{
  "id": "byzantine_lyra",
  "name": "Byzantine lyra (medieval bowed lyra, reconstructed)",
  "family": "bowed",
  "class": "bowed_string",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -2,
    "sustain": 2,
    "polyphony": -1,
    "harmonicity": 0,
    "register": 1,
    "range": 0,
    "articulation": 2,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": -1
  },
  "short": "byzantine lyra",
  "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": "byzantine_lyra_form",
      "name": "Body outline / string count",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "byzantine_lyra_pear_three",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Pear-shaped three-string (Bargello ivory type)",
          "descriptors": [
            "archaic",
            "pear-shaped",
            "nasal",
            "foundational"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "period-performance",
            "nasal-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "byzantine",
            "three-string"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "byzantine_lyra_oval_two",
          "name": "Oval two-string (earlier iconographic type)",
          "descriptors": [
            "archaic",
            "raw",
            "plaintive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "period-performance",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "byzantine",
            "two-string"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "byzantine_lyra_elongated_three",
          "name": "Elongated oval three-string (rebec-precursor form)",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright",
            "focused",
            "historical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "period-performance",
            "bright-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "byzantine",
            "historical"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "byzantine_lyra_idiom",
      "name": "Idiom / repertoire",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "byzantine_lyra_drone_modal",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Drone-and-melody modal accompaniment",
          "descriptors": [
            "droning",
            "modal",
            "song-accompaniment"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "drone-foundation",
            "accompaniment"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "byzantine",
            "greek"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "byzantine_lyra_free_solo",
          "name": "Free unmetered solo prelude",
          "descriptors": [
            "rubato",
            "soloistic",
            "ornamented"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ornamented",
            "expressive"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "byzantine",
            "solo"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "byzantine_lyra_dance",
          "name": "Dance-tune playing (court and village)",
          "descriptors": [
            "driving",
            "festive",
            "communal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "dance-driving",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "byzantine",
            "dance"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "byzantine_lyra_build",
      "name": "Reconstruction stance",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "byzantine_lyra_plain_gut",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Archaic reconstruction — plain gut, short arched bow",
          "descriptors": [
            "plain-gut",
            "archaic",
            "woody"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "period-performance",
            "gut-strings"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "historical-gut",
            "byzantine"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "byzantine_lyra_modern_hybrid",
          "name": "Modern revival build — wound strings, modern bow",
          "descriptors": [
            "contemporary",
            "projecting",
            "preservationist"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "bright-tone",
            "ornamented"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "revival",
            "concert"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "byzantine_lyra_form",
      "name": "Body outline / string count",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "byzantine_lyra_pear_three",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Pear-shaped three-string (Bargello ivory type)",
          "descriptors": [
            "archaic",
            "pear-shaped",
            "nasal",
            "foundational"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "period-performance",
            "nasal-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "byzantine",
            "three-string"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "byzantine_lyra_oval_two",
          "name": "Oval two-string (earlier iconographic type)",
          "descriptors": [
            "archaic",
            "raw",
            "plaintive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "period-performance",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "byzantine",
            "two-string"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "byzantine_lyra_elongated_three",
          "name": "Elongated oval three-string (rebec-precursor form)",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright",
            "focused",
            "historical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "period-performance",
            "bright-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "byzantine",
            "historical"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "byzantine_lyra_idiom",
      "name": "Idiom / repertoire",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "byzantine_lyra_drone_modal",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Drone-and-melody modal accompaniment",
          "descriptors": [
            "droning",
            "modal",
            "song-accompaniment"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "drone-foundation",
            "accompaniment"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "byzantine",
            "greek"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "byzantine_lyra_free_solo",
          "name": "Free unmetered solo prelude",
          "descriptors": [
            "rubato",
            "soloistic",
            "ornamented"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ornamented",
            "expressive"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "byzantine",
            "solo"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "byzantine_lyra_dance",
          "name": "Dance-tune playing (court and village)",
          "descriptors": [
            "driving",
            "festive",
            "communal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "dance-driving",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "byzantine",
            "dance"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "byzantine_lyra_build",
      "name": "Reconstruction stance",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "byzantine_lyra_plain_gut",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Archaic reconstruction — plain gut, short arched bow",
          "descriptors": [
            "plain-gut",
            "archaic",
            "woody"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "period-performance",
            "gut-strings"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "historical-gut",
            "byzantine"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "byzantine_lyra_modern_hybrid",
          "name": "Modern revival build — wound strings, modern bow",
          "descriptors": [
            "contemporary",
            "projecting",
            "preservationist"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "bright-tone",
            "ornamented"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "revival",
            "concert"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}