Abstract:The use of Assistive Technology (AT) in music teaching and learning has been consolidated as an effective resource to mediate and facilitate the learning of neurotypical persons, playing a fundamental role in learning how to develop the hability to hold the violin and viola bow. The specific objectives of this study is to validate the effectiveness of the bow grip as an assistive technology presented in the teaching and learning skill of holding the violin/viola bow and to guide its adaptation to different educational and cultural realities. The specific objectives are: (a) to investigate whether there are differences in the perception of neurotypical students, in two different pedagogical contexts, regarding the bow grip for the violin and viola and (b) to compare the evaluation scores of the eight items about the bow grip among the groups according to the two different locations. The present research is supported by DeFreitas et al.. Researchers involved 54 neurotypical individuals, of which 27 were students residing in Alpha city located in a state of Brazil, aged between 14 and 25 years old, and 27 students residing in Beta city located in a state of the United States, aged between 14 and 20 years old. Using a non-parametric quantitative analysis, the researchers evaluated how neurotypical participants received the bow grip as an assistive technology and how effective it proved to be in different scenarios. The researchers used the Quebec Assistive Technology User Satisfaction Assessment protocol. Researchers used the statistical technique of Exploratory Data Analysis. To compare the evaluation scores of the eight items between the groups according to location, researchers used the Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney U test. The significance level adopted was 5%. Neurotypical evaluators from two different cities highlighted weight, safety, durability, and ease of use as the most valued attributes. Both locations perceived the bow grip as positive, with some differences in priorities and critical points. Durability and ease of use are the strongest points in both locations. However, comfort is an area for improvement, as it was the only item with a noticeably lower average and greater variation among participants. Although the bow grip, as an assistive technology in question, was evaluated by neurotypical persons, according to DeFreitas et al., (2024a; 2024b), this device has the potential to help neuroatypical persons develop the ability to hold the bow during violin and viola lessons.KeywordsValidation, Assistive Technology, Bow Grip.