In the studio scenario the two vocals in the duet complement each other because they are in the same key. In the first instance, the two keys, D major and B major, do not mix harmonically. In Western music, there are only 24 possible keys. So why don't duets like these work in a club, but succeed in the music studio? They perform a duet - Madonna sings in a low voice and Kylie sings in a high voice, but in the same key, perhaps D major. Imagine that Kylie and Madonna are recording together in the same studio. Most people can often tell when something is out of tune, especially if it's two singers. Madonna's vocal is not in the same key as Kylie Minogue. When you play a Madonna vocal in D major on top of a Kylie Minogue vocal in B major, this could get a little sour. When you play the same song back-to-back, the mix will always sound pleasant because the key and the tempo are the same. Harmonic mixing is a process of mixing between harmonically compatible songs. Although harmonic mixing seems complicated at first, it is actually very simple. Many famous DJs currently use harmonic mixing to supplement their beatmatching technique. I learned this technique from watching DJ Sasha, Armin Van Buuren and Miguel Migs. Harmonic Mixing is a technique that I use to transition between songs while I am DJ'ing. Tutorial #1 "Harmonic Mixing using Camelot Notation" Mixed In Key has low memory usage, so it should run alongside Ableton Live. Save your last 10 song results into your collection.Display harmonically-compatible song combinations.Create browsable collections, drag-and-drop supported.Mixed In Key helps users mix songs harmonically, with no clashing vocals and harmonic elements. Mixed In Key is a Windows application that finds the musical key of songs for musicians and professional DJs. If you need some help analyzing your music library for keys, try the Mixed in Key app.A free version of Mixed In Key is now available for download. Most DJ softwares will give you the musical key of your songs as part of the track information. With tools such as Serato Pitch ‘n Time, you can effortlessly change the key of a given track and often times you are only one or two tones away from being in tune with another track. You can essentially work your way around the Camelot Wheel above to get to any musical key. All of these are keys that will sound harmonic when mixing and will make your separate songs sound like they belong together. For example, G Major (9B) is a hue of red similar to it’s associated minor key, E Minor (9A), and the adjacent Major keys, D Major and C Major. Take a look at the Circle of Fifths above and you should be able to see that musical keys that are adjacent to one another are similar in notation and have a similar color. You don’t need to dive into a lot of music theory to understand that songs with the same and/or harmonic music keys will sound better together. That element can be a word, a melody, or the magic of harmonic keys. That is your ears recognizing that what you are currently listening has some familiar elements to another song you know. The more you listen to music, the more instances of “this song would sound good with that song” you will have that is no coincidence. Have you ever had two songs tempo matched perfectly and then when you actually play the songs together, something just doesn’t sound right? Chances are the songs are in dissonant keys.
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