Volume 19, December 2025
The Double Bass: Becoming the Foundation of the Orchestra by Victoria Bakewell and The Heartbeat of Jazz: The Multifaceted Role of the Jazz Bass through the Eyes of Jazz Architects by Dr. Seungyoung Hong
Volume 18, February 2024
E-portfolios as Learning Tools for Applied Double Bass Study; a Research-Based, Practice Oriented Approach by Mark Elliot Bergman
Volume 17, June 2023
Learning Strategies for Complex Rhythms: Approaching Richard Barrett's splinter for contrabass solo (2018-2022) by Kathryn Schulmeister
Volume 16, October 2022
A Technical Guidance for the Dragonetti Concerto In A Major By Édouard Nanny and Beyond by Irmak Sabuncu
Volume 15, June 2022
Different Strokes: Giambattista Cimador's chamber music arrangement of Mozart's Haffner (no. 35) and Paris (no. 31) Symphonies by Mark Elliot Bergman
Volume 14, January 2022
Musculoskeletal symptoms of double bassists: a literature synthesis by Frances Levenderis and Bridget Rennie-Salonen
Volume 13, August 2021
Sperger's Cadenzas for his Contrabass Concertos: A Study of Compositional Techniques and Improvisational Strategies for Creating Cadenzas by Renaud Boucher-Browning
Volume 12, July 2021
Soave armonia or brummende Violone? Let's talk bass . . . When is a bass not a double bass? by Joëlle Morton
Volume 11, December 2019
The Downbeat Bites the Dust: Learning and Teaching Bass Grooves in Cuban Popular Music by Sarah Lahasky
Volume 10, May 2019
Intonation in the Performance of the Double Bass: The Role of Vision and Tact in Undershoot and Overshoot Patterns by Fausto Borém and Guilherme Menezes Lage
Volume 9, September 2017
Koussevitzky's Double Bass Repertoire: A Reassessment by Andrew Kohn, Ph.D.
Volume 8, January 2017
Revolution in Action: A Motivic Analysis of Ghosts: First Variation As Performed by Gary Peacock
Volume 7, December 2015
Stephen G Buckley: Beethoven, the Viennese Violone, and the Problem of Lower Compass.
Volume 6, August 2015
Shanti Nachtergaele: Examination of mid-nineteenth century double bass playing based on A. Müller and F.C. Franke's debate in the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik, 1848 - 1851.
Volume 5, April 2015
Fausto Borém, Alfredo Ribeiro, Gustavo Neves, João Paulo Campos, and Rodrigo Olivarez: Lino José Nunes's 1838 Methodo: Historical, Analytical and Editorial aspects of an Afro-Brazilian Double Bass Jewel
Volume 4, November 2012
Regan Brough: Walk That Dog: The Emergence of Walking Bass Lines In Jazz
Volume 3, January 2012
Alexandre Ritter: Franco Petracchi and the Divertimento Concertante Per Contrabbasso E Orchestra by Nino Rota: A Successful Collaboration Between Composer And Performer
Volume 2, August 2004
Shanon P. Zusman: A Critical Review
Volume 1, July 2003
Michael D. Greenberg: Perfecting the Storm: The Rise of the Double Bass in France, 1701-1815.
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