Key & Harmony

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.

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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
Camelot	Musical	Open	Safe	Energy	Advanced
1A	A♭ minor	6m	2A12A1B2B12B10B	3A11A4A10A	8A5A
2A	E♭ minor	7m	3A1A2B3B1B11B	4A12A5A11A	9A6A
3A	B♭ minor	8m	4A2A3B4B2B12B	5A1A6A12A	10A7A
4A	F minor	9m	5A3A4B5B3B1B	6A2A7A1A	11A8A
5A	C minor	10m	6A4A5B6B4B2B	7A3A8A2A	12A9A
6A	G minor	11m	7A5A6B7B5B3B	8A4A9A3A	1A10A
7A	D minor	12m	8A6A7B8B6B4B	9A5A10A4A	2A11A
8A	A minor	1m	9A7A8B9B7B5B	10A6A11A5A	3A12A
9A	E minor	2m	10A8A9B10B8B6B	11A7A12A6A	4A1A
10A	B minor	3m	11A9A10B11B9B7B	12A8A1A7A	5A2A
11A	F♯ minor	4m	12A10A11B12B10B8B	1A9A2A8A	6A3A
12A	D♭ minor	5m	1A11A12B1B11B9B	2A10A3A9A	7A4A

Major Keys (B)

Major Camelot keys: musical key, Open Key, and safe / energy / advanced compatible keys
Camelot	Musical	Open	Safe	Energy	Advanced
1B	B major	6d	2B12B1A2A12A4A	3B11B4B10B	8B5B
2B	F♯ major	7d	3B1B2A3A1A5A	4B12B5B11B	9B6B
3B	D♭ major	8d	4B2B3A4A2A6A	5B1B6B12B	10B7B
4B	A♭ major	9d	5B3B4A5A3A7A	6B2B7B1B	11B8B
5B	E♭ major	10d	6B4B5A6A4A8A	7B3B8B2B	12B9B
6B	B♭ major	11d	7B5B6A7A5A9A	8B4B9B3B	1B10B
7B	F major	12d	8B6B7A8A6A10A	9B5B10B4B	2B11B
8B	C major	1d	9B7B8A9A7A11A	10B6B11B5B	3B12B
9B	G major	2d	10B8B9A10A8A12A	11B7B12B6B	4B1B
10B	D major	3d	11B9B10A11A9A1A	12B8B1B7B	5B2B
11B	A major	4d	12B10B11A12A10A2A	1B9B2B8B	6B3B
12B	E major	5d	1B11B12A1A11A3A	2B10B3B9B	7B4B

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 (+7) 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.

Comparison

Camelot Wheel vs Circle of Fifths

The Camelot wheel and the circle of fifths represent the same musical relationships. Adjacent keys are harmonically compatible in both systems. The difference is notation: the circle of fifths uses standard key signatures (C major, A minor, G major), while the Camelot wheel simplifies this to numbers and letters (8B, 8A, 9B). For DJs, the Camelot system is faster to read at a glance during a live set. For producers with music theory knowledge, the circle of fifths provides more context about chord relationships. Both systems map 1:1, so use whichever feels more natural. See our interactive Camelot wheel, or read the complete Camelot wheel guide for DJs.

Software notation

Key Notation by DJ Software

Rekordbox, displays Camelot notation (1A-12B) natively
Traktor, uses Open Key notation (1m-12d). Use our key converter to translate
Serato, supports both Camelot and standard musical key notation
Mixed In Key, analyzes audio files and writes Camelot codes to metadata
Ableton / DAWs, use standard musical key notation. Refer to the tables above to convert

Explore

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:

1A 1B 2A 2B 3A 3B 4A 4B 5A 5B 6A 6B 7A 7B 8A 8B 9A 9B 10A 10B 11A 11B 12A 12B

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

1A 1B 2A 2B 3A 3B 4A 4B 5A 5B 6A 6B 7A 7B 8A 8B 9A 9B 10A 10B 11A 11B 12A 12B

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Methodology

Last updated May 4, 2026

Author and Methodology

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

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How this page is made: Tool pages are built from reusable page logic, internal DJ reference data, and visible on-page calculations. Programmatic reference pages are generated from structured data rather than hand-written one by one.

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

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.

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