Progressions in Db — Oud

Db major harmonises to Db – Ebm – Fm – Gb – Ab – Bbm – C°; C# minor to C#m – D#° – E – F#m – G#m – A – B. Each chord links to its Oud voicings, so a change in Db 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.