Bowed string instrument

Plucked Bowed string instruments are a subcategory of string instruments that are played by a bow rubbing the strings.

The bow rubbing the string causes vibration which the instrument emits as sound.

Despite the numerous specialist studies devoted to the origin of bowing, the origin of bowing remains unknown.

[1] The following instruments are sounded by means of a turning wheel that acts as the bow:

Niccolò Paganini playing the violin, by Georg Friedrich Kersting (1785–1847)
Karl Friedrich Abel playing the bass Viola da Gamba, by Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788)
An Indonesian music performer playing with his Rebab .
Two performers playing the Erhu , sometimes known as the Chinese fiddle.
A performer playing the Morin Khuur , the Mongolian Horse Fiddle