Contrabass: More Bow Colors
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The placement of the bow on the string in relationship to the bridge and the fingerboard affects which harmonics in the sound-complex of the string's timbre are strengthened and suppressed. The normal placement of the bow on the contrabass is close to the end of the fingerboard for pitches played in lower positions moving to about a half of the way from the end of the fingerboard to the bridge for higher pitches.
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