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Originally Posted by Cobby
For what it's worth (key of E) (not much really), but you got me curious so I went through my repertoire (about 300 songs) and tabulated the keys (roughly, since I ignored key changes). These are mostly 60-70s pop rock folk and country:
D17.7%
G12.7%
C12.4%
A11.4%
E9.4%
F8.0%
Em7.4%
Am5.4%
B3.7%
Dm2.7%
Bb2.3%
Eb1.7%
Db1.0%
Bm1.0%
C#m1.0%
Fm1.0%
F#0.3%
Cm0.3%
F#m0.3%
Gm0.3%
Ab0.0%
Bbm0.0%
Ebm0.0%
Abm0.0%
It's mostly determined by finding a good key for the singer - then selecting a finger-friendly key (sometimes using a capo, so I'm not very often actually playing Eb chord shapes, for example). But I do play in F and B more often than most I think. Anyway, I was surprised that D was my most common key. I think I would have guessed G or A.
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This is the most wonderful post! (I love data as well as 60s-70s pop rock folk and country.)
Can you post your 300 song list?
Would you talk about why you think the key spread wound up this way? Is it just the songs you like? Is it what’s easy for you to play? Is it what’s commonly written and pop charted?