{
  "id": "banhu",
  "name": "Banhu (Chinese wooden-faced bowed fiddle)",
  "family": "bowed",
  "class": "bowed_spike_fiddle",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -2,
    "sustain": 2,
    "polyphony": -2,
    "harmonicity": 0,
    "register": 2,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 2,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 1
  },
  "short": "banhu",
  "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": "banhu_form",
      "name": "Regional form / register",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "banhu_qinqiang",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Qinqiang / Shanxi banhu (large bowl, low and gutty)",
          "descriptors": [
            "gutty",
            "raw",
            "bowl-resonator"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "loud-projection",
            "ornamented"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "china",
            "opera",
            "northern"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "banhu_hebei",
          "name": "Hebei banhu (small bowl, shrill and bright)",
          "descriptors": [
            "shrill",
            "bright-cutting",
            "strident"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "piercing",
            "high-register"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "china",
            "opera",
            "northern"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "banhu_henan",
          "name": "Henan banhu (70 cm neck, 8.5-9.5 cm face, mellow)",
          "descriptors": [
            "mellow",
            "warm",
            "rounded"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "mellow-tone",
            "ornamented"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "china",
            "opera"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "banhu_soprano_orchestral",
          "name": "Soprano banhu (modern conservatory / orchestral model)",
          "descriptors": [
            "soprano",
            "conservatory",
            "concert-grade"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "high-register",
            "orchestral"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "chinese-orchestra",
            "conservatory"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "banhu_alto_tenor",
          "name": "Alto / tenor banhu (lower orchestral sizes)",
          "descriptors": [
            "alto",
            "tenor",
            "thick"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "low-register",
            "orchestral"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "chinese-orchestra",
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "banhu_role",
      "name": "Playing context / repertoire",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "banhu_bangzi_opera",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Bangzi clapper-opera lead fiddle (Qinqiang, Hebei / Henan / Shanxi Bangzi)",
          "descriptors": [
            "operatic",
            "voice-following",
            "heterophonic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "accompaniment",
            "loud-projection"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "chinese-opera",
            "opera"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "banhu_narrative_song",
          "name": "Northern narrative-song accompaniment",
          "descriptors": [
            "narrative",
            "vocal-supportive",
            "supportive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "narrative",
            "accompaniment"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "china",
            "narrative"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "banhu_solo_virtuoso",
          "name": "Post-1949 solo concert virtuoso (modern conservatory school)",
          "descriptors": [
            "virtuoso",
            "virtuosic",
            "expressive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "soloistic",
            "expressive"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "china",
            "solo",
            "concert"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "banhu_orchestra_chair",
          "name": "Soprano-banhu chair in the modern Chinese orchestra",
          "descriptors": [
            "ensemble-lead",
            "orchestral",
            "concert-grade"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "orchestral",
            "lead-melody"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "chinese-orchestra",
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "banhu_bowl",
      "name": "Soundbox bowl (paulownia board face and rigid ox-horn waist-bridge qianjin throughout)",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "banhu_coconut_bowl",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Coconut-shell bowl + paulownia board face",
          "descriptors": [
            "coconut-shell",
            "wood-faced",
            "paulownia"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "acoustic-only",
            "bright-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "china",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "banhu_hardwood_bowl",
          "name": "Turned hardwood bowl (hongmu / rosewood)",
          "descriptors": [
            "hardwood",
            "carved-hardwood-body",
            "wood-faced"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "acoustic-only",
            "woody"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "hardwood",
            "cites-app-ii"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "banhu_metal_bowl",
          "name": "Bamboo or copper bowl (regional builds)",
          "descriptors": [
            "metal-body",
            "copper",
            "bright-cutting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "acoustic-only",
            "piercing"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "china",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "banhu_abs_bowl",
          "name": "Moulded ABS bowl (modern stable / student build)",
          "descriptors": [
            "plastic",
            "stable",
            "consistent"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "synthetic",
            "modern"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern",
            "synthetic"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "banhu_strings",
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "banhu_steel_modern",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Steel (modern canonical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "steel-modern-canonical",
            "high-tension",
            "bright-cutting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "piercing",
            "loud-projection"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "banhu_silk_historical",
          "name": "Silk (pre-modern opera-pit historical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "silk-pre-modern-historical",
