1592953316000 1312632483000 term-44388 1616540943962 1312632538000 1616290619298 adlib fitz-online adlib-term-44388 d232c1da-306e-3d52-851d-a99d8019a1af 2 1 scope note Flexible sticks of wood, very rarely of metal or plastic, carrying stretched between the two ends a length of horsehair or other stringlike material which is used to brush against the strings of a chordophone, causing them to sound. Historically bows have been evenly curved, curved only at one end, or straight in the middle with both ends curved; modern Western bows typically have a concave curve. reference term-44387 adlib-term-44387 3cacd6f2-105d-35ca-9478-b71f282e8f7a bow (chordophone component) V.PJ.AFU.ALO.CRG.ALO.ALO 1 code V.PJ.AFU.ALO.CRG.ALO.ALO 1 bows (chordophone components) reference term-44411 adlib-term-44411 4ea9356f-3e36-3d06-93c6-dc2e75888c9f <chordophone components> reference term-92296 adlib-term-92296 fa83411c-afbb-30de-9a50-338880022d8a Stroh violins reference term-92875 adlib-term-92875 8003e24e-e9ee-36a9-aef1-fda08c69055b <lutelike chordophones: bowed> reference term-92891 adlib-term-92891 06ac379f-d100-3f56-8bee-6606afd11828 <zitherlike chordophones: bowed> bows (chordophone components) term