The effect of bowing technique on violin sound

Károly Jálics, Károly Jálics · Design of Machines and Structures · 2024

By the bowing of a violin especially by folk and gipsy bands a special bowing technique can be observed. Often a diagonal (not perpendicular to the string) bowing, resp. the bow slids onto the fingerboard. This study deals with the effect of this special bowing technique on the emitted sound of a violin and compares it with the classic detaché bowing technique on all four strings.

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