{
  "id": "byzaanchy",
  "name": "Byzaanchy (Tuvan four-string spike fiddle)",
  "family": "bowed",
  "class": "bowed_spike_fiddle",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -2,
    "sustain": 2,
    "polyphony": -2,
    "harmonicity": -1,
    "register": 1,
    "range": 0,
    "articulation": 1,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 0
  },
  "short": "byzaanchy",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "bowed_technique",
      "name": "Bow technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "bowed_legato_classical",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Classical legato",
          "descriptors": [
            "legato",
            "sustained"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone",
            "classical",
            "classical-trained"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "classical"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "_fromFamily": true
    },
    {
      "id": "byzaanchy_body",
      "name": "Resonator form",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "byzaanchy_body_cylinder_wood",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Small cylindrical wooden body, calf-head headstock (canonical Tuvan)",
          "descriptors": [
            "cylindrical",
            "nasal",
            "carved",
            "tuvan-tradition"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "rough-tone",
            "hide-soundboard"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "tuvan",
            "siberia",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "byzaanchy_body_faceted_box",
          "name": "Hexagonal or octagonal faceted box body",
          "descriptors": [
            "boxy",
            "focused",
            "cutting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "rough-tone",
            "wood-body"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "tuvan",
            "siberia"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "byzaanchy_body_horn",
          "name": "Horn-walled resonator (archaic build)",
          "descriptors": [
            "archaic",
            "thin",
            "cutting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "rough-tone",
            "archaic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "tuvan",
            "historical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "byzaanchy_body_wide_deep",
          "name": "Wide, deep resonator (louder stage build)",
          "descriptors": [
            "deep-bodied",
            "projection-strong",
            "resonant"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "loud-projection",
            "wood-body"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "tuvan",
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "byzaanchy_face",
      "name": "Table / face material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "byzaanchy_face_goat_calf",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Goat or calf skin table",
          "descriptors": [
            "goatskin",
            "buzzy",
            "nasal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "hide-soundboard",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "tuvan",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "byzaanchy_face_fish_skin",
          "name": "Fish-skin table (thin, light-voiced)",
          "descriptors": [
            "fish-skin",
            "thin",
            "delicate"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "hide-soundboard",
            "soft-toned"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "siberia",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "byzaanchy_face_maral_hide",
          "name": "Maral (Siberian red deer) hide table",
          "descriptors": [
            "hide",
            "warm",
            "resonant"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "hide-soundboard",
            "membrane"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "tuvan",
            "siberia"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "byzaanchy_face_wood",
          "name": "Wooden soundboard (drier fiddle voice)",
          "descriptors": [
            "wooden",
            "dry",
            "focused"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "wood-body",
            "wood-toned"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "tuvan",
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "byzaanchy_strings",
      "name": "Strings and course interval",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "byzaanchy_strings_horsehair_fifth",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Twisted horsehair, two unison pairs a fifth apart",
          "descriptors": [
            "horsehair",
            "breathy",
            "unison",
            "open-fifths"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "horsehair-string",
            "unison-doubled"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "tuvan",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "byzaanchy_strings_horsehair_fourth",
          "name": "Twisted horsehair, pairs a fourth apart (Russian-language reporting)",
          "descriptors": [
            "horsehair",
            "breathy",
            "unison"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "horsehair-string",
            "unison-doubled"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "tuvan",
            "historical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "byzaanchy_strings_gut",
          "name": "Gut strings (smoother, less breath-noise)",
          "descriptors": [
            "gut",
            "warm",
            "mellow"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "gut-string",
            "four-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "historical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "byzaanchy_strings_metal_nylon",
          "name": "Modern metal or nylon strings (stage and ensemble use)",
          "descriptors": [
            "steel",
            "focused",
            "projecting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "steel-string",
            "bright-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "tuvan",
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "byzaanchy_context",
      "name": "Playing context / repertoire",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "byzaanchy_context_kozhamyk",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Kozhamyk ditties and folk-song (yrlar) accompaniment",
          "descriptors": [
            "vocal-shadowing",
            "lilting",
            "intimate"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "song-accompaniment",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "tuvan",
            "folk"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "byzaanchy_context_khoomei",
          "name": "Shadowing khoomei throat-singing",
          "descriptors": [
            "drone-under-melody",
            "sustained",
            "meditative"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "throat-singing",
            "drone-foundation"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "tuvan",
            "overtone-tradition"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "byzaanchy_context_ayalga",
          "name": "Solo instrumental ayalga (imitative, glissando-heavy)",
          "descriptors": [
            "imitative",
            "gliding",
            "soloistic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "solo",
            "glissando-heavy"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "tuvan",
