{
  "id": "aphyartsa",
  "name": "Aphyartsa (Abkhaz two-string bowed lute)",
  "family": "bowed",
  "class": "bowed_lute",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -1,
    "sustain": 2,
    "polyphony": -1,
    "harmonicity": -1,
    "register": 0,
    "range": -1,
    "articulation": 1,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": -1
  },
  "short": "aphyartsa",
  "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": "aphyartsa_touch",
      "name": "Stopping technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "aphyartsa_touch_nail_side",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Fingernail side-stopping against a fingerboardless neck",
          "descriptors": [
            "fingernail-stopped",
            "harmonic-rich",
            "nasal",
            "thin-toned"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "rough-tone",
            "overtone-series"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "caucasus",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "aphyartsa_touch_pressed",
          "name": "Pressed stops (firmer, more definite pitch)",
          "descriptors": [
            "singing",
            "expressive",
            "warm"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "melodic",
            "sustained-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "caucasus"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "aphyartsa_touch_open_drone",
          "name": "Melody over a held open string (drone-and-melody)",
          "descriptors": [
            "drone-and-melody",
            "droning",
            "archaic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "drone-foundation",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "caucasus",
            "folk"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "aphyartsa_context",
      "name": "Playing context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "aphyartsa_context_nart_epic",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Nart epic recitation (solo bard, self-accompanied)",
          "descriptors": [
            "bardic",
            "declamatory",
            "heroic",
            "self-accompanied"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "epic",
            "drone-foundation"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "caucasus",
            "epic",
            "storytelling"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "aphyartsa_context_lament",
          "name": "Funeral and mourning song",
          "descriptors": [
            "mournful",
            "plaintive",
            "austere"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "rough-tone",
            "sustained-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "caucasus",
            "ritual"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "aphyartsa_context_healing_vigil",
          "name": "Healing vigil sung over a wounded man",
          "descriptors": [
            "incantatory",
            "ritual",
            "communal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ritual-context",
            "drone-foundation"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "caucasus",
            "ritual"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "aphyartsa_context_paired",
          "name": "Paired aphyartsas under male vocal polyphony",
          "descriptors": [
            "ensemble-blend",
            "unison",
            "vocal-supportive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ensemble",
            "vocal-accompaniment"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "caucasus",
            "ensemble"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "aphyartsa_build",
      "name": "Strings and belly",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "aphyartsa_build_horsehair_open_belly",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Bundled horsehair strings over an open carved wooden belly",
          "descriptors": [
            "horsehair-strung",
            "carved",
            "wood",
            "raw"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "horsehair-string",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "caucasus",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "aphyartsa_build_skin_belly",
          "name": "Hide-membrane belly (warmer, more nasal)",
          "descriptors": [
            "hide-faced",
            "hide",
            "nasal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "rough-tone",
            "nasal-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "caucasus"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "aphyartsa_build_gut",
          "name": "Gut strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "gut",
            "warm",
            "mellow"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "gut-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "historical"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "aphyartsa_touch",
      "name": "Stopping technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "aphyartsa_touch_nail_side",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Fingernail side-stopping against a fingerboardless neck",
          "descriptors": [
            "fingernail-stopped",
            "harmonic-rich",
            "nasal",
            "thin-toned"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "rough-tone",
            "overtone-series"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "caucasus",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "aphyartsa_touch_pressed",
          "name": "Pressed stops (firmer, more definite pitch)",
          "descriptors": [
            "singing",
            "expressive",
            "warm"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "melodic",
            "sustained-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "caucasus"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "aphyartsa_touch_open_drone",
          "name": "Melody over a held open string (drone-and-melody)",
          "descriptors": [
            "drone-and-melody",
            "droning",
            "archaic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "drone-foundation",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "caucasus",
            "folk"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "aphyartsa_context",
      "name": "Playing context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "aphyartsa_context_nart_epic",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Nart epic recitation (solo bard, self-accompanied)",
          "descriptors": [
            "bardic",
            "declamatory",
            "heroic",
            "self-accompanied"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "epic",
            "drone-foundation"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "caucasus",
            "epic",
            "storytelling"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "aphyartsa_context_lament",
          "name": "Funeral and mourning song",
          "descriptors": [
            "mournful",
            "plaintive",
            "austere"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "rough-tone",
            "sustained-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "caucasus",
            "ritual"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "aphyartsa_context_healing_vigil",
          "name": "Healing vigil sung over a wounded man",
          "descriptors": [
            "incantatory",
            "ritual",
            "communal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ritual-context",
            "drone-foundation"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "caucasus",
            "ritual"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "aphyartsa_context_paired",
          "name": "Paired aphyartsas under male vocal polyphony",
          "descriptors": [
            "ensemble-blend",
            "unison",
            "vocal-supportive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ensemble",
            "vocal-accompaniment"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "caucasus",
            "ensemble"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "aphyartsa_build",
      "name": "Strings and belly",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "aphyartsa_build_horsehair_open_belly",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Bundled horsehair strings over an open carved wooden belly",
          "descriptors": [
            "horsehair-strung",
            "carved",
            "wood",
            "raw"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "horsehair-string",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "caucasus",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "aphyartsa_build_skin_belly",
          "name": "Hide-membrane belly (warmer, more nasal)",
          "descriptors": [
            "hide-faced",
            "hide",
            "nasal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "rough-tone",
            "nasal-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "caucasus"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "aphyartsa_build_gut",
          "name": "Gut strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "gut",
            "warm",
            "mellow"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "gut-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "historical"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}