Harmonic Mixing Chart

Each row is one of the 24 keys. The Camelot column shows DJ-software notation (1A through 12B), the Open Key column shows Mixed In Key's alternative shorthand (1d through 12m), and the Musical column shows the traditional name. The Mode column tells you whether the key is major or minor. The Tracks column shows how many tracks in the Mixgraph catalog are tagged in that key — useful for spotting which keys are over- or under-represented in modern dance music.

Camelot is engineered to make compatible keys look obviously related: 8A and 9A are adjacent on the wheel and they share four pitches, so they sound good together. In musical notation those keys are A minor and E minor, which look unrelated unless you know the circle of fifths. The chart shows both views so you can pick whichever notation makes the relationship clearest in your head — and copy the right format for whichever software you're working in.

Yes, dramatically. Sort the chart by Tracks (descending) and you'll see a strong skew toward minor keys at certain Camelot numbers — particularly 8A (A minor), 11A (F♯ minor), 6A (G minor) and 1A (G♯ minor). These are the "cinematic" keys most associated with darker, atmospheric dance music, and producers gravitate toward them by default. Major keys with bright timbres (5B / E♭ major, 8B / C major) also show up well because they suit uplifting trance, festival anthems and pop crossovers.

It depends on the key you're in, and not in the way the rules imply. Every move in the table is one step on the wheel, but the shelf you land on is a different size every time — across the 24 keys the richest available move holds a median 2.8 times the material of the thinnest one. The stock table above works it out per key from the live catalog. Two patterns are worth internalising: the tonal shift (same number, flip the letter) is the thinnest move available out of 7 keys, because most dance music is minor and half those swaps drop you onto the major side; and the tritone, which everyone treats as a special-occasion move, is the richest option out of 5 precisely because it launches from a thin key onto a fat one. None of that says which move sounds best — it says which one gives you something to play.

Yes — the table scrolls horizontally on narrow screens, and the expand-row interaction works with taps. For a one-page printable version designed specifically for phone screens or a clipboard reference, check the Camelot wheel cheat sheet linked below.

A "safe match" relationship — same number, ±1 number same letter, or A↔B at the same number — shares four out of seven pitches with the source key, so chord-bearing layers from the two tracks rarely clash. An "energy boost" (number +2 same letter) shares three out of seven pitches, which sounds like a deliberate lift in mood and tension. Advanced moves like the tritone share only two pitches and are inherently dramatic — they work as planned moments rather than seamless blends. Click any row in the chart above to see exactly which keys fall into each tier for that source.