For maximally natural interaction between the bow and string, bow-hair dynamics should be included in a proper bow bodel [165]. In addition, the width of the bow should be variable, depending on bow ``angle''. A finite difference model for the finite width bow was reported in [330,331]. The bow-string friction characteristic should employ a thermodynamic model of bow friction in which the bow rosin has a time-varying viscosity due to temperature variations within a period of sound [526]. It is well known by bowed-string players that rosin is sensitive to temperature. Thermal models of dynamic friction in bowed strings are described in [403], and they have been used in virtual bowed strings for computer music [396,399,24].
A real-time software implementation of a bowed-string model, similar to that shown in Fig. 7.2, is available in the Synthesis Tool Kit (STK) distribution as Bowed.cpp. It provides a convenient starting point for more refined bowed-string models [260].