I’m going to talk about the “bow”. It is a musical tool that is use in the right hand of the musician and serves to play the violin, viola, violoncello or double bass. The bow is a wooden stick that has horse main. The mains are used for the bow is usually mongolian horse. This horse was in danger extinction in 20° Century, but was saved of disappearance by naturists. The Wood that is used for the construction of this bow is Pernambuco. Pernambuco is a wood from Brazil and is very famous for being a very hard wood.

The bow has been changing over time. In the baroque period the bow was curved upwards and the modern period has a downward curve

The size of the bow is very important. For example: the violin uses a bow more largest and the double bass use a bow more smallest. Also the weight is different: the violin uses a bow thinner and the double bass use a bow more heavyweight.

My bow was made by the craftsman Domingos Fazio and has details made for me. It was made in 2017 and is very nice bow!

As musicians, it is important to have good bows for our instruments.