Key Combinationsīelow are some examples of key combinations I like to use and how they affect the energy of the crowd. For DJs, it is just a handy chart that will guide you to choose what tracks will go well together better. This chart is really helpful when composing melodies and harmonies because it helps you figure out notes that work together and sound the most musical. Music theory wise, the Camelot wheel represents the ‘Circle of Fifths.’ The Circle of Fifths shows the relationships among the twelve tones of the chromatic scale, their corresponding key signatures, and their associated relative minor and major keys. To follow the chart, you can mix between songs by subtracting one ‘hour’ (-1), adding one ‘hour’ (+1) or staying in the same ‘hour.’ So if you are in the key of ’4A,’ the next song can be 3A, 4A, or 5A. The ‘B’ letter represents major keys, and the ‘A’ letter represents the minor keys. For example, 4 o’clock corresponds to 4B or 4A. The Camelot Wheel lists musical keys that are displayed as ‘hours’ on a clock. Once you’re done scanning all of your music, there is a simple chart you can follow called the ‘Camelot Wheel’ that will tell you which keys are compatible. Mixed In Key also works great for analyzing acapellas, so your mashups are in key.
MIXED IN KEY CHART SOFTWARE
The most popular harmonic mixing software is called ‘Mixed In Key.’ This software allows you to analyze all your music folders and label your songs with tags such as Artist, Comments, Title, or Key depending on which field you choose in the Mixed In Key preferences.
Today there is technology that will actually go through your entire music collection and write the musical keys into the metadata of your songs, so you can then view the different keys in Traktor, iTunes, Ableton, Serato or whatever your DJ Program of choice is. One thing you might be saying to yourself at this point is “this is all great, but I don’t know anything about music theory.” Well, fear not. Producers can benefit from harmonic mixing because they can figure out the key of all their musical loops and find samples that are in the same key of the track they are making.
Artists and bands who are putting out albums can order their albums by key to sell more records since it keeps their listeners interested and wanting more with each song. Even wedding DJ’s and Radio DJ’s who don’t mix will benefit from harmonic mixing. Harmonic mixing works for every genre of music from Hip Hop, House, Dubstep to Ambient and Techno. When you mix harmonically, your vocals, melodies, and basslines will be in key, and will blend musically, making your tracks appear to “sing” with one another. Not only will harmonic mixing help you choose records that are musically compatible quicker and make your DJ sets flow better, but it will also sonically improve your sound since you are playing tracks that compliment each other.
MIXED IN KEY CHART FULL
Mixing harmonically allows DJs to have full control over the energy of the room because they can pick keys that boost and lower the energy of the crowd. Once they know the key of all their tracks, they can then sort their music collection by key and play tracks that are in the same or complementing keys so that the songs they play will appear to “sing” together. In order to mix harmonically, DJs must know the musical keys of all of the records they play. More and more DJ’s today are mixing “in key” or mixing “harmonically.” Some DJ’s who use harmonic mixing religiously include Armin Van Buuren, BT, David Guetta, DJ Shadow, DJ Skribble, Dubfire, Enferno, Marcus Shulz, Nic Fanciulli, Nick Warren, Paul Oakenfold, Pete Tong, Reid Speed, Roger Sanchez, Saeed Younan, Spor, Tiesto, and many others. For example, a song in the key of C Minor has its harmonic center or “do” at note C and revolves around a minor scale. A key is the major or minor scale around which a piece of music revolves.
Have you ever heard two songs that when mixed together, sounded like they were “meant to be” and went perfectly together from beginning to end, and almost appeared to be singing together? Most likely, the reason these two songs probably sounded so good together is because they are “in key” with one another. In this harmonic mixing guide, Dubspot instructor and contributor to the ‘Mixed in Key’ algorithm, DJ Endo shares his knowledge about an innovative way to mix tracks that are harmonically compatible with each other using software that analyzes your music.
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