Progressions in E — Oud

E major harmonises to E – F#m – G#m – A – B – C#m – D#°; E minor to Em – F#° – G – Am – Bm – C – D. Each chord links to its Oud voicings, so a change in E 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.