{
  "id": "buzuq",
  "name": "Buzuq (Levantine long-necked fretted lute)",
  "family": "plucked_traditional",
  "class": "long_neck_lute",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": 1,
    "sustain": -1,
    "polyphony": 0,
    "harmonicity": 1,
    "register": 1,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 2,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 0
  },
  "short": "buzuq",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "buzuq_form",
      "name": "Regional form",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "buzuq_lebanese",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Lebanese buzuq (mid-20th-century golden era)",
          "descriptors": [
            "lyrical",
            "bright"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "bright-tone",
            "long-neck"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "levantine",
            "lebanese"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "buzuq_syrian",
          "name": "Syrian / Aleppine buzuq",
          "descriptors": [
            "ottoman-levantine",
            "maqam-refined"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "microtonal-frets",
            "long-neck"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "levantine",
            "syrian"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "buzuq_iraqi",
          "name": "Iraqi buzuq",
          "descriptors": [
            "deep-toned",
            "folk-maqam"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "folk",
            "long-neck"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "iraqi",
            "mesopotamian"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "buzuq_repertoire",
      "name": "Playing context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "buzuq_taqsim",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Taqsim (solo maqam improvisation)",
          "descriptors": [
            "improvisatory",
            "tremolo-driven",
            "maqam-modal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo",
            "microtonal-frets"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "art-music",
            "taqsim"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "buzuq_dabke",
          "name": "Dabke & mijana folk dance",
          "descriptors": [
            "driving",
            "festive",
            "dance-pulse"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "rhythmic",
            "folk"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "levantine-folk",
            "dabke"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "buzuq_tarab",
          "name": "Tarab song accompaniment",
          "descriptors": [
            "lyrical",
            "song-supporting",
            "ornamented"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "melodic",
            "accompaniment"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "tarab",
            "song"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "buzuq_frets",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Fret type",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "buzuq_frets_tied",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Tied movable gut/nylon frets",
          "descriptors": [
            "microtonal",
            "adjustable",
            "traditional"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "microtonal-frets",
            "plucked"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "movable-frets"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "buzuq_frets_metal",
          "name": "Fixed metal frets (concert reform)",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright",
            "loud",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "fretted",
            "bright-tone",
            "plucked"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "fixed-frets",
            "concert"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "buzuq_form",
      "name": "Regional form",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "buzuq_lebanese",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Lebanese buzuq (mid-20th-century golden era)",
          "descriptors": [
            "lyrical",
            "bright"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "bright-tone",
            "long-neck"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "levantine",
            "lebanese"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "buzuq_syrian",
          "name": "Syrian / Aleppine buzuq",
          "descriptors": [
            "ottoman-levantine",
            "maqam-refined"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "microtonal-frets",
            "long-neck"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "levantine",
            "syrian"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "buzuq_iraqi",
          "name": "Iraqi buzuq",
          "descriptors": [
            "deep-toned",
            "folk-maqam"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "folk",
            "long-neck"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "iraqi",
            "mesopotamian"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "buzuq_repertoire",
      "name": "Playing context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "buzuq_taqsim",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Taqsim (solo maqam improvisation)",
          "descriptors": [
            "improvisatory",
            "tremolo-driven",
            "maqam-modal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo",
            "microtonal-frets"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "art-music",
            "taqsim"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "buzuq_dabke",
          "name": "Dabke & mijana folk dance",
          "descriptors": [
            "driving",
            "festive",
            "dance-pulse"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "rhythmic",
            "folk"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "levantine-folk",
            "dabke"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "buzuq_tarab",
          "name": "Tarab song accompaniment",
          "descriptors": [
            "lyrical",
            "song-supporting",
            "ornamented"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "melodic",
            "accompaniment"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "tarab",
            "song"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "buzuq_frets",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Fret type",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "buzuq_frets_tied",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Tied movable gut/nylon frets",
          "descriptors": [
            "microtonal",
            "adjustable",
            "traditional"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "microtonal-frets",
            "plucked"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "movable-frets"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "buzuq_frets_metal",
          "name": "Fixed metal frets (concert reform)",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright",
            "loud",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "fretted",
            "bright-tone",
            "plucked"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "fixed-frets",
            "concert"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}