{
  "id": "biwa_satsuma",
  "name": "Satsuma-biwa (Japanese narrative lute of the Satsuma tradition)",
  "family": "plucked_traditional",
  "class": "plucked_lute",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": 0,
    "sustain": 0,
    "polyphony": 0,
    "harmonicity": -1,
    "register": 0,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 2,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 2
  },
  "short": "satsuma biwa",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "biwa_satsuma_style",
      "name": "Performance style",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "biwa_satsuma_narrative",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Narrative chant accompaniment (katarimono)",
          "descriptors": [
            "declamatory",
            "percussive-attack",
            "dramatic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked-lute",
            "japan"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "biwa_satsuma_solo",
          "name": "Solo instrumental interlude",
          "descriptors": [
            "buzzing-timbre",
            "virtuosic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked-lute",
            "sawari"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "biwa_satsuma_plectrum",
      "name": "Bachi plectrum",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "biwa_satsuma_wide_bachi",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Wide fan-shaped bachi (struck across strings and body)",
          "descriptors": [
            "slapping",
            "explosive-attack"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "struck-body"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "biwa_satsuma_narrow_bachi",
          "name": "Narrower bachi",
          "descriptors": [
            "cleaner-attack",
            "controlled"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "biwa_satsuma_strings",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "biwa_satsuma_silk",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Silk strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "dry",
            "gritty"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "biwa_satsuma_tetron",
          "name": "Tetron strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "brighter",
            "durable"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "biwa_satsuma_style",
      "name": "Performance style",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "biwa_satsuma_narrative",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Narrative chant accompaniment (katarimono)",
          "descriptors": [
            "declamatory",
            "percussive-attack",
            "dramatic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked-lute",
            "japan"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "biwa_satsuma_solo",
          "name": "Solo instrumental interlude",
          "descriptors": [
            "buzzing-timbre",
            "virtuosic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked-lute",
            "sawari"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "biwa_satsuma_plectrum",
      "name": "Bachi plectrum",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "biwa_satsuma_wide_bachi",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Wide fan-shaped bachi (struck across strings and body)",
          "descriptors": [
            "slapping",
            "explosive-attack"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "struck-body"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "biwa_satsuma_narrow_bachi",
          "name": "Narrower bachi",
          "descriptors": [
            "cleaner-attack",
            "controlled"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "biwa_satsuma_strings",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "biwa_satsuma_silk",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Silk strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "dry",
            "gritty"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "biwa_satsuma_tetron",
          "name": "Tetron strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "brighter",
            "durable"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}