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Meaning of "down-bow" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DOWN-BOW

ˈdaʊnˌbəʊ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DOWN-BOW

noun
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Down-Bow is a noun.
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WHAT DOES DOWN-BOW MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Down bow

A down-bow is a type of stroke used when bowing a musical instrument, most often a string instrument. The player performs the indicated note by drawing the bow downward or to the right across the instrument, moving its point of contact from the frog toward the tip of the bow. This technique is indicated by a notated symbol resembling a small bracket over the note.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DOWN-BOW

angwantibo · ASBO · crossbow · fogbow · kybo · longbow · moonbow · oxbow · Paramaribo · rainbow · saddlebow · Sasebo · steelbow · sunbow · up-bow

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DOWN-BOW

down in the mouth · down on one´s luck · down payment · down the drain · down the hatch · down to · down under · down with · down-and-out · down-at-heel · down-cycle · down-home · down-in-the-mouth · down-market · down-river · down-to-earth · Down´s syndrome · downbeat · downburst · downcast

WORDS THAT END LIKE DOWN-BOW

at one´s elbow · Benbow · bow · brainbow · bulbous bow · Cupid´s bow · dickey bow · dicky bow · elbow · embow · golfer´s elbow · on the port bow · on the starboard bow · out at elbow · sound bow · sybow · take a bow · tennis elbow · white rainbow · wing bow

Synonyms and antonyms of down-bow in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «down-bow» into 25 languages

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The translations of down-bow from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «down-bow» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

降弓
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

down- bow
570 millions of speakers
en

English

down-bow
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

नीचे धनुष
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أسفل القوس
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

вниз - лук
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

para baixo do arco-
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

নিচে- নম
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

bas - arc
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Turun-busur
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Abstrich
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

ダウン弓
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

다운 나비
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Mudhun-gandhewo
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xuống mũi
80 millions of speakers
ta

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கீழே வில்
75 millions of speakers
mr

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खाली-धनुष्य
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Aşağı-yay
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

down- bow
65 millions of speakers
pl

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łuk w dół
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

вниз -лук
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

jos - arc
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κάτω - τόξο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

down- boog
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

down -bow
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

down- bow
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOWN-BOW»

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Jazz Composition and Orchestration
How many notes can be played within a down-bow or an up- bow? Very approximately, the following scale prevails: at a moderately slow tempo (eighty quarter notes per minute) string instruments can play two measures in one bow at pp, one ...
William Russo, 1997
2
Picture Yourself Playing Violin: Step-by-Step Instruction ...
Remove all fingers, and roll to the D string to play a long down bow Open D. Quickly set your 1“, Low 2, and 3'“ fingers to play a long up bow G that is staccato slurred to a long up bow Low 2 F. To do this slur, play the first long up bow, stop in ...
Bridgette Seidel, 2008
3
Performance Practices in Classic Piano Music: Their ...
In string playing the "Rule of the Down-Bow" evolved.67 This phrase is best suited to the violin family, in which the down-bow has more strength than the up- bow and was naturally preferred for accentuation. (In viol playing the term down- bow ...
Sandra P. Rosenblum, 1988
4
Bach Interpretation: Articulation Marks in Primary Sources ...
The introduction of the rule of the down-bow by Herbst (1653 pp. 51-62) suggests that it was also known in Germany. That this treatise was primarily directed towards singers and that the bowing instructions were necessarily brief shows how ...
John Butt, 1990
5
The Early Violin and Viola: A Practical Guide
They were accommodated in string playing by the rule of down-bow, which required the 'good' notes to be played with the stronger down-bow and the 'bad' notes with the weaker up stroke.56 In bars with an uneven number of notes, players ...
Robin Stowell, 2001
6
String Builder, Bk 3: Teacher's Manual
Release the pressure. At the instant that this pressure is released, the bow leaves the string, with the fingers straightening out in a spring-like action in the direction of the down -bow. When playing the colle up-bow, start with the fingers straight, ...
Applebaum, Samuel
7
Bach and the Baroque: European Source Materials from the ...
The natural dynamic of a note or passage played on a down bow will be f> p; the natural dynamic of a note or passage played on an up bow will be p < f. However, the shift of balance in the modern bow makes it easier for the player to put ...
Anthony Newman, 1995
8
Picture Yourself Playing Cello: Step-by-Step Instruction for ...
But unless there is a reason to reverse the bowing, you should bow in the natural way, with a down-bow on the downbeat at the beginning of a new phrase. After you've started playing a phrase, using a down-bow or up-bow as appropriate, ...
Jim Aikin, 2012
9
The Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians
Legato bowing consists of two basic strokes: down-bow [Fr. tire; Ger. Abstrich, Herabstrich, Herstrich, Herunterstrich, Nieder- strich; It. arcata in giii; Sp. arca abajo] and up-bow [Fr. pousse; Ger. Aufstrich, Heraufstrich, Hinstrich; It. arcata in su; ...
Don Michael Randel, 1999
10
Teaching the Fundamentals of Violin Playing
Slight Bounce High bounce When playing with down-bow sautille, the hand, wrist and slight forearm rotary action are clockwise. Up-bow strokes are counterclockwise rotary actions. Down-Bow Up-Bow B. Exercises To develop proper actions ...
Pernecky, Jack M., Fink, Lorraine

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The musicians of the LA Phil
“What kind of down-bow, what kind of up-bow? What pressure?” said Hanulik, the son of a high school orchestra director who joined the Phil ... «Los Angeles Times, Feb 15»
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