Progressions in Ab — Oud

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