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Record 1 1975-06-01

English

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  • Music (General)
DEF

A sign indicating ... the motion of the bow in the playing of string instruments in the direction from the point to the heel (this sign has the shape of a small v). BLOM E. A Dict of Music, p. 727.

French

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  • Musique (Généralités)
DEF

Signe (en forme de v) indiquant que l'instrumentiste à cordes doit diriger son archet dans le sens de la pointe au talon. LARMU, 1957, p. 216.

Spanish

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