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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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I totally forgot about D in rock music. But your list is intriguing to say the least. And there’s also modal keys which are quite popular in rock but they’re usually “laymanned” into a major or minor key.