@funindex \upbow
@funindex \downbow
+@funindex \open
@cindex bowing indications
@cindex up bow indication
@cindex down bow indication
+@cindex open string indication
+@cindex string, indicating open
Bowing indications are created as articulations, which are
-described in @ref{Articulations and ornamentations}. The
-bowing commands, @code{\upbow} and @code{\downbow}, are used with
-slurs as follows:
+described in @ref{Articulations and ornamentations}.
+
+The bowing commands, @code{\upbow} and @code{\downbow}, are used
+with slurs as follows:
@lilypond[verbatim,quote,relative=2]
c4(\downbow d) e(\upbow f)
@end lilypond
+@noindent
+and the following example shows three ways in which an open A
+string on a violin might be indicated:
+
+@lilypond[verbatim,quote,relative=2]
+a4 \open
+a^\markup { \teeny "II" }
+a2^\markup { \small "sul A" }
+@end lilypond
+
+@predefined
+@code{\downbow},
+@code{\upbow},
+@code{\open}.
@seealso