In music, a bow is a tensioned stick which has hair (usually horse-tail hair) coated in rosin (to facilitate friction) affixed to it.
The vast majority of bows are used with string instruments, such as the violin, viola, cello, and bass, although some bows are used with musical saws and other bowed idiophones.
Henrietta Wayne takes us through the history of the violin bow from the 1500s to today.
You can read more about its history at the Violin Lounge.
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