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Camelot Wheel Cheat Sheet

A quick-reference grid of all 24 Camelot keys with every named mix relationship: safe matches, energy shifts, and advanced moves: plus Open Key and standard musical notation. Bookmark or print this page to keep it near your DJ setup.

  • DJ-ready reference
  • Printable
  • Methodology included

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Camelot Wheel Cheat Sheet: printable PDF
One A4 page: wheel diagram, 24-key compatibility table, mix rules. Free, attribution only.
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13 relationships per key: Safe, Energy, Advanced

Minor Keys (A)

Minor Camelot keys: musical key, Open Key, and safe / energy / advanced compatible keys
CamelotMusicalOpenSafeEnergyAdvanced
1AA♭ minor6m
2AE♭ minor7m
3AB♭ minor8m
4AF minor9m
5AC minor10m
6AG minor11m
7AD minor12m
8AA minor1m
9AE minor2m
10AB minor3m
11AF♯ minor4m
12AD♭ minor5m

Major Keys (B)

Major Camelot keys: musical key, Open Key, and safe / energy / advanced compatible keys
CamelotMusicalOpenSafeEnergyAdvanced
1BB major6d
2BF♯ major7d
3BD♭ major8d
4BA♭ major9d
5BE♭ major10d
6BB♭ major11d
7BF major12d
8BC major1d
9BG major2d
10BD major3d
11BA major4d
12BE major5d

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Reading the table

How to Read the Cheat Sheet

  • Safe: perfect-harmony, ±1 step, tonal flip, diagonal mixes, compatible tone. Predictable blends.
  • Energy: ±2 and ±3 same-letter jumps. Clear lift or drop in mood.
  • Advanced: tritone (+6) and related-key (+4). Effective when the rest of the mix earns the surprise.
  • The small chevrons next to each code show energy direction and intensity at a glance.

Need the theory behind these moves? Read the complete Camelot wheel guide for DJs. For every key's Camelot, Open Key, and musical notation side by side, use the DJ key chart.

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Browse Each Key in Detail

Each Camelot code has its own deep-dive page with the musical key, compatible keys, real tracks in that key, and the genres that live there:

Or hear each key in real catalogues, browse the tracks and DJs who play in it in the directory:

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Maintained by Ben Modigell, founder of Vibes. Ben builds DJ library, preparation, BPM, and harmonic-mixing tools for working DJs.

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BPM, key, and genre labels can vary by edit, remaster, detection engine, and DJ software. Use these pages as a practical mixing reference, then verify important tracks in your own library.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Camelot chart, dj keys chart and mixing key chart are all names for the same reference: the 24 musical keys laid out so the compatible ones sit next to each other. The Camelot numbering came out of Mixed In Key, which is why a mixed in key chart means this layout too, and why rekordbox, Serato and Traktor all display the codes even though none of them invented the system.
Find the code of the track playing, then look at its neighbours. Same number and same letter is the same key; same number, other letter is the relative major or minor; one step up or down the number is the safe move. That is the whole of a harmonic mixing key chart: three moves from wherever you are, which is why it fits on one printed page.
Find your current track's Camelot code in the table, then read across the Safe, Energy, and Advanced columns to see every harmonically related key. Safe matches mix without surprise. Energy shifts add a clear lift or drop. Advanced relationships are bigger gambles: use them when you want a moment.
A indicates a minor key and B indicates a major key. Each number (1-12) has both an A (minor) and B (major) version. Keys with the same number but different letters are relative major/minor pairs and mix smoothly together.
Yes: click Print at the top of the page or use your browser's print function (Ctrl+P / Cmd+P). The layout is tuned for one A4 page in black-on-white, with site chrome hidden so you get just the reference grid.
Both represent the 24 musical keys in a circular arrangement, but the Camelot wheel uses a simplified number+letter system (1A-12B) designed for DJs, while the circle of fifths uses standard music notation (C major, A minor). They map to each other directly: the Camelot wheel is just a DJ-friendly wrapper around the same music theory.