TempoPeek

7,465 recordings filed under a key

Every key

The twelve majors and the twelve minors, round the circle of fifths. The count beside each is how many recordings here more than half of whose analyses agreed on that key.

Source: AcousticBrainz, dump of 2022-06-23 (CC0) · MusicBrainz core data, 2026-09-17 (CC0) · how each number is measured. Measured up to 23.06.2022 — AcousticBrainz stopped collecting in 2022, so nothing released after that date is here.

C — no sharpsCno sharpsG — 1 sharpG1 sharpD — 2 sharpsD2 sharpsA — 3 sharpsA3 sharpsE — 4 sharpsE4 sharpsB — 5 sharpsB5 sharpsF♯ — 6 sharpsF♯6 sharpsD♭ — 5 flatsD♭5 flatsA♭ — 4 flatsA♭4 flatsE♭ — 3 flatsE♭3 flatsB♭ — 2 flatsB♭2 flatsF — 1 flatF1 flatAm — AmEm — EmBm — BmF♯m — F♯mC♯m — C♯mG♯m — G♯mE♭m — E♭mB♭m — B♭mFm — FmCm — CmGm — GmDm — Dm

Majors outside, their relative minors inside. Each step clockwise adds a sharp.

KeySignatureRecordingsMedian BPM
C majorno sharps and no flats713120.6
G major1 sharp597123.5
D major2 sharps543123.9
A major3 sharps641123.6
E major4 sharps478122.9
B major5 sharps169120
F♯ major6 sharps164120.3
D♭ major5 flats246117.9
A♭ major4 flats272122.5
E♭ major3 flats272123.4
B♭ major2 flats465120
F major1 flat596120
A minorno sharps and no flats502118.2
E minor1 sharp232127
B minor2 sharps96115.7
F♯ minor3 sharps107118
C♯ minor4 sharps129118
G♯ minor5 sharps91126.6
E♭ minor6 flats113112.1
B♭ minor5 flats221117.3
F minor4 flats207120
C minor3 flats163117
G minor2 flats117120
D minor1 flat331117.9

How the recordings spread across the 24

7,465 recordings, in circle-of-fifths ordermajorminor
7130C major: 713 recordingsC majorG major: 597 recordingsG majorD major: 543 recordingsD majorA major: 641 recordingsA majorE major: 478 recordingsE majorB major: 169 recordingsB majorF♯ major: 164 recordingsF♯ majorD♭ major: 246 recordingsD♭ majorA♭ major: 272 recordingsA♭ majorE♭ major: 272 recordingsE♭ majorB♭ major: 465 recordingsB♭ majorF major: 596 recordingsF majorA minor: 502 recordingsA minorE minor: 232 recordingsE minorB minor: 96 recordingsB minorF♯ minor: 107 recordingsF♯ minorC♯ minor: 129 recordingsC♯ minorG♯ minor: 91 recordingsG♯ minorE♭ minor: 113 recordingsE♭ minorB♭ minor: 221 recordingsB♭ minorF minor: 207 recordingsF minorC minor: 163 recordingsC minorG minor: 117 recordingsG minorD minor: 331 recordingsD minor

A recording counts once, under the key more than half of its analyses agreed on: 7,465 of the 7,600 recordings here, 98%. The 135 whose analyses never reached a majority are in none of the 24 lists, and say so on their own pages.