{
  "id": "bara",
  "name": "Bara / bendré (West African gourd kettle drum)",
  "family": "percussion",
  "class": "hand_percussion",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": 0,
    "sustain": -2,
    "polyphony": -2,
    "harmonicity": 0,
    "register": -1,
    "range": 0,
    "articulation": 2,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 0
  },
  "short": "bara",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "bara_size",
      "name": "Gourd size / register",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "bara_size_mid",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Mid-size bara (ensemble accompaniment)",
          "descriptors": [
            "focused",
            "foundational",
            "versatile"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "hands",
            "ensemble"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "west_africa",
            "mali"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "bara_size_royal_bendre",
          "name": "Large deep calabash — Mossi royal bendré",
          "descriptors": [
            "deep",
            "low-fundamental-tuning",
            "ceremonial"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "hands",
            "low-register"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "court",
            "west_africa"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "bara_size_small",
          "name": "Small gourd (higher, drier voice)",
          "descriptors": [
            "compact",
            "bright",
            "dry"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "hands",
            "hand-drum"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "west_africa"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "bara_head",
      "name": "Head material and tension",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "bara_head_goat_high",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Goat-skin at high tension (dry, defined)",
          "descriptors": [
            "goatskin",
            "dry",
            "crisp"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "hands"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional",
            "gourd-body"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "bara_head_goat_low",
          "name": "Goat-skin at low tension (loose, boomy low tone)",
          "descriptors": [
            "boomy",
            "deep",
            "rounded"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "hands",
            "low-register"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional",
            "gourd-body"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "bara_head_sheepskin",
          "name": "Sheep-skin head (thicker, darker)",
          "descriptors": [
            "hide",
            "dark",
            "softer"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "hands"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "bara_technique",
      "name": "Striking zone / technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "bara_technique_centre_edge",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Centre-versus-edge stroke contrast (benaaba pitch play)",
          "descriptors": [
            "virtuoso",
            "organic-tone",
            "melodic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "hands",
            "hand-struck"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "west_africa",
            "vessel-drum"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "bara_technique_finger_rings",
          "name": "Bare hands plus metal finger rings",
          "descriptors": [
            "snappier",
            "metallic-overtones",
            "traditional"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "hands",
            "metallic-attack"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "bara_technique_pressed_bend",
          "name": "Pressed / muted pitch-bending strokes",
          "descriptors": [
            "bent-pitch",
            "expressive",
            "melodic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "hands",
            "microtonal-bend"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "west_africa"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "bara_role",
      "name": "Repertoire / role",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "bara_role_balafon_accompaniment",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Balafon accompaniment (Burkinabè and Malian ensemble)",
          "descriptors": [
            "foundational",
            "interlocking",
            "communal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "ensemble",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "west_africa",
            "ensemble"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "bara_role_mossi_court",
          "name": "Mossi court recitation at the Moro Naba (dynastic praise)",
          "descriptors": [
            "ceremonial",
            "oral-history",
            "courtly"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "speech-derived",
            "ritual-context"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "court",
            "ceremonial"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "bara_role_funeral_festival",
          "name": "Funeral and religious-festival drumming",
          "descriptors": [
            "ritual",
            "communal",
            "ancestral"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "ritual-context",
            "ensemble"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "ritual",
            "west_africa"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "bara_size",
      "name": "Gourd size / register",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "bara_size_mid",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Mid-size bara (ensemble accompaniment)",
          "descriptors": [
            "focused",
            "foundational",
            "versatile"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "hands",
            "ensemble"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "west_africa",
            "mali"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "bara_size_royal_bendre",
          "name": "Large deep calabash — Mossi royal bendré",
          "descriptors": [
            "deep",
            "low-fundamental-tuning",
            "ceremonial"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "hands",
            "low-register"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "court",
            "west_africa"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "bara_size_small",
          "name": "Small gourd (higher, drier voice)",
          "descriptors": [
            "compact",
            "bright",
            "dry"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "hands",
            "hand-drum"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "west_africa"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "bara_head",
      "name": "Head material and tension",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "bara_head_goat_high",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Goat-skin at high tension (dry, defined)",
          "descriptors": [
            "goatskin",
            "dry",
            "crisp"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "hands"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional",
            "gourd-body"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "bara_head_goat_low",
          "name": "Goat-skin at low tension (loose, boomy low tone)",
          "descriptors": [
            "boomy",
            "deep",
            "rounded"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "hands",
            "low-register"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional",
            "gourd-body"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "bara_head_sheepskin",
          "name": "Sheep-skin head (thicker, darker)",
          "descriptors": [
            "hide",
            "dark",
            "softer"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "hands"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "bara_technique",
      "name": "Striking zone / technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "bara_technique_centre_edge",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Centre-versus-edge stroke contrast (benaaba pitch play)",
          "descriptors": [
            "virtuoso",
            "organic-tone",
            "melodic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "hands",
            "hand-struck"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "west_africa",
            "vessel-drum"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "bara_technique_finger_rings",
          "name": "Bare hands plus metal finger rings",
          "descriptors": [
            "snappier",
            "metallic-overtones",
            "traditional"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "hands",
            "metallic-attack"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "bara_technique_pressed_bend",
          "name": "Pressed / muted pitch-bending strokes",
          "descriptors": [
            "bent-pitch",
            "expressive",
            "melodic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "hands",
            "microtonal-bend"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "west_africa"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "bara_role",
      "name": "Repertoire / role",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "bara_role_balafon_accompaniment",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Balafon accompaniment (Burkinabè and Malian ensemble)",
          "descriptors": [
            "foundational",
            "interlocking",
            "communal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "ensemble",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "west_africa",
            "ensemble"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "bara_role_mossi_court",
          "name": "Mossi court recitation at the Moro Naba (dynastic praise)",
          "descriptors": [
            "ceremonial",
            "oral-history",
            "courtly"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "speech-derived",
            "ritual-context"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "court",
            "ceremonial"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "bara_role_funeral_festival",
          "name": "Funeral and religious-festival drumming",
          "descriptors": [
            "ritual",
            "communal",
            "ancestral"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "ritual-context",
            "ensemble"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "ritual",
            "west_africa"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}