Mixing in 3B (D♭ Major)

3B is D♭ Major on the Camelot wheel — a luminous major that lifts a room without being syrupy. The shape of a transition out of 3B depends entirely on which direction you move.

Stepping clockwise from 3B (D♭ Major) to 4B (A♭ 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 3B to 2B (F♯ 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 3A (B♭ 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 3B the dominant genres are Techno (Peak Time / Driving), Progressive House, and Indie Dance (Techno (Peak Time / Driving) alone accounts for around 6% of the catalogue’s tracks in this key). That genre weight matters: a clockwise lift from 3B most often lands you in adjacent techno (peak time / driving) territory, which is why the safe move tends to feel inevitable rather than surprising.

Tracks like Man I Need by Olivia Dean and American Girls by Harry Styles sit in 3B — 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 4B or 3A and the relationship becomes audible.