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  2. Bowing - Wikipedia

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    It may take the form of a simple bow of the head, or a slight incline of the upper body. A profound bow is a deep bow from the waist, and is often done as a substitution for genuflection. In Eastern Orthodoxy, there are several degrees of bowing, each with a different meaning. Strict rules exist as to which type of a bow should be used at any ...

  3. Bow stroke - Wikipedia

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    A down-bow is a type of stroke used when bowing a musical instrument, most often a string instrument. The player performs the indicated note by drawing the bow downward or to the right across the instrument, moving its point of contact from the frog toward the tip of the bow. This technique is indicated by a notated symbol resembling a small ...

  4. Bow Down (I Prevail song) - Wikipedia

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    The song was first released on February 26, 2019, a month before the release of its respective album, Trauma. [2] [3] A music video was released at the same time. [4]It was the first single to be released from the album, being released twelve hours before "Breaking Down", [5] and the first to be released since vocalist Brian Burkheiser had recovered from his surgery for a polyp on his vocal ...

  5. List of musical symbols - Wikipedia

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    Up bow or Sull'arco On a bowed string instrument, the note is played while drawing the bow upward. On a plucked string instrument played with a plectrum or pick (such as a guitar played pickstyle or a mandolin), the note is played with an upstroke. Down bow or Giù arco In contrast to the up bow, here the bow is drawn downward to create sound.

  6. You Bowed Down - Wikipedia

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    "You Bowed Down" saw positive reception from music writers of the period. The LA Times wrote that the song is "echoing the bitter majesty of the Byrds doing Dylan." [6] The Washington Post, who described the song as a "bitter accusation", named it "one of the standout tracks" from Back to Rio. [1]

  7. Proskynesis - Wikipedia

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    According to Herodotus in his Histories, a person of equal rank received a kiss on the lips; someone of a slightly lower rank gave a kiss on the cheek; and someone of a very inferior social standing had to completely bow down to the other person before them. [4] To the Greeks, giving proskynesis to a mortal was seen as barbaric and ludicrous.

  8. Genuflection - Wikipedia

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    It is often referred to as "going down on one knee" or "bowing the knee". [5] In Western culture: one genuflects on the left knee to a human dignitary, whether ecclesiastical or civil; in Christian churches and chapels, one genuflects on the right knee when the Sacrament is not exposed but in a tabernacle or veiled.

  9. List of Italian musical terms used in English - Wikipedia

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    Calls for a bowed instrument's strings to be struck with the wood of the bow (rather than drawn across with the hair of the bow). Martellato: hammered: Of notes, strongly accented and detached Pizzicato: pinched, plucked: Calls for a bowed instrument's strings to be plucked with the fingers. Portamento: carrying