{
  "id": "bolon",
  "name": "Bolon (Mande arched bass harp)",
  "family": "plucked_traditional",
  "class": "arched_bass_harp",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": 0,
    "sustain": -1,
    "polyphony": 0,
    "harmonicity": 0,
    "register": -2,
    "range": -1,
    "articulation": 1,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 0
  },
  "short": "bolon",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "bolon_form",
      "name": "Regional form / string count",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "bolon_susu_maninka",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Susu/Maninka war bolon (Guinea, three strings)",
          "descriptors": [
            "archaic",
            "martial",
            "three-string"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "bass-foundation"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "west_africa",
            "mande",
            "guinea"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "bolon_bamana",
          "name": "Bamana bolon (Mali, four-string hunters' bass)",
          "descriptors": [
            "earthy",
            "four-string",
            "hunters"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "bass-foundation"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "mande",
            "mali",
            "hunters"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "bolon_bolonba",
          "name": "Bolonba (large deep-calabash bass harp)",
          "descriptors": [
            "booming",
            "large-gourd",
            "subterranean"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "bass-foundation"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "mande"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "bolon_repertoire",
      "name": "Playing context / repertoire",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "bolon_warrior_praise",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Warriors' rallying praise (janjon / fasa)",
          "descriptors": [
            "exhortative",
            "driving",
            "martial"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "bass-foundation",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "warrior",
            "praise"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "bolon_hunters_ceremony",
          "name": "Hunters' association ceremony ostinato",
          "descriptors": [
            "ritual",
            "interlocking",
            "dark"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "bass-foundation"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "hunters",
            "ritual"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "bolon_calabash_groove",
          "name": "Neck-flex & calabash-slap dance groove",
          "descriptors": [
            "percussive-slap",
            "bent-pitch",
            "groove"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "struck",
            "bass-foundation"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "dance"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "bolon_strings",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "bolon_strings_rawhide",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Twisted rawhide / leather strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "gutty",
            "muted",
            "traditional"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "bass-foundation"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "bolon_strings_gut",
          "name": "Twisted gut strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "warm",
            "organic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "bolon_strings_nylon",
          "name": "Nylon / fishing-line strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright",
            "sustaining",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "bolon_form",
      "name": "Regional form / string count",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "bolon_susu_maninka",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Susu/Maninka war bolon (Guinea, three strings)",
          "descriptors": [
            "archaic",
            "martial",
            "three-string"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "bass-foundation"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "west_africa",
            "mande",
            "guinea"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "bolon_bamana",
          "name": "Bamana bolon (Mali, four-string hunters' bass)",
          "descriptors": [
            "earthy",
            "four-string",
            "hunters"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "bass-foundation"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "mande",
            "mali",
            "hunters"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "bolon_bolonba",
          "name": "Bolonba (large deep-calabash bass harp)",
          "descriptors": [
            "booming",
            "large-gourd",
            "subterranean"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "bass-foundation"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "mande"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "bolon_repertoire",
      "name": "Playing context / repertoire",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "bolon_warrior_praise",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Warriors' rallying praise (janjon / fasa)",
          "descriptors": [
            "exhortative",
            "driving",
            "martial"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "bass-foundation",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "warrior",
            "praise"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "bolon_hunters_ceremony",
          "name": "Hunters' association ceremony ostinato",
          "descriptors": [
            "ritual",
            "interlocking",
            "dark"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "bass-foundation"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "hunters",
            "ritual"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "bolon_calabash_groove",
          "name": "Neck-flex & calabash-slap dance groove",
          "descriptors": [
            "percussive-slap",
            "bent-pitch",
            "groove"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "struck",
            "bass-foundation"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "dance"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "bolon_strings",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "bolon_strings_rawhide",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Twisted rawhide / leather strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "gutty",
            "muted",
            "traditional"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "bass-foundation"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "bolon_strings_gut",
          "name": "Twisted gut strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "warm",
            "organic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "bolon_strings_nylon",
          "name": "Nylon / fishing-line strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright",
            "sustaining",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}