: a stroke in playing a bowed instrument in which the bow is moved across the strings from the tip to the heel
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Pascale accompanies her with deceptively simple down-bows and up-bows, bearing the technical difficulty lightly, as though that’s just the shape and movements her hands happen to take.
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Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 11 June 2026
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Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 11 June 2026
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“Up-bow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/up-bow. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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