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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: DigitalCommons at UNO - Literature and Performance of Music for Double Bass and Tape (PDF). | Sep 18, 2026 | ||
| Added information on influential, virtuosic, and historically significant double bass players. | Mar 06, 2026 | ||
| Article thoroughly revised and updated. | Mar 05, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - ABC Jazz Favorites - Jazz Instruments: Double Bass. | Sep 20, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC Sounds - The Listening Service - The Double Bass. | Apr 12, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: DigitalCommons at UNO - Literature and Performance of Music for Double Bass and Tape (PDF). | Nov 08, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: UNT Digital Library - Chamber Music with Double Bass: A New Approach to Function and Pedagogy. | Aug 29, 2024 | ||
| Noted that it's the lowest-pitched member of the orchestra, not of the violin family. | May 23, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Philharmonia - Double Bass. | Dec 21, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Vienna Symphony Library - Double bass. | Aug 03, 2023 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Mar 06, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Grinnell College Musical Instrument Collection - Double bass. | Jan 28, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Making Music Fun! - String Bass. | Feb 03, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: DSO Kids - Double Bass. | Jan 28, 2013 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | May 15, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Contrabbassi Cremonesi - The History of the Double-Bass. | Jun 26, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Apr 28, 2005 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 01, 2002 | ||
| Article revised. | May 04, 1999 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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