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Violin Bowing
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Music Notation A Manual of Modern Practice by Gardner Read. London: Victor Gpllancz LTD, 1974.
Basic strokes
Down-bows; up-bows; reverse bowing
Legato Bowing
Slurs are only partially indicative of phrasing; if an actual phrase-mark is necessary, it should be notated above the passage with broken lines.
Détaché Bowing
Each note is well articulated by virtue of being played with a separate bow-stroke. The bow hair does not leave the string. In moderate to fast tempo np special marking is necessary; in a slow tempo,dots should be used over or under the notes

Staccato Bowing
True staccato bowing is a solo device rather than an orchestral bowing. Though it is notated like the group staccato, a great many more notes may be covered by the bow-slur, and the bow is allowed to spring slightly from the string.

Spiccato bowing is a formof rapid detached bowing, in that separate bow-strokes are used for each note, but the bow hair actually rebounds off the string so that the separation is more pronounced than in détaché bowing. It is notated with a dot over each note, plus abbreviation spicc.

Jeté (or saltando) is a 'bouncing-bow' technique applied to short groups pf three to six detached notes, usually on the same pitch. The notation is the same as for group staccato; a slur in conjunction with dots over or under the note-heads, usually with the word saltando (right, below).

Marcato Bowing
Perhaps the most extreme is the martelé (or martellato), which literally means a 'hammer-stroke' accentuation. This degree of accent is notated with the solid small wedge (or "arrowhead").

For a heavy accent---a somewhat percussive attack --the horizontal open wedge (>) is used.

A softer type of marcato bowing is known as the louré; it implies a leaning or gentle pressure with the bow on the string. The tenuto dash is used under the note-head, and groups of two, three, or four notes are executed with one bow-slur.

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