HOW TO MIX IN KEY - Harmonic Mixing DJ Tutorial

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[pixelpusher]

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 you 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/

[pclp]

3:59 I got you. I come from guitar playing back ground so I naturally will mix key like i'm playing guitar chords. Like Emaj sounds good with C#min. or Emaj to Amaj to Dmaj

[VamsyMudilimusic]

I love your tips All the time 🎸🎸🎸❤🎤😍😍 you are my favorite Dj producer

[kajatanmusic]

instead of learning it by heat, just remember that your relative major is 3 semitones above your relative minor.

[gracefullygraceful]

Good knowledge, but i think EQ can be used to tame the incoming track to prevent clashes on instrumentation. Plus your demo could show cases

[adriangaitan]

It is called harmonic mixing. Great videos, found your vlogg about a week ago and I have seen a lot of videos. I like your down to earth vibe and honesty. Keep it up!

[techsavvyhero]

Nice tutorial on keys for DJ mixing! cheers

[ktmareemusic]

Thank you so much! Loving your videos!!

[EduardoLobatoDJ]

Mixing in key in a club is mostly useless (there is exceptions, like chill-outs or lounges). I've been in the business +20 years, and when you do a DJ set you move the music over the feeling of the people, how you read them, because you play for them to dance. Only producer sets are normally ready in key, and is more about showing the new productions than reading the crowd. There's a BIG difference between a DJ and a producer, being one of them doesn't makes you the other automatically, but of course you can be both at the same time. The sets presented by many producers in festivals are mostly not played as DJ, many professionals in the business will tell you this, Laidback Luke is one of the examples of someone that tells this openly.

[hmnth]

Thanks for the amazing response! Loved the tutorial!!

[treibklang]

nice and this is answer my quesstions of all mixed in camolet or origenial key

[TranceCore]

I vastly prefer using the actual circle of 5ths, but when it comes to DJing, I use the camelot wheel for organizing and music curation since record pools put their music in those categories

[mitevmusic]

Tonality synchron is not always working because of the chords and harmony, you need harmony synchron. It is not possible that the chord is Subdominant (IV) and the vocal sings VII Dominant, for example - you have direct tritonus (augmented quart) that sounds horrible. The example you show even sounds quite strange - chords are A - G - E- F, the singer sings E together with the chords and this octave sounds quite strange. Best solution is to take rhythm from one track and add harmony and melody from the other, like that avoiding interval, harmony and tonality chocking.

[vickkebhawnaani]

Can we use the Camelot wheel for a Hip Hop set ??

[simonprice]

I realised that mixing in key was totally unnecessary when I found out that
Raze break for love and
Sidney youngblood if I only I could
Which sound very similar and mix a treat, have TOTALLY different keys.

[kajatanmusic]

relative minor or relative major is a better term instead of "parallel key"

[DeliahBlade]

I prefer chamelot wheel why because is make for me simple to understand.The the key.

[angelbenitez]

What’s the name of the song on the intro

[patrickyore]

Tarantula form Pleasurekraft... Remember playing this one years ago 😂

[verticostate]

I was aware of the camelot method.. but not the general key scale method. Thanks Jon.