Technical Practice The bow wood is drawn across the string as one would with the hair. The dynamic range is limited to the quieter end of the spectrum but produces a definite pitch in combination with white noise.
Notes Standard and non-standard arco articulations can be applied to this technique (such as circular bowing) to produced a wide range of sounds.
It is possible to combine this with regular bowing to have 1/2 hair and 1/2 wood or to effect a transition between them.