up-bow

9.3

An upward movement of the bow from tip toward the hand when playing violin or cello

noun
/ˈʌpˌboʊ/

Specialized

: arco hacia arriba

Plays alternating down-bows and up-bows simultaneously on the D and A strings at a slow tempo.

Examples

To achieve a brighter tone, focus on using the proper angle during your up-bow strokes.
Accent the up bow after the slurred notes, and then it'll get you off of those slurred notes!

Fiction book (1999)
When you play the violin, remember to practice the up-bow technique to create a smooth sound.
During the lesson, the teacher demonstrated how to execute an up-bow for several measures.

Synonyms

upstroke

vsup-bow

1 6.4

An upward movement made when writing or playing an instrument

is the specific upward movement with a string instrument from tip to heel

Antonyms

down-bow

Specialized

8.8

A bow movement from the part near your hand toward the tip when playing a string instrument

Surface Forms

up-bow singular

up-bows plural

Morphology

up-bow = bow (transparent) = up + bow

Direct directional compound: the meaning is an upward movement of the bow and follows straightforward compositional logic. [Postprocessing: moved 'up' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Up-bow is made from the parts up ('toward the top') and bow ('the stick used to play a violin or other string instrument'). It simply names the action of moving that bow upward across the strings, so it means an 'upward movement of the bow'.