violin bow
Fiddler's drawing stick
A violin bow is the slender wooden stick strung with horsehair that a violinist draws across the strings to produce sound.
The hair is kept taut by the stick's slight outward curve and can be tightened or loosened with a screw mechanism at one end.
Rosin applied to the hair creates friction against the strings.
The bow's weight, balance, and flexibility significantly affect tone quality and playing technique.
- rosinSolidified conifer sap
- horsehairStrands from manes, tails
- stringsThin flexible lines
- frogTailless leaping amphibian
- stickThin piece of wood
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