c4(\downbow d) e(\upbow f)
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Bowing indications are created as articulations, which are described in Articulations and ornamentations.
The bowing commands, \upbow and \downbow, are used
with slurs as follows:
c4(\downbow d) e(\upbow f)
and the following example shows three ways in which an open A string on a violin might be indicated:
a4 \open a^\markup { \teeny "II" } a2^\markup { \small "sul A" }
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\downbow,
\upbow,
\open.
Notation Reference: Articulations and ornamentations, Slurs.