And the violinist should never think: 'I must play this up-bow or down-bow.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Violin Mastery Talks with Master Violinists and Teachers] Reference

The fiddlers best qualified to speak with authority will often disagree absolutely regarding the use of a string, position, up-bow or down-bow.    From Wordnik.com.  [Violin Mastery Talks with Master Violinists and Teachers] Reference

Some of the techniques a student might need in this piece include: excellent tone, scales, up-bow staccato, the ability to play in sevenths (which can be practiced in broken or double-stop scales, major or minor, all the way up).    From Wordnik.com.  [Violinist.com] Reference

A symphonic orchestra does not care how, technically, certain effects are produced by the violins, whether they use an up-bow or a down-bow.    From Wordnik.com.  [Violin Mastery Talks with Master Violinists and Teachers] Reference

From the Mozart singer he will learn not only to sing but also to "speak" clearly and with meaning, to characterize, to act and react; from the string player to think in terms of up-bow and down-bow; and from the flautist or oboist to shape fast passages in a variety of articulations, instead of delivering them up to an automatic nonlegato or, worse yet, to an undeviating legato such as the old complete edition prescribed time and again without a shred of authenticity.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Mozart Player Gives Himself Advice] Reference