Mixing in 12B (E Major)

12B is E Major on the Camelot wheel — a glossy, peak-time major. The shape of a transition out of 12B depends entirely on which direction you move.

Stepping clockwise from 12B (E Major) to 1B (B Major) creates a subtle energy lift — the harmony brightens by a perfect fifth, which Mixgraph’s scoring engine treats as forward momentum. Pair it with a small BPM increase and the mix reads as a deliberate build, not a drift.

Counter-clockwise from 12B to 11B (A Major) releases tension — the harmony darkens by a fifth and the engine reads it as an energy ease. It’s the move for breakdowns, warm-downs, and the long taper out of a peak.

The same-number flip to 12A (C♯ Minor) keeps the root pitch but swaps major for minor — a mood change rather than an energy change. Use it when you want to keep the room grounded but shift the emotional colour.

In 12B the dominant genres are Psy-Trance, Techno (Peak Time / Driving), and Indie Dance (Psy-Trance alone accounts for around 8% of the catalogue’s tracks in this key). That genre weight matters: a clockwise lift from 12B most often lands you in adjacent psy-trance territory, which is why the safe move tends to feel inevitable rather than surprising.

Tracks like DtMF by Bad Bunny and The Less I Know The Better by Tame Impala sit in 12B — useful reference points if you want to hear the harmonic colour of the key before planning a transition. Try mixing one of them into something in 1B or 12A and the relationship becomes audible.