1B — B major
Camelot 1B · B · Open Key 6d · 3 safe moves · 3 energy moves
What mixes with 1B
Every key below shares enough notes with B major to hold a blend. The wheel is ordered so neighbours are related, not so numbers are: 1B sits one step from 2B and 12B, and directly across the letter from 1A.
- 1AA♭m
Relative minor · Relative minor
Same notes, darker mood. Good for pulling the room back down after a peak.
- 2BF♯
One step up · +1 · up a fifth
One step clockwise. The classic smooth move — a small, almost invisible lift.
- 12BE
One step down · −1 · down a fifth
One step counter-clockwise. Same smoothness, softer landing.
- 3BD♭
Energy boost · +2 · energy boost
Two steps clockwise. Noticeably brighter and more urgent — the standard build move.
- 11BA
Energy drop · −2 · energy drop
Two steps back. Drains tension fast. Use after a peak, not during one.
- 8BC
Mood change · +7 · mood change
Seven steps clockwise. A hard mood swap that still works — reach for it once a set.
- 2AE♭m
Diagonal up · Diagonal
Works when the melody is thin. Test it before you trust it in a set.
- 12AC♯m
Diagonal down · Diagonal
Works when the melody is thin. Test it before you trust it in a set.
What clashes
Distance on the wheel is dissonance. Put 6B under 1B and the two tracks disagree about which notes are in the key — a sour, unsettled sound that no amount of EQ fixes. Anything three or more steps away on the same letter does it.
- 6BB♭
Avoid · Clash
5 steps away. The two tracks fight — this is the sound you’re learning to avoid.
The notes in B major
- B
- C♯
- D♯
- E
- F♯
- G♯
- A♯
Seven notes, one of each letter. Two keys mix when these sets overlap: 1B and 1A contain exactly the same seven, which is why the relative move is free.
The loop the trainer plays in 1B
- BI
- F♯V
- G♯mvi
- EIV
Four bars, one chord each — the same progression in every key and every genre, so the only thing that changes when you move round the wheel is the key itself. That is the whole point: it trains the ear on the move, not on the track.
Hear 1B in the trainerQuestions
- What key is Camelot 1B?
- 1B is B major, written B. In Open Key notation — Traktor, Beatport — the same key is 6d.
- What keys mix with 1B?
- 1A, 2B, 12B are the safe moves: the relative minor, and one step either way round the wheel. 1B under 1B is free, of course. 3B and 11B are the two-step energy moves — bigger lift, bigger drop, still harmonically sound.
- Which keys clash with 1B?
- Anything more than two steps away on the same letter. 6B is the classic example: 5 steps away. The two tracks fight — this is the sound you’re learning to avoid.