{
  "id": "biwa_lute",
  "name": "Biwa (Japanese plucked lute)",
  "family": "plucked_traditional",
  "class": "plucked_string_lead",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": 1,
    "sustain": -1,
    "polyphony": 0,
    "harmonicity": 0,
    "register": 0,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 1,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 0
  },
  "short": "biwa",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "plucked_traditional_technique",
      "name": "Playing technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "plucked_classical_idiom",
          "name": "Classical / art-music idiom",
          "applies_to": [
            "lute_renaissance",
            "theorbo",
            "oud",
            "qanun",
            "kanun",
            "tar_persian",
            "setar_persian",
            "tanbur_persian",
            "santur",
            "santoor",
            "saz_baglama",
            "sitar",
            "sarod",
            "veena",
            "rudra_veena",
            "tanpura",
            "koto",
            "biwa_lute",
            "pipa",
            "guqin",
            "gayageum",
            "geomungo",
            "sanxian",
            "ruan",
            "dan_tranh",
            "guzheng",
            "yueqin",
            "shamisen"
          ],
          "descriptors": [
            "ornamented",
            "sustained"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "string-attack",
            "classical",
            "classical-trained"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "classical"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "_fromFamily": true
    },
    {
      "id": "biwa_type",
      "name": "Variant",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "gaku_biwa",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Gaku-biwa (gagaku ensemble)",
          "descriptors": [
            "rhythmic",
            "ceremonial"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "satsuma_biwa",
          "name": "Satsuma-biwa",
          "descriptors": [
            "narrative",
            "declamatory",
            "samurai-tradition"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "chikuzen_biwa",
          "name": "Chikuzen-biwa",
          "descriptors": [
            "lyrical",
            "female-tradition",
            "softer"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "biwa_plectrum",
      "name": "Plectrum (bachi)",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "wide_bachi",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Wide wooden bachi (kashiwa-bachi)",
          "descriptors": [
            "percussive",
            "wood",
            "kashiwa-bachi"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "small_bachi",
          "name": "Smaller bachi",
          "descriptors": [
            "articulate",
            "modest"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "biwa_body_wood",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Body wood",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "biwa_mulberry_kuwa",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Mulberry / kuwa (canonical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "mulberry-kuwa",
            "canonical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "biwa_cherry_yamazakura",
          "name": "Cherry / yamazakura (premium)",
          "descriptors": [
            "cherry-yamazakura",
            "premium"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "biwa_zelkova_keyaki",
          "name": "Zelkova / keyaki",
          "descriptors": [
            "zelkova-keyaki",
            "durable"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "biwa_strings",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "biwa_silk_canonical",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Silk (canonical traditional)",
          "descriptors": [
            "silk-canonical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "biwa_tetron_modern",
          "name": "Tetron (modern alternative)",
          "descriptors": [
            "tetron-modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "biwa_type",
      "name": "Variant",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "gaku_biwa",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Gaku-biwa (gagaku ensemble)",
          "descriptors": [
            "rhythmic",
            "ceremonial"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "satsuma_biwa",
          "name": "Satsuma-biwa",
          "descriptors": [
            "narrative",
            "declamatory",
            "samurai-tradition"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "chikuzen_biwa",
          "name": "Chikuzen-biwa",
          "descriptors": [
            "lyrical",
            "female-tradition",
            "softer"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "biwa_plectrum",
      "name": "Plectrum (bachi)",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "wide_bachi",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Wide wooden bachi (kashiwa-bachi)",
          "descriptors": [
            "percussive",
            "wood",
            "kashiwa-bachi"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "small_bachi",
          "name": "Smaller bachi",
          "descriptors": [
            "articulate",
            "modest"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "biwa_body_wood",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Body wood",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "biwa_mulberry_kuwa",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Mulberry / kuwa (canonical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "mulberry-kuwa",
            "canonical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "biwa_cherry_yamazakura",
          "name": "Cherry / yamazakura (premium)",
          "descriptors": [
            "cherry-yamazakura",
            "premium"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "biwa_zelkova_keyaki",
          "name": "Zelkova / keyaki",
          "descriptors": [
            "zelkova-keyaki",
            "durable"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "biwa_strings",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "biwa_silk_canonical",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Silk (canonical traditional)",
          "descriptors": [
            "silk-canonical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "biwa_tetron_modern",
          "name": "Tetron (modern alternative)",
          "descriptors": [
            "tetron-modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}