BOW HAND Definition & Meaning

bow hand

[ boh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Archery. the hand that holds the bow, the left hand for right-handed people.
Music. the hand that draws the bow.

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Origin of bow hand¹

First recorded in 1580–90

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The 11 steps are: stance, nock, draw hand set, bow hand set, pre-draw, draw, anchor, aim, shot set-up, release, and follow through/reflect.

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Robinson’s sound is still full-throated, although she is losing some finesse in her bow hand; fast détaché passages sound scrubby, and articulation in the outer half of the bow can have some smudge.

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But Takila’s right hand, her bow hand, doesn’t work like it should.

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Cellist Sharon Robinson has a lovely, warm tone, but her bow hand has lost some subtlety in tricky passages.

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Surely he shoots wide on the bow hand.

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