down-bow

[ doun-boh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, 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

/ ˈdaʊnˌbəʊ /

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

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

The cleft was so deep that the stern of the boat was, when she was laid down bow foremost, fully fifteen feet inside the entrance.

As a violinist Vieuxtemps possessed a wonderful staccato, both on the up and down bow.

Artists of the German school are more apt to begin a phrase with a down-bow; the French start playing a good deal at the point.

Chords of this description are usually taken with down bow-strokes.

Her big stern rose up in the air and she went down bow first.

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