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7A: D minor

Chord Dm · Open Key 12m · minor key

7A is D minor, a melancholic, powerful key that shows up a lot in dubstep and melodic house & techno. Its relative 7B (F major) is rare in clubs: from 7A, transitions mostly go through 6A and 8A.

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7A · D minor

In color: the key and its compatible neighbors. Click another key to switch.

Compatible keys

From 7A, the first four mix in without a clash. The two boosts change the color of the music: save them for the right moment.

  • 7Asame key D minor1,108 tracks in the catalog
  • 6Aneighbor -1 G minor1,811 tracks in the catalog
  • 8Aneighbor +1 A minor1,540 tracks in the catalog
  • 7Brelative (A ↔ B) F major132 tracks in the catalog
  • 9Aboost +2 E minor1,593 tracks in the catalog
  • 2Aboost +7 E♭ minor1,223 tracks in the catalog

7A in the catalog

1,108 tracks are in 7A, or 6.4% of the catalog: the 7th most common key out of 24. Here's how their energy breaks down.

Genres where 7A shows up most

Share of each genre's tracks that are in 7A. Across the whole catalog, that share is 6.4%.

Most downloaded tracks in 7A

  1. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! X Freed From Desire (Toys Mashup)Toys · Nu Disco130 BPM7A
  2. Wtf (Extended Mix)Roland Clark, Broken Hill, Dvirnuns · Tech House127.1 BPM7A
  3. I Never Knew (Extended Mix)Adam Ten · Tech House125 BPM7A
  4. Somebody That I Used To Know (2026 Remix) (Extended Mix) (Clean)David Guetta, Artbat, Gotye, Kimbra · EDM127.1 BPM7A
  5. Rise SlowKimo Sounds · Deep House124 BPM7A
  6. Proper Education (Extended)G-Pol · Tech House125 BPM7A
  7. Tik Tok (Intro Clean)Kesha · Pop119.8 BPM7A
  8. Boogie Wonderland (Nu Disco Mix)Hp Vince & Discotron · Nu Disco126.1 BPM7A
  9. I Just Might (Intro)Bruno Mars · Pop103 BPM7A
  10. Believe In Yourself (Extended Mix)Chris Stussy · Deep House126 BPM7A
  11. Jamaican (Bam Bam)Hugel & Solto (Fr) · Afro House124.8 BPM7A
  12. Go Again (Extended)Roger Sanchez & Hugel · Afro House126 BPM7A

A sequence you can play from 7A

Four tracks from the catalog, less than 3 BPM apart, linked by compatible moves.

  1. 1Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! X Freed From Desire (Toys Mashup)Toys · Nu Disco130 BPM7Astart
  2. 2Release Me (Extended) (Clean)Agnes · Dance Pop128 BPM7Asame key
  3. 3Danza Kuduro (Jesus Baez Remix) (Clean)Don Omar · Dance Pop128 BPM8Aneighbor +1
  4. 4Club Can't Handle Me (Feat. David Guetta) (Extended)Flo Rida Ft. David Guetta · Dance Pop128 BPM8Brelative (A ↔ B)