Sometimes you just need to trust your ears & gut! If it sounds right & the vibe is great even if violates the Camelot wheel, just go for it!

Dude, this video and the "mixes that mesh" one have been a game changer for me. I've watched a number of your videos and your music is right up my street too. Thank you for sharing!

Excellent video, I think one important thing to add for new dj's out there is that with time, once your track lists begin to grow to the amount where you basically can "afford" to mix entire set in the same key, the whole issue becomes a minor one :)

That was the best demonstration on mixing in key I’ve seen. Nice 👍🏻

Easily the best demonstration on KZfaq for mixing in key. Thanks man.

I had started using the Camelot keys in Serato a few weeks ago just messing around matching the numbers/letters and did notice the mixes sounded much more natural, but wasnt sure what it all meant... Thank you for the detailed explanation!

very good video short and to the point !!! examples shown with guitar makes more clear everything

Thank you for shareing that knowledge, big apreciation!!!

Great explanation man, thanks a lot. I've watched some videos about key syncing and this was the best one! Great content!!

I love this kind of progressive house, can feel the Balkan Connection's vibe ;)

As usual, a very well explained tutorial. Thank you!

Beautiful and simplistic explanation. Thanks for sharing the knowledge 👍.

When I first started playing music for fun I heard about this but it was never fully explained to me. The wheel reminds me of the color wheel in photography. Nice to now have to get dark and twisted instantly. Thanks for vid

Thanks Arman for explaining keys in the simplest form for us🥰

i think i learned more in this video than my entire time in high school! you're a rockstar.

Thanks for the content. You explain very well. Useful tips!

Man you just told them the hidden secret of harmonic mixing in key :) .love your vedio bro

thanks so much Arman, greetings from NY

Thank you for everything! You are a nice Person. I could watch you for hours :)

Lawyer by day. DJ by night. ❤️ It.

Great video, thanks for sharing. The use of the guitar really helped too!

youre a Godsend thank you bro best wishes for you and your family

amazing video !! Thank you very much for this

helped a lot not a whole lot of good tutorials out there for this topic thanks!

Thank you!!! You are the best!

Never stop posting please. Can you upload videos that maybe are considered advanced techniques? And not so intermediate. Thanks in advance, arman!

Superb explainer video to help me take my DJing mixing skills to another level. Thank you Arman... :)

Very useful video! Thank you!

Great video bro. Very very informative. Thank you

I learned something new today. I didn't know that DJs had their own theory tools. :)

This guy is excellent!

This is a very good video for beginners because you can explain very well! Could you do more music theory? Greetings from north Germany mate!

Thank you so much !!

Thanks for the demo! Other people just talk talk talk ;)

good tunes too played!

those deep tracks slap

Thank you 🙏🏼

Thanks for your amazing video. just I wanna know which Key is better to start a Gig as a warm up to bring the energy into a dance flour ?!

Interesting video and your music theory is on point. Anyway even transitioning from compatible songs is always better to pay attention to the perfect phrasing on each song where to mix. As you showed on guitar some transitions can clash even between songs that shouldn’t. Depending by how much notes and chords are involved on each song.

It would be fun to have a Camelot wheel sticker to put directly into your cdj’s 😄

you are a god

@4:20 There are other possible harmonic moves besides the basic moves on the wheel (from r/beatmatch, I cannot take credit): Up or down by 2 (2 semitones), e.g. 8B --> 10B Up or down by 7 (1 semitone), e.g. 8B --> 3B If in major: up diagonally (e.g. 8B --> 9A) If in minor: down diagonally (e.g. 9A --> 8B) Major-to-minor or vice-versa: generally speaking, this means switching letters and subtracting 3 when in major (e.g. 1B --> 10A) or adding 3 when in minor Flat-to-minor: generally speaking, this means switching letters and adding 4 when in major (e.g. 5B --> 9A) or subtracting 4 when in minor It's also important to note that that even the best DJ software out there only get the key correct about 75% of the time ( I think Serato still is considered the most accurate, followed by Rekordbox). So always cue the track and listen to it first, your ears are always the best bet.

