| orchestra | string instruments | classical |
| hammered bow stroke, bell like | |
| on the string short and detached | |
| stuck or glued. this stroke is started with a motionless heavily weighted bow; often starting at the frog | |
| off the string bounced bowstroke | |
| off the string technique where the stick of the bow bounces but the hair does not | |
| moving the bow rapidly and not in measured rhythm | |
| bowing technoque played on the wood of the bow | |
| throwing or dropping the bow so that it bounces two or more succesive times | |
| play near the bridge | |
| two or more notes on a single bow | |
| con sordino | |
| quality of the sound or what distingusihes the sound from others of the same pitch | |