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.

Lollipop
by Lil Wayne
Have You Ever Seen the Rain
by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Hello Goodbye
by The Beatles
Poor Little Fool
by Ricky Nelson
Gravity
by Sara Bareilles
Something
by The Beatles
You Gotta Be
by Des'ree
Rimushotto Bungie Jump
by Frog Fractions Soundtrack
Ain't Too Proud to Beg
by The Temptations
Don't Go Away
by Oasis
Come Back To Me
by Utada Hikaru
Ho Hey
by The Lumineers
World Cup Theme
by K'naan
Zelda's Lullaby
by The Legend of Zelda
Birdhouse In Your Soul
by They Might Be Giants
Bottle It Up
by Sara Bareilles
Mario Brothers Theme
by Koji Kondo
Don't Look Back in Anger
by Oasis
Dust In The Wind
by Kansas
Forget You
by Cee Lo Green
Imagine
by John Lennon
Breakaway
by Kelly Clarkson
Just
by Radiohead
My Lovely Horse
by The Divine Comedy
If We Hold On Together
by Diana Ross
Those Magic Changes - Grease
by Sha Na Na
La Bamba
by Ritchie Valen
Boston
by Augustana
Wasted Time
by Skid Row
When I Was Your Man
by Bruno Mars
The Thin Ice
by Pink Floyd
Sherry
by The Four Seasons
Run
by Snow Patrol
Home Sweet Home
by Motley Crue
Big soundtrack
by Tom Hanks
Rocky Raccoon
by The Beatles
Something In The Water
by Brooke Fraser
Like A Rolling Stone
by Bob Dylan
Hallelujah
by Leonard Cohen
Down On The Corner
by Creedence Clearwater Revival
We Run The Night
by Havana Brown
Friends Forever
by Vitamin C
Stars Come Out
by Zedd
Some Nights
by Fun
Let It Be
by The Beatles
Lovefool
by The Cardigans
Millions of People
by Modern Mothers
Lost Woods
by The Legend of Zelda
I Believe I Can Fly
by R Kelly
One
by U2
Piano Man
by Billy Joel
One Of My Turns
by Pink Floyd
Hysteria
by Muse
Tiny Dancer
by Elton John
Lisztomania
by Phoenix
All The Small Things
by Blink 182
Soviet National Anthem
by Alexander Alexandrov
Theme Of Love - FFIV
by Nobuo Uematsu
First Date
by Blink 182
The Road And The Radio
by Kenny Chesney
Can't Get It Out Of My Head
by Electric Light Orchestra
I Feel Love
by Donna Summer
Lean on Me
by Bill Withers
You Never Give Me Your Money
by The Beatles
Stay
by Rihanna
Bliss
by Muse

Popular Chord Progressions In The Key Of C Major

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