小提琴琴弓最初是以藤条做成的。从亚洲传入欧洲后改用木料,以树椿上的枝叉当杆子,系上弓毛,在杆子下端以布条绕紧,后来这个在杆子上的楔形便叫弓根。这种琴弓在意大利的绘画中犹可见到,说明一直使用到十六世纪。十七世纪末,弓根已改为钩在镶于弓杆边缘上一小块齿状铁片的任一齿突之上,能改变弓毛的张力,这种有齿的弓现在还存活于瑞典的民间乐器中。 Violin bow was originally made of rattan. Transferred from Asia to Europe after the use of wood, to the branches on the tree Chun when the pole, tied to the bow hair, the lower end of the rod wrapped with cloth, and later the wedge on the pole is called the bow. This bows can still be seen in the paintings of Italy, indicating that they have been used until the 16th century. At the end of the seventeenth century, the arch had been replaced by a hook that hooked over any tooth of a small piece of toothed iron set on the edge of the bow to change the tension of the bow. The toothed bow now survives in Sweden In folk instruments.