Upbow Marks in Fiddle Music (Downstroke?)

[Brent Hutto]

When you encounter a couple of consecutive notes in fiddle sheet music marked with upbow marks (the big Vee shape) do you attempt to do anything different on mandolin?

If I understand Scottish and Cape Breton fiddle styles there a technique they use by which upbows are a "power stroke" for emphasis. So wouldn't it make sense to use a couple of heavy downstrokes when playing the tune on mandolin?

[Bertram Henze]

You hear those upbows a lot in Irish music as well, typically off-beat like a chop in bluegrass.
To me, they are impressive by being rather short bursts as opposed to the soft even tone normally emitted from the fiddle.
I am not sure if such a contrast can be reproduced on the mandolin - loud ping vs. soft ping? It's not quite the same.

[Brent Hutto]

No, I'm pretty sure it will end up being a very different type of sound. I'm just trying to figure out the logical way to do something special in that phrase. I've read that in the Northeast (Scotland) fiddle tradition there's no finer thing to complement a traditional fiddler on than the power of his upbow stroke.