DOWN-BOW Definition & Meaning

down-bow

[ doun-boh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

Music.

(in bowing bow on a stringed instrument) a stroke bringing the tip of the bow toward the strings, indicated in scores by the symbol  ( up-bow ).

down-bow

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a downward stroke of the bow from its nut to its tip across a stringed instrument Compare up-bow

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First recorded in 1890–95; down ¹ + bow ²

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The soloists evoke characters: Ms. Wu’s pipa on a merry walk, matched by Mr. Ma’s bouncing, buoyant down-bow strokes.

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In music for stringed instruments of the violin family, the sign indicates down-bow and the sign up-bow.

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And the violinist should never think: 'I must play this up-bow or down-bow.'

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In cello music the down-bow sign is sometimes written .

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The change from up-bow to down-bow and vice versa should be made without a break, exclusively through skillful manipulation of the wrist.

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