Is there a specific type of bow you would need?
2007-02-04 14:16:07 · 10 answers · asked by Evilcowstare 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Its an acoustic guitar semi-acoustic with cutaway
2007-02-04 14:22:55 · update #1
Wouldn't work for a variety of reasons. Firstly the strings are wrong - the bottom four strings are bronze and also the angle of them is wrong - the bridge in a violin or stringed instrument is angled in a curve shape so you can bow individual strings. If you tried to do this on a guitar, you'd end up playing all the strings at once. Try it if you want though but put lots of Rosin on the bow first and be prepared to change your strings or give them a good clean after as they'll be very sticky!
2007-02-04 18:40:14 · answer #1 · answered by . 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might be able to use a bow on one of the E strings, but nothing else. Did you ever see the bridge on a violin? It is very curved. This is so each string will stand out in such a way that the bow can get to that string without touching the others (unless you want it to). I don't think you'd haev much luck playing chords, either. Although the bow could hit each string, it really needs to be able to "bite" into the string to get it vibrating. Without an elevation about the other strings, I don't think you could get this going. No, I never tried, though. I used to play violin and I now play bass, occasionally an upright with a bow, so I do have some experience and I'm not just guessing blindly.
Maybe you've heard of using an E-bow on an electric guitar. THAT's some cool stuff!
2007-02-04 14:26:27 · answer #2 · answered by Jess 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An acoustic WHAT??
Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass - Of Course YES
Acoustic piano - Of Course NOT
Guitar - to play with a bow, the guitar would need a greater radius than any conventional guitar has. SO it would be technically difficult to impossible to do efficiently without a specially constructed or modified instrument.
2007-02-04 14:21:40 · answer #3 · answered by me 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it would work. I suggest you go and look at a Cello, specifically at the bridge. Is it curved on straight? I think it is slightly curved. I think this is the difference between a fiddle and a violin as well. I think the difference is a curved bridge allows you to play just a few strings, while a straight one allows you to play them all.
I think any sort of bow would do, but you need to learn how to hold it.
2007-02-04 14:41:15 · answer #4 · answered by Bad bus driving wolf 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't bother with the Jimmy Page answer - it does work, to a limited degree! Also Pat 'The Professor' (no relative) of the rock outfit Mamas Boys has tried it on a Gibson Flying V - but he was an Irish fiddle player as well, which I suppose helps.....
2007-02-04 17:13:25 · answer #5 · answered by Da Professori 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually it doesnt work. Yes, I tried it. First it would need a bridge, since a guitars strings are flat, so you wouldnt be able to just play one string at a time. And I think you would need different strings. They just arent the same thing.
2007-02-04 14:24:50 · answer #6 · answered by Barefoot 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow. you may desire to love her to purchase her a violin. If she has an acoustic she's enjoying now, I say get her an electric powered with amp. yet whilst she's upgrading/ switching violins, get an acoustic.
2016-10-01 10:49:57 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jimmy Page played the electric guitar with a bow.
did it work? er..no.
2007-02-04 14:23:58 · answer #8 · answered by richy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hey man, whatever it's acoustic or electric, a violin or viola, or cello, is played with a bow!!
2007-02-04 18:27:41 · answer #9 · answered by FloFlo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ask jimmy page of led zeppelin he used to do this in a song called dazed and confused
2007-02-04 21:09:39 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