{
  "id": "ashiko",
  "name": "Ashiko (West African / diaspora conical hand drum)",
  "family": "percussion",
  "class": "hand_percussion",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": 0,
    "sustain": -1,
    "polyphony": -2,
    "harmonicity": 0,
    "register": -1,
    "range": 0,
    "articulation": 1,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 1
  },
  "short": "ashiko",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "ashiko_shell",
      "name": "Shell construction",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "ashiko_shell_staved",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Staved / segmented glued shell (most instruments in circulation)",
          "descriptors": [
            "modern",
            "even",
            "projecting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "hands",
            "loud-projection"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ashiko_shell_carved_log",
          "name": "Single carved hardwood log (older method)",
          "descriptors": [
            "traditional",
            "natural-material-resonance",
            "authentic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "hands",
            "loud-projection"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional",
            "west_africa"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ashiko_shell_synthetic",
          "name": "Synthetic / fibreglass shell",
          "descriptors": [
            "synthetic",
            "durable",
            "projecting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "synthetic",
            "percussive-attack",
            "hands"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "ashiko_head",
      "name": "Head skin",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "ashiko_head_goat",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Goat-skin (bright slap, in imitation of the djembe)",
          "descriptors": [
            "goatskin",
            "crisp",
            "bright"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "hands",
            "loud-projection"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ashiko_head_cowhide",
          "name": "Calfskin / cowhide (thicker, slower attack, darker)",
          "descriptors": [
            "hide",
            "dark",
            "softer"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "hands",
            "low-register"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ashiko_head_synthetic",
          "name": "Synthetic head (weather-stable)",
          "descriptors": [
            "synthetic",
            "stable",
            "consistent"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "synthetic",
            "percussive-attack",
            "hands"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "ashiko_tension",
      "name": "Rope tension",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "ashiko_tension_high",
          "default": true,
          "name": "High mali-weave tension (cutting, djembe-adjacent voice)",
          "descriptors": [
            "snappy",
            "treble-extended",
            "crisp"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "hands",
            "loud-projection"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ashiko_tension_low",
          "name": "Low tension (open, conga-adjacent roundness)",
          "descriptors": [
            "rounded",
            "warm",
            "open"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "hands",
            "hand-drum"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "ashiko_role",
      "name": "Ensemble role",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "ashiko_role_mid_accompaniment",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Mid-register accompaniment beside djembe and dunun",
          "descriptors": [
            "foundational",
            "interlocking",
            "communal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "hands",
            "ensemble"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "west_africa",
            "ensemble"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ashiko_role_lead",
          "name": "Lead / solo voice over dunun",
          "descriptors": [
            "lead",
            "virtuoso",
            "dance-driving"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "hands",
            "loud-projection"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "west_africa",
            "dance"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ashiko_role_tiered_set",
          "name": "Tiered set of two-three sizes, one drummer",
          "descriptors": [
            "layered",
            "melodic",
            "versatile"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "hands",
            "tuned-drums"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern",
            "concert"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ashiko_role_diaspora_circle",
          "name": "Diaspora community drum circle (US / Caribbean)",
          "descriptors": [
            "communal",
            "celebratory",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "hands",
            "ensemble"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "diaspora",
            "world-percussion"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "ashiko_shell",
      "name": "Shell construction",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "ashiko_shell_staved",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Staved / segmented glued shell (most instruments in circulation)",
          "descriptors": [
            "modern",
            "even",
            "projecting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "hands",
            "loud-projection"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ashiko_shell_carved_log",
          "name": "Single carved hardwood log (older method)",
          "descriptors": [
            "traditional",
            "natural-material-resonance",
            "authentic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "hands",
            "loud-projection"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional",
            "west_africa"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ashiko_shell_synthetic",
          "name": "Synthetic / fibreglass shell",
          "descriptors": [
            "synthetic",
            "durable",
            "projecting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "synthetic",
            "percussive-attack",
            "hands"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "ashiko_head",
      "name": "Head skin",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "ashiko_head_goat",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Goat-skin (bright slap, in imitation of the djembe)",
          "descriptors": [
            "goatskin",
            "crisp",
            "bright"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "hands",
            "loud-projection"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ashiko_head_cowhide",
          "name": "Calfskin / cowhide (thicker, slower attack, darker)",
          "descriptors": [
            "hide",
            "dark",
            "softer"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "hands",
            "low-register"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ashiko_head_synthetic",
          "name": "Synthetic head (weather-stable)",
          "descriptors": [
            "synthetic",
            "stable",
            "consistent"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "synthetic",
            "percussive-attack",
            "hands"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "ashiko_tension",
      "name": "Rope tension",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "ashiko_tension_high",
          "default": true,
          "name": "High mali-weave tension (cutting, djembe-adjacent voice)",
          "descriptors": [
            "snappy",
            "treble-extended",
            "crisp"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "hands",
            "loud-projection"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ashiko_tension_low",
          "name": "Low tension (open, conga-adjacent roundness)",
          "descriptors": [
            "rounded",
            "warm",
            "open"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "hands",
            "hand-drum"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "ashiko_role",
      "name": "Ensemble role",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "ashiko_role_mid_accompaniment",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Mid-register accompaniment beside djembe and dunun",
          "descriptors": [
            "foundational",
            "interlocking",
            "communal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "hands",
            "ensemble"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "west_africa",
            "ensemble"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ashiko_role_lead",
          "name": "Lead / solo voice over dunun",
          "descriptors": [
            "lead",
            "virtuoso",
            "dance-driving"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "hands",
            "loud-projection"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "west_africa",
            "dance"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ashiko_role_tiered_set",
          "name": "Tiered set of two-three sizes, one drummer",
          "descriptors": [
            "layered",
            "melodic",
            "versatile"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "hands",
            "tuned-drums"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern",
            "concert"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ashiko_role_diaspora_circle",
          "name": "Diaspora community drum circle (US / Caribbean)",
          "descriptors": [
            "communal",
            "celebratory",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "hands",
            "ensemble"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "diaspora",
            "world-percussion"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}