Thanks!!!!

very nice explained

Great info. Now what RC car you have. Seen the remote in the background. Cheers

Hello Arman, thanks a lot for your tutorials. I'd like to give my 2 cents to this topic. There are other options to mix in _compatible_ Keys: If you are in 8A you can go to: 8A, 9A, 7A, 8B, 3A, 1A, 10A, 6A, 11B. Let me explain: as Arman mentioned someone can choose the next track from the same/neighboring keys (7A, 8A, 9A, 8B). Also if you subtract -7 (small energy decrease) or add +7 (small energy boost) to the current sector you'll arrive at 1A or 3A. If you subtract -2 (high energy decrease) or +2 (high energy boost), you'll be at 6A or 10A. There aren't many major key tracks so it's easy to stuck in one of them. For example if you are in 8B you have 2 options: 8A or 5A. I think 8A is trivial so let's see 5A: one can go from major to minor by subtracting 3 and changing the letter (which is pretty much from C major to C minor). Also from minor to major by adding 3 and changing the latter 8A to 11B (A minor to A major). There is one more "major to minor" trick (it works less times than the rest): adding 1 and changing from B to A (8B -> 9A). Please note (in general about mixing in key): use your ears! Even tough two songs should be compatible and they kinda sound right, they doesn't necessarily fit together! However when the key and the vibe are matching then something magical flows into your ears ;) happy mixing! /zerogee/

Iv'e played Icky Thumps Riff and the place whent mad. Your explaing from a muscicians perspective, i'm giggling at the thought of how many heads this is going over.

hey ..cool tutorial ..thx..could you share the tracks you used ? Thx... keep up the good job

just great , so simple n easy

Hey Arman ! Thanks for all videos all of those so helpful ! The question is can i see key of track on my layout ?

How do you determine the energy of a song? I heard that there are rules for energy levels in a club and I am not sure about even what is the highest and lowest.

hello, first of all great videos... Im a musition and id like to mix some live performance together when mixing what's your advice?

I use Rekorddbox just as you, but as I’m a total beginner I have no Idea witch letters stand for witch key. Can you maby do a Video or post or maby a Graphic where you explain an Rekordbox Key contractions?

Hello! Thanks for the video. What about # or b chords?

How should one start off their sets? Should you start with a specific key? And end with one?

I'm new to DJing but I have some musical background and I've definitely found that analysis software (such as Mixed In Key) is a bit hit or miss for determining the key and I've started going through my music more carefully with a keyboard on hand to verify. One fairly common musical pattern that confuses the software is when the music mixes modes within the same key (for example A minor/8A and A major/11B). I've noticed Mixed In Key in particular will almost always favour the minor mode when detecting and this can be misleading when the intro and outro of a song are in a different mode than the body.

And what about gettin a Drum-machine/Groovebox for your own production?

If it sounds good, it is good.

بهترین زمان برای تغییر موزیک در ایون های ایرانی چقدر هست ، ممنونم ارمان جان

what's the last song name?sounds like good

Does the same go for minor progressions too? for example, if I'm playing a A Minor, it will go well with E Minor, D Minor and C Major? Or just E Minor and D Minor? When going from Major to Minor we go inside the circle, but can we also go from Minor to Major outside the circle?

Great tutorial, really helpful - thanks a lot :) What's the 1st track name?

Nice video. Thanks. That "camelot wheel" is the circle of fifths. I remember a text of John Cage (the future of music) talking about free modulation and I think maybe dj's should try that instead of modulating as usually: moving to the relative minor, clockwise to the fifth, counter-clockwise to the fourth and its relative minors, etc. Does it really sound "bad" when you mix two songs in keys that are not "allowed" by the tonal harmony?

So in Serato there is a music note. Below the Camelot guide. From 6a it goes to -1 or 11a or to the right for 1A or +1 why is that?

Greetings from Ukraine! Man thx a lot for your videos. Can you show plz how you understand that one track is D major and another one A major, does there is some sign on CDJ or you understand it by ears only?

Great post, I've been djing for a while but I don't have any formal musical education and this a revelation for me though I think this ways of mixing could be very limiting also. What do you think? Do you always mixed in key?

What's the name of the stand is your audio monitors? The ones on the desk at the beginning not the ones at ur cdjs

Bad booth monitors or no booth monitors have presented a problem in the ppast making it very difficult to mix in key. I like to hear the music in the booth, if i can't then i have to do it through the headphones which sucks really.

what board do u use

so general rule can also be: don't change the "number" too much? like just going from 5B to 8B instead of 9B? And what about: from 5B to 8B OR 5B to 7A? And what about "key sync button"? Worth using it?

