{
  "id": "apache_fiddle",
  "name": "Apache fiddle (tsii'edo'a'tl, bowed agave-stalk one-string)",
  "family": "bowed",
  "class": "bowed_tube_fiddle",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -2,
    "sustain": 2,
    "polyphony": -2,
    "harmonicity": -1,
    "register": 1,
    "range": -2,
    "articulation": 1,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": -1
  },
  "short": "apache fiddle",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "bowed_technique",
      "name": "Bow technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "bowed_legato_classical",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Classical legato",
          "descriptors": [
            "legato",
            "sustained"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone",
            "classical",
            "classical-trained"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "classical"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "_fromFamily": true
    },
    {
      "id": "apache_fiddle_stringing",
      "name": "String count / material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "apache_fiddle_black_horsehair",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Single black-horsehair string (most common)",
          "descriptors": [
            "horsehair",
            "nasal",
            "buzzy"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "one-string",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "horsehair",
            "indigenous"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "apache_fiddle_gut_sinew",
          "name": "Gut or sinew string",
          "descriptors": [
            "gut-strung",
            "softer",
            "mellow"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "one-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "gut",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "apache_fiddle_two_string",
          "name": "Rarer two-string form",
          "descriptors": [
            "two-string",
            "fuller",
            "droning"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "rough-tone",
            "drone-foundation"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "indigenous"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "apache_fiddle_stalk",
      "name": "Agave stalk length",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "apache_fiddle_short_stalk",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Short stalk (~40 cm, diamond soundholes)",
          "descriptors": [
            "nasal",
            "tight",
            "high-pitched"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "one-string",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "desert",
            "indigenous"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "apache_fiddle_long_stalk",
          "name": "Long stalk (~70 cm)",
          "descriptors": [
            "lower",
            "resonant",
            "fuller-bodied"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "one-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "desert",
            "traditional"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "apache_fiddle_function",
      "name": "Function in the mix",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "apache_fiddle_drone_bed",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Rhythmic drone bed under song and dance (traditional practice)",
          "descriptors": [
            "drone-under-song",
            "rhythmic",
            "supportive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "drone-foundation",
            "dance-driving"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "indigenous",
            "ceremonial"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "apache_fiddle_courting",
          "name": "Courting and love-song accompaniment",
          "descriptors": [
            "courting",
            "love-song",
            "intimate"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "one-string",
            "accompaniment"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "courting",
            "folk-song"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "apache_fiddle_melodic_lead",
          "name": "Foregrounded melodic lead (modern revival practice)",
          "descriptors": [
            "soloistic",
            "revival",
            "melodic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "lead-melody",
            "one-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "revival",
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "apache_fiddle_decoration",
      "name": "Painted decoration / era",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "apache_fiddle_early_geometric",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Pre-1920 red-and-black geometric painting",
          "descriptors": [
            "red-dyed",
            "sparse",
            "archaic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "one-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "historical",
            "archaic"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "apache_fiddle_later_polychrome",
          "name": "Dense polychrome designs (later twentieth-century makers)",
          "descriptors": [
            "ornate",
            "dense",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "one-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "twentieth-century",
            "indigenous"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "id": "apache_fiddle_stringing",
      "name": "String count / material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "apache_fiddle_black_horsehair",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Single black-horsehair string (most common)",
          "descriptors": [
            "horsehair",
            "nasal",
            "buzzy"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "one-string",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "horsehair",
            "indigenous"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "apache_fiddle_gut_sinew",
          "name": "Gut or sinew string",
          "descriptors": [
            "gut-strung",
            "softer",
            "mellow"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "one-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "gut",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "apache_fiddle_two_string",
          "name": "Rarer two-string form",
          "descriptors": [
            "two-string",
            "fuller",
            "droning"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "rough-tone",
            "drone-foundation"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "indigenous"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "apache_fiddle_stalk",
      "name": "Agave stalk length",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "apache_fiddle_short_stalk",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Short stalk (~40 cm, diamond soundholes)",
          "descriptors": [
            "nasal",
            "tight",
            "high-pitched"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "one-string",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "desert",
            "indigenous"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "apache_fiddle_long_stalk",
          "name": "Long stalk (~70 cm)",
          "descriptors": [
            "lower",
            "resonant",
            "fuller-bodied"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "one-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "desert",
            "traditional"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "apache_fiddle_function",
      "name": "Function in the mix",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "apache_fiddle_drone_bed",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Rhythmic drone bed under song and dance (traditional practice)",
          "descriptors": [
            "drone-under-song",
            "rhythmic",
            "supportive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "drone-foundation",
            "dance-driving"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "indigenous",
            "ceremonial"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "apache_fiddle_courting",
          "name": "Courting and love-song accompaniment",
          "descriptors": [
            "courting",
            "love-song",
            "intimate"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "one-string",
            "accompaniment"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "courting",
            "folk-song"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "apache_fiddle_melodic_lead",
          "name": "Foregrounded melodic lead (modern revival practice)",
          "descriptors": [
            "soloistic",
            "revival",
            "melodic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "lead-melody",
            "one-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "revival",
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "apache_fiddle_decoration",
      "name": "Painted decoration / era",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "apache_fiddle_early_geometric",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Pre-1920 red-and-black geometric painting",
          "descriptors": [
            "red-dyed",
            "sparse",
            "archaic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "one-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "historical",
            "archaic"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "apache_fiddle_later_polychrome",
          "name": "Dense polychrome designs (later twentieth-century makers)",
          "descriptors": [
            "ornate",
            "dense",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "one-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "twentieth-century",
            "indigenous"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}