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 (10%)
  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 (5%)

Minor

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

Dorian

  1. D Dorian (15%)
  2. E Dorian (13%)
  3. A Dorian (13%)
  4. C Dorian (11%)
  5. G Dorian (10%)
  6. F Dorian (8%)
  7. B Dorian (7%)
  8. E♭ Dorian (6%)
  9. F♯ Dorian (5%)
  10. C♯ Dorian (5%)
  11. G♯ Dorian (4%)
  12. B♭ Dorian (4%)

Lydian

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

Phrygian

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

Locrian

  1. D Locrian (17%)
  2. B Locrian (15%)
  3. C Locrian (11%)
  4. D♯ Locrian (11%)
  5. A Locrian (10%)
  6. E Locrian (9%)
  7. F♯ Locrian (8%)
  8. G Locrian (6%)
  9. C♯ Locrian (6%)
  10. E♯ Locrian (4%)
  11. A♯ Locrian (4%)
  12. G♯ Locrian (1%)

All Keys Ranked By Popularity

  1. C Major (4686)
  2. D Major (3715)
  3. G Major (3431)
  4. A Major (3017)
  5. E Major (2881)
  6. F Major (2624)
  7. A Minor (2508)
  8. E Minor (2385)
  9. C Minor (2294)
  10. D Minor (2174)
  11. E♭ Major (2055)
  12. B♭ Major (1817)
  13. B Minor (1745)
  14. G Minor (1705)
  15. F♯ Minor (1455)
  16. D♭ Major (1455)
  17. F♯ Major (1439)
  18. B Major (1435)
  19. A♭ Major (1399)
  20. F Minor (1369)
  21. C♯ Minor (1354)
  1. D♯ Minor (1206)
  2. B♭ Minor (1096)
  3. G♯ Minor (998)
  4. A Mixolydian (398)
  5. E Mixolydian (369)
  6. G Mixolydian (359)
  7. D Mixolydian (349)
  8. D Dorian (345)
  9. C Mixolydian (341)
  10. E Dorian (302)
  11. A Dorian (298)
  12. C Dorian (258)
  13. G Dorian (230)
  14. F Dorian (185)
  15. B Mixolydian (176)
  16. B Dorian (175)
  17. B♭ Mixolydian (171)
  18. F Mixolydian (169)
  19. E♭ Dorian (147)
  20. A♭ Mixolydian (138)
  21. C♯ Mixolydian (134)
  1. E♭ Mixolydian (127)
  2. F♯ Mixolydian (126)
  3. F♯ Dorian (120)
  4. C♯ Dorian (109)
  5. E Phrygian (104)
  6. G♯ Dorian (95)
  7. B♭ Dorian (93)
  8. C Phrygian (78)
  9. D Phrygian (66)
  10. A Phrygian (65)
  11. F Lydian (62)
  12. C Lydian (62)
  13. G Phrygian (59)
  14. F Phrygian (57)
  15. D♯ Phrygian (55)
  16. G Lydian (42)
  17. F♯ Phrygian (41)
  18. A Lydian (41)
  19. C♯ Phrygian (40)
  20. B Phrygian (40)
  21. D Lydian (37)
  1. E Lydian (30)
  2. E♭ Lydian (29)
  3. A♭ Lydian (29)
  4. D♭ Lydian (28)
  5. A♯ Phrygian (28)
  6. B♭ Lydian (26)
  7. B Lydian (22)
  8. G♯ Phrygian (22)
  9. D Locrian (18)
  10. B Locrian (15)
  11. G♭ Lydian (14)
  12. C Locrian (11)
  13. D♯ Locrian (11)
  14. A Locrian (10)
  15. E Locrian (9)
  16. F♯ Locrian (8)
  17. G Locrian (6)
  18. C♯ Locrian (6)
  19. E♯ Locrian (4)
  20. A♯ Locrian (4)
  21. G♯ Locrian (1)
(Key data last updated 2025-01-23 03:03:46)