But, you can find songs that are much different numerically camelot-wise that can be mixed with others. You may be able to find a spot where this isn't the case, but by the time you've mixed in, you could be clashing.īasically, your best odds of not having clashing music are to use the +/- 1 or same number different letter approach. The higher the numerical difference you go on the camelot wheel, the more different notes exist between the two keys and therefore the music sounds clashing or dissonant. THE CAMELOT WHEEL The Camelot Wheel acts as a Harmonic Clock that displays major keys on the outer ring and minor keys on the inner ring. The odds of you hitting the different note at the same time (causing dissonance) is slim. Using Harmonic theory can make your DJ set flow smoother and give you the ability to change the energy of the room like a Pro. Now youve done that: really get their pulse racing. Like someone raising the tone of their voice, you grabbed peoples attention more. Going +/- 1 in the camelot wheel (from 6a to 7a or 5a) there is only one note difference from one musical key to the other. Sort your Spotify playlists by any of a wide range of musical attributes such as tempo, loudness, valence, energy, danceability, popularity and more. You increased the tone a little to a higher tone. Mixing in key, or harmonic mixing, is crucial to mixing a good DJ set made easy by The Camelot. It jettisons any pretence of showing the keys in note order, to instead show those that work harmonically together.

Remember, the Camelot Wheel is an adaptation of the Circle of Fifths, an established musicians’ tool designed for this purpose. When they recommend going from 6a to 6b, it's because the notes in those musical keys are the same. The Camelot Wheel visualizes the relationship between keys. For that, the only right way to use the Camelot wheel is exactly as we’re describing here. Playing the subdominant key of the relative major/minor key (-1 on the Camelot Wheel and. It really depends on the notes being played at any given moment, especially when you go from one camelot wheel 'key' to another. that is different and the combination sounds great.

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