{
  "id": "atsimevu",
  "name": "Atsimevu (Ewe master drum)",
  "family": "percussion",
  "class": "membranophone",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": 0,
    "sustain": -1,
    "polyphony": -2,
    "harmonicity": -1,
    "register": -1,
    "range": 0,
    "articulation": 2,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 2
  },
  "short": "atsimevu",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "atsimevu_drum_form",
      "name": "Drum form / shell build",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "atsimevu_drum_form_carved_log",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Carved solid-log body, tilted on the vudetsi stand",
          "descriptors": [
            "hollowed-trunk",
            "deep-voiced",
            "resonant"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "sticks",
            "low-register"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "west-african",
            "ghana"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "atsimevu_drum_form_stave_hooped",
          "name": "Stave-built hooped barrel body",
          "descriptors": [
            "woody",
            "durable",
            "body-rich"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "sticks",
            "woody"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "west-african",
            "ghana"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "atsimevu_stroke_technique",
      "name": "Stroke technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "atsimevu_stroke_technique_two_sticks",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Two wooden sticks (standard calling voice)",
          "descriptors": [
            "cracking",
            "projecting",
            "commanding"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "sticks",
            "loud-projection"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "west-african"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "atsimevu_stroke_technique_palm_and_stick",
          "name": "Alternating palm and stick on the head",
          "descriptors": [
            "expressive",
            "conversational",
            "warm-open-tone"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "hands",
            "sticks"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "west-african"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "atsimevu_stroke_technique_shell_and_hand",
          "name": "Stick on the shell against palm on the head",
          "descriptors": [
            "woody",
            "dry",
            "articulate"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "hands",
            "sticks",
            "woody"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "west-african"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "atsimevu_ensemble_role",
      "name": "Ensemble role",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "atsimevu_ensemble_role_agbekor_lead",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Agbekor / Atsiagbekor calling lead",
          "descriptors": [
            "lead",
            "martial",
            "ceremonial"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "lead-drum",
            "call-response"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "lead",
            "ceremonial"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "atsimevu_ensemble_role_adzogbo_lead",
          "name": "Adzogbo / Adzohu ritual lead",
          "descriptors": [
            "ritual",
            "narrative",
            "commanding"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "lead-drum",
            "ritual-context"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "lead",
            "ritual"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "atsimevu_ensemble_role_kidi_dialogue",
          "name": "Drum dialogue with kidi (call answered phrase by phrase)",
          "descriptors": [
            "call-and-response",
            "antiphonal",
            "conversational"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "call-response",
            "interlocking"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "lead"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "atsimevu_ensemble_role_locked_support",
          "name": "Locked in under a second lead drum",
          "descriptors": [
            "supporting",
            "steady-groove",
            "interlocking"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "ostinato",
            "interlocking"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "ostinato"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "atsimevu_hide_material",
      "name": "Head hide and peg tension",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "atsimevu_hide_material_goat_slack",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Goat hide roped to eight conical pegs, slack low-tuned lead",
          "descriptors": [
            "goat-skin-head",
            "rope-tensioned",
            "warm-open-tone",
            "deep-voiced"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "membrane",
            "low-register"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "goatskin"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "atsimevu_hide_material_antelope_dark",
          "name": "Antelope or sheep hide (darker, more body)",
          "descriptors": [
            "hide",
            "darker",
            "body-rich"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "membrane",
            "low-register"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "atsimevu_hide_material_pegs_tight",
          "name": "Pegs hammered tight for a cutting call voice",
          "descriptors": [
            "tight",
            "cutting",
            "sharp-attack"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "membrane",
            "loud-projection"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "atsimevu_drum_form",
      "name": "Drum form / shell build",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "atsimevu_drum_form_carved_log",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Carved solid-log body, tilted on the vudetsi stand",
          "descriptors": [
            "hollowed-trunk",
            "deep-voiced",
            "resonant"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "sticks",
            "low-register"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "west-african",
            "ghana"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "atsimevu_drum_form_stave_hooped",
          "name": "Stave-built hooped barrel body",
          "descriptors": [
            "woody",
            "durable",
            "body-rich"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "sticks",
            "woody"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "west-african",
            "ghana"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "atsimevu_stroke_technique",
      "name": "Stroke technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "atsimevu_stroke_technique_two_sticks",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Two wooden sticks (standard calling voice)",
          "descriptors": [
            "cracking",
            "projecting",
            "commanding"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "sticks",
            "loud-projection"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "west-african"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "atsimevu_stroke_technique_palm_and_stick",
          "name": "Alternating palm and stick on the head",
          "descriptors": [
            "expressive",
            "conversational",
            "warm-open-tone"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "hands",
            "sticks"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "west-african"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "atsimevu_stroke_technique_shell_and_hand",
          "name": "Stick on the shell against palm on the head",
          "descriptors": [
            "woody",
            "dry",
            "articulate"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "hands",
            "sticks",
            "woody"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "west-african"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "atsimevu_ensemble_role",
      "name": "Ensemble role",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "atsimevu_ensemble_role_agbekor_lead",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Agbekor / Atsiagbekor calling lead",
          "descriptors": [
            "lead",
            "martial",
            "ceremonial"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "lead-drum",
            "call-response"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "lead",
            "ceremonial"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "atsimevu_ensemble_role_adzogbo_lead",
          "name": "Adzogbo / Adzohu ritual lead",
          "descriptors": [
            "ritual",
            "narrative",
            "commanding"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "lead-drum",
            "ritual-context"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "lead",
            "ritual"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "atsimevu_ensemble_role_kidi_dialogue",
          "name": "Drum dialogue with kidi (call answered phrase by phrase)",
          "descriptors": [
            "call-and-response",
            "antiphonal",
            "conversational"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "call-response",
            "interlocking"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "lead"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "atsimevu_ensemble_role_locked_support",
          "name": "Locked in under a second lead drum",
          "descriptors": [
            "supporting",
            "steady-groove",
            "interlocking"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "ostinato",
            "interlocking"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "ostinato"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "atsimevu_hide_material",
      "name": "Head hide and peg tension",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "atsimevu_hide_material_goat_slack",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Goat hide roped to eight conical pegs, slack low-tuned lead",
          "descriptors": [
            "goat-skin-head",
            "rope-tensioned",
            "warm-open-tone",
            "deep-voiced"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "membrane",
            "low-register"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "goatskin"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "atsimevu_hide_material_antelope_dark",
          "name": "Antelope or sheep hide (darker, more body)",
          "descriptors": [
            "hide",
            "darker",
            "body-rich"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "membrane",
            "low-register"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "atsimevu_hide_material_pegs_tight",
          "name": "Pegs hammered tight for a cutting call voice",
          "descriptors": [
            "tight",
            "cutting",
            "sharp-attack"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "membrane",
            "loud-projection"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}