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Combining modern techniques and old performance traditions

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Expanding
Traditional Boundaries

Redefining the parameters of both the Middle Eastern music and traditional double bass playing

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People

Bringing the double bass to Middle Eastern music lovers and bringing the music to double bass enthusiasts

Welcome to DoubleBassEast.com

Home of Middle Eastern Double Bass

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Watch the countless musical settings the Middle Eastern double bass can be heard in.

dig in to it

Explore the different resources on the website to learn about the Middle Eastern double bass.

experience it

Find out how to execute the special musical elements of Middle Eastern music, and take some of it into your playing.

Welcome to DoubleBassEast.com

Home of Middle Eastern Double Bass

hear it

Listen to the Middle Eastern double bass and the countless musical settings it can be heard in.

dig in to it

Explore the different resources on the website to learn about the Middle Eastern double bass.

experience it

Find out how to execute the special musical elements of Middle Eastern music, and take some of it into your playing.

From The Blog

Classical Arabic Music Primary Terms

Classical Arabic Music Primary Terms

Here are a few Important Primary terms of classical Arabic music. This list is taken from my yet

The Double Bass and Middle Eastern Music- Introduction

The Double Bass and Middle Eastern Music- Introduction

Update: This was the first of a series of posts explaining how the double bass was accepted

A Brief History of Arabic Music up to the 20th Century

A Brief History of Arabic Music up to the 20th Century

The history of Arabic music can be divided into several main periods. The first is the pre-Islamic

Ornamentation in Arabic Music

Ornamentation in Arabic Music

One of the challenges we face when playing the double-bass as a solo instrument in Arabic music,