🎻Bowed Strings

Bowed Lutes

Lutes played by drawing a bow across the strings. The bow's horsehair, coated in rosin, creates friction that sets the string vibrating continuously.

💡A violin bow contains between 150 and 200 individual horsehairs, traditionally from the tail of a white horse.

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