Lexicographical Neighbors of Downbow
Literary usage of Downbow
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of Music by William Smythe Babcock Mathews, Emil Liebling (1896)
"downbow. The drawing of the bow in playing a stringed instrument from the ...
downbow-slgn. A sign used in violin music indicating that the bow is to ba ..."
2. The Musical Guide: Containing a Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of Terms by Rupert Hughes (1903)
"... F. A twelfth. downbeat. I. The fall of the hand in time-beating, marking the
major accent of the measure. 2. The accent itself, or thesis. downbow. ..."
3. The American History and Encyclopedia of Music by Janet M. Green, Josephine Thrall (1908)
"... the term is therefore applied also to that accent itself. downbow In playing
the violin and kindred instruments, the downward stroke of the bow over the ..."
4. Music Lovers' Cyclopedia: Containing a Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary by Rupert Hughes (1912)
"... F. A twelfth. downbeat, i. The fall of the hand in time-beating, marking the
major accent of the measure. 2. The accent itself, or thesis. downbow. ..."
5. The Psalms in a New Version: Fitted to the Tunes Used in Churches, with by M. Montagu (1851)
"... into the strong City now Who thither lead me, to downbow; And into Edoni bring ?
Shall lead me, as its King? 11 E'en Thou, Lord ! who, as nothing worth, ..."
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