Progressions in Bb — Oud

Bb major harmonises to Bb – Cm – Dm – Eb – F – Gm – A°; Bb minor to Bbm – C° – Db – Ebm – Fm – Gb – Ab. Each chord links to its Oud voicings, so a change in Bb becomes a short list of positions rather than a search.

This diatonic table is Western tertian theory, laid over an instrument whose own repertoire leans on maqam more often than on chord changes — a useful map when the oud sits in a mixed ensemble, and honestly labelled as a borrowed lens rather than the instrument's native one.