Nice! Next video: advanced mixing techniques? Specifically for PROGRESSIVE music? Or do you always mix the same way, reducing mid and low to zero then gradually bringing them in? Surely there are more ways... Or am I making it unnecessarily complicated?

Hello Arman I use rekordbox to process the music but it only gives me the key, not with the number as to use the Camelot wheel, how can I do to get this information that I will need when mixing? thanks for the video, great content as always!

Dude what you are talking about. Deep House is not dark! It's uplifting! It has a soul. It's when you get down deep in your gut, and it comes out on the dancefloor. I didn't learn how the mix in the key using the Camelot wheel. I listen to tracks and trust my ears and the basis. You are making this harder than it is.

are you wearing a tesla plate ?

The challenge is that you have to have enough songs to move around the wheel, otherwise you'll be stuck in a key range. This is a challenge that I haven't seen any DJ's talk about. IMO any DJ will have to jump keys ar some point, regardless.

So 12A and 12B is major and minor with the same notes. And 1A and 1B is also major and minor with the same notes. And we can go to 1A from 12A but why can’t we go from 1A to 12B because 12A and 12B have the exact same notes . Can anyone please explain?

I’m new to djing but have been a muso for a while. Have just realised now that the Camelot wheel is basically an offset circle of fifths, with colours...

Ok this is the classic theory of harmony the circle of 5ths and 4ths backwards what about the modal theory there is some interesting mixture over there not necessarily clashing,,,,,i am also not sure for the second example if this is the same good as the first one....

I see your RC car remote in the back! (or RC boat?)

Skip to 3:00 if you dont want to be patronised out of your fucking mind by this guy.

how do you figure out which key is the track playing on? Does it show on the DJ Console you are using? or is it by hearing?

And the track used in the video pls

I've been practicing DJing for 4 months and know the camelote wheel by heart, but Serato doesn't show any keys for some tracks. How can I fix this?

Sorry if this sounds silly, but how do you know in advance what key the tracks are in?

What’s more accurate, keys analysed by rekordbox or mixed in key? I have both, and I’m getting some mixed results.

Hey dude the so called bad mix at the end doesnt sound bad at all to me.

what is the track playing at 12:30 ?

the wheel 3:15

Let me give you my personnal experience. To mix in key means that you should mix G minor with G minor or G major. So in this case, 6A goes with 6A and 9B. What I observed is that for every minor key (keys that end with A in the caamelot wheel), the equivalent major key is always 3 digits up. Example: 6A goes with 9B, 5A goes with 8B, 4A with 7B, 12A with 3B... I am not saying that other approaches are wrong. Of course not. You need to know that 9A and 9B consisit of the same notes, same as 8A and 8B and so on, but these notes do not come in the same order. So if you can't mix in the same key as 7A anymore (meaning you have no more 7A or 10B), you can try to change the key and jump from 7A to 7B. You are now in the key of F major and you can perfectly mix your music together using F major (7B) or F minor (4A). Of course, you can choose to not mix in key sometimes. If you think a track in A minor will nicely complement a track in D minor, go for it! I have done it several times when I felt like it's time to get things moving in a slightly different direction. The main idea here is: trust your ears!

What about OCTAVES ? You can skip a few close related, then move inbetween OCTAVES.

teaching us about keys but playing it on an out of tune guitar.....priceless! :)

Some videos are saying the other way like reversed t not the letter t you showed

is this nessecary for techno?

your talking audio is much, much better with that lav mic, good job! however there's still a lot of background hiss, would be ideal if you could remove that in your upcoming videos. keep it up!

Question! Usually dj:s order their tracs by bmp. How can i know is my next track with kinda same key?

If you're using the Camelot Wheel, you must be a Knight of the Round Turntable...

yeah. this is good to know. but sets will tend to sound super boring no non djs...better to change things up imo.

The Doubt is can we mix on the same keys . Eg : A Major to A Major

Now for some creative uses with keys kzfaq.info/get/bejne/adaGjNmpxJ6lZKc.html

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