            "mellow",
            "warm"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "period-performance",
            "mellow-tone"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "banhu_form",
      "name": "Regional form / register",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "banhu_qinqiang",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Qinqiang / Shanxi banhu (large bowl, low and gutty)",
          "descriptors": [
            "gutty",
            "raw",
            "bowl-resonator"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "loud-projection",
            "ornamented"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "china",
            "opera",
            "northern"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "banhu_hebei",
          "name": "Hebei banhu (small bowl, shrill and bright)",
          "descriptors": [
            "shrill",
            "bright-cutting",
            "strident"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "piercing",
            "high-register"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "china",
            "opera",
            "northern"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "banhu_henan",
          "name": "Henan banhu (70 cm neck, 8.5-9.5 cm face, mellow)",
          "descriptors": [
            "mellow",
            "warm",
            "rounded"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "mellow-tone",
            "ornamented"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "china",
            "opera"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "banhu_soprano_orchestral",
          "name": "Soprano banhu (modern conservatory / orchestral model)",
          "descriptors": [
            "soprano",
            "conservatory",
            "concert-grade"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "high-register",
            "orchestral"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "chinese-orchestra",
            "conservatory"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "banhu_alto_tenor",
          "name": "Alto / tenor banhu (lower orchestral sizes)",
          "descriptors": [
            "alto",
            "tenor",
            "thick"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "low-register",
            "orchestral"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "chinese-orchestra",
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "banhu_role",
      "name": "Playing context / repertoire",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "banhu_bangzi_opera",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Bangzi clapper-opera lead fiddle (Qinqiang, Hebei / Henan / Shanxi Bangzi)",
          "descriptors": [
            "operatic",
            "voice-following",
            "heterophonic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "accompaniment",
            "loud-projection"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "chinese-opera",
            "opera"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "banhu_narrative_song",
          "name": "Northern narrative-song accompaniment",
          "descriptors": [
            "narrative",
            "vocal-supportive",
            "supportive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "narrative",
            "accompaniment"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "china",
            "narrative"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "banhu_solo_virtuoso",
          "name": "Post-1949 solo concert virtuoso (modern conservatory school)",
          "descriptors": [
            "virtuoso",
            "virtuosic",
            "expressive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "soloistic",
            "expressive"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "china",
            "solo",
            "concert"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "banhu_orchestra_chair",
          "name": "Soprano-banhu chair in the modern Chinese orchestra",
          "descriptors": [
            "ensemble-lead",
            "orchestral",
            "concert-grade"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "orchestral",
            "lead-melody"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "chinese-orchestra",
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "banhu_bowl",
      "name": "Soundbox bowl (paulownia board face and rigid ox-horn waist-bridge qianjin throughout)",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "banhu_coconut_bowl",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Coconut-shell bowl + paulownia board face",
          "descriptors": [
            "coconut-shell",
            "wood-faced",
            "paulownia"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "acoustic-only",
            "bright-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "china",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "banhu_hardwood_bowl",
          "name": "Turned hardwood bowl (hongmu / rosewood)",
          "descriptors": [
            "hardwood",
            "carved-hardwood-body",
            "wood-faced"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "acoustic-only",
            "woody"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "hardwood",
            "cites-app-ii"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "banhu_metal_bowl",
          "name": "Bamboo or copper bowl (regional builds)",
          "descriptors": [
            "metal-body",
            "copper",
            "bright-cutting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "acoustic-only",
            "piercing"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "china",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "banhu_abs_bowl",
          "name": "Moulded ABS bowl (modern stable / student build)",
          "descriptors": [
            "plastic",
            "stable",
            "consistent"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "synthetic",
            "modern"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern",
            "synthetic"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "banhu_strings",
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "banhu_steel_modern",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Steel (modern canonical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "steel-modern-canonical",
            "high-tension",
            "bright-cutting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "piercing",
            "loud-projection"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "banhu_silk_historical",
          "name": "Silk (pre-modern opera-pit historical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "silk-pre-modern-historical",
            "mellow",
            "warm"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "period-performance",
            "mellow-tone"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}