Definitions for up-bow

up-bow up-bow

Spelling: [uhp-boh]
IPA: /ˈʌpˌboʊ/

Up-Bow is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 34 anagrams from letters in up-bow (-bopuw).

Definitions for up-bow

noun

  1. (in bowing on a stringed instrument) a stroke toward the heel of the bow: indicated in scores by the symbol V (opposed to down-bow).

Origin of up-bow

First recorded in 1885-90

Examples for up-bow

The octave higher commences with an up-bow, the action being exactly reversed until the heel is reached.

Example 48a is a style of phrasing which should always commence with the up-bow; the reasons for this are as follows.

The staccato may be played with the down-bow, the wrist and arm movements being simply the reverse of those in the up-bow.

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

The up-bow may also be used in like manner, commencing at the point and finishing near the heel, the movements being reversed.

In commencing the study of staccato bowing it is well to confine oneself to the up-bow form at first.

Word Value for up-bow
Scrable

4

Words with friends

6

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