The purpose of a bow and rosin for a violinist is often underestimated.1, 22 In a condensed manner, the stick, frog with mother-of-pearl décor, tip, screw adjuster, and hair are all the parts that make up a violin bow.22, 25 These accessories are what makes the strings vibrate.26 When rosin is applied to the horse hair (or synthetic material) it helps the bow ‘stick’ to the strings…”the more the bow is ‘glued’ to the strings, the richer the sound”.6 Tiny indentations in horse hairs, when bowed across a string, get caught. When the bow keeps moving it breaks the connection and the string bounces back to then get caught by more indentations on another part of the hair, thus making the strings vibrate.1, 2, 6, 9 In the market today there are 3 main types of bow, wood, carbon fibre and fiberglass, along with the choice of having synthetic material in place of the traditional horsehair. However, violinists can have different views on which bow is the best depending on their style of playing and just pure personal preference.25