Progressions in Eb — Oud

Eb major harmonises to Eb – Fm – Gm – Ab – Bb – Cm – D°; D# minor to D#m – E#° – F# – G#m – A#m – B – C#. Each chord links to its Oud voicings, so a change in Eb 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.