Conclusions

The commuted bowed-string synthesis model was extended to incorporate driving information from a nonlinear model of bowed-string dynamics. The formulation allows a simplified ``single-hair bow'' to control a pulsed-noise driven commuted synthesis model, thereby simulating a full-width bow in the final sound quality. Commuting only the fastest decaying (high frequency) body modes results in a short, damped impulse response which can be regarded as a component of the pulsed noise. In summary, driving a commuted-synthesis model for bowed strings from a nonlinear model of bowed-string dynamics gives the desirable combination of a full range of complex bow-string interaction behavior together with a reduced-complexity body resonator.