            "solo"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "byzaanchy_context_folk_orchestra",
          "name": "Folk-orchestra / stage-ensemble section line",
          "descriptors": [
            "blended",
            "notated",
            "folk-orchestra"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ensemble",
            "modern"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "tuvan",
            "orchestral",
            "soviet-era"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "byzaanchy_body",
      "name": "Resonator form",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "byzaanchy_body_cylinder_wood",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Small cylindrical wooden body, calf-head headstock (canonical Tuvan)",
          "descriptors": [
            "cylindrical",
            "nasal",
            "carved",
            "tuvan-tradition"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "rough-tone",
            "hide-soundboard"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "tuvan",
            "siberia",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "byzaanchy_body_faceted_box",
          "name": "Hexagonal or octagonal faceted box body",
          "descriptors": [
            "boxy",
            "focused",
            "cutting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "rough-tone",
            "wood-body"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "tuvan",
            "siberia"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "byzaanchy_body_horn",
          "name": "Horn-walled resonator (archaic build)",
          "descriptors": [
            "archaic",
            "thin",
            "cutting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "rough-tone",
            "archaic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "tuvan",
            "historical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "byzaanchy_body_wide_deep",
          "name": "Wide, deep resonator (louder stage build)",
          "descriptors": [
            "deep-bodied",
            "projection-strong",
            "resonant"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "loud-projection",
            "wood-body"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "tuvan",
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "byzaanchy_face",
      "name": "Table / face material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "byzaanchy_face_goat_calf",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Goat or calf skin table",
          "descriptors": [
            "goatskin",
            "buzzy",
            "nasal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "hide-soundboard",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "tuvan",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "byzaanchy_face_fish_skin",
          "name": "Fish-skin table (thin, light-voiced)",
          "descriptors": [
            "fish-skin",
            "thin",
            "delicate"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "hide-soundboard",
            "soft-toned"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "siberia",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "byzaanchy_face_maral_hide",
          "name": "Maral (Siberian red deer) hide table",
          "descriptors": [
            "hide",
            "warm",
            "resonant"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "hide-soundboard",
            "membrane"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "tuvan",
            "siberia"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "byzaanchy_face_wood",
          "name": "Wooden soundboard (drier fiddle voice)",
          "descriptors": [
            "wooden",
            "dry",
            "focused"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "wood-body",
            "wood-toned"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "tuvan",
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "byzaanchy_strings",
      "name": "Strings and course interval",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "byzaanchy_strings_horsehair_fifth",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Twisted horsehair, two unison pairs a fifth apart",
          "descriptors": [
            "horsehair",
            "breathy",
            "unison",
            "open-fifths"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "horsehair-string",
            "unison-doubled"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "tuvan",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "byzaanchy_strings_horsehair_fourth",
          "name": "Twisted horsehair, pairs a fourth apart (Russian-language reporting)",
          "descriptors": [
            "horsehair",
            "breathy",
            "unison"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "horsehair-string",
            "unison-doubled"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "tuvan",
            "historical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "byzaanchy_strings_gut",
          "name": "Gut strings (smoother, less breath-noise)",
          "descriptors": [
            "gut",
            "warm",
            "mellow"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "gut-string",
            "four-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "historical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "byzaanchy_strings_metal_nylon",
          "name": "Modern metal or nylon strings (stage and ensemble use)",
          "descriptors": [
            "steel",
            "focused",
            "projecting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "steel-string",
            "bright-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "tuvan",
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "byzaanchy_context",
      "name": "Playing context / repertoire",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "byzaanchy_context_kozhamyk",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Kozhamyk ditties and folk-song (yrlar) accompaniment",
          "descriptors": [
            "vocal-shadowing",
            "lilting",
            "intimate"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "song-accompaniment",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "tuvan",
            "folk"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "byzaanchy_context_khoomei",
          "name": "Shadowing khoomei throat-singing",
          "descriptors": [
            "drone-under-melody",
            "sustained",
            "meditative"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "throat-singing",
            "drone-foundation"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "tuvan",
            "overtone-tradition"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "byzaanchy_context_ayalga",
          "name": "Solo instrumental ayalga (imitative, glissando-heavy)",
          "descriptors": [
            "imitative",
            "gliding",
            "soloistic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "solo",
            "glissando-heavy"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "tuvan",
            "solo"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "byzaanchy_context_folk_orchestra",
          "name": "Folk-orchestra / stage-ensemble section line",
          "descriptors": [
            "blended",
            "notated",
            "folk-orchestra"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ensemble",
            "modern"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "tuvan",
            "orchestral",
            "soviet-era"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}