{
  "id": "chikara",
  "name": "Chikara (Bundelkhandi bardic folk fiddle)",
  "family": "bowed",
  "class": "bowed_fiddle",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -1,
    "sustain": 2,
    "polyphony": -1,
    "harmonicity": -1,
    "register": 0,
    "range": -1,
    "articulation": 1,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": -1
  },
  "short": "chikara",
  "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": "chikara_form",
      "name": "Form and string count",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "chikara_form_three_string",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Three-string Bundelkhandi chikara (hollowed body, hide belly, fretless neck)",
          "descriptors": [
            "three-string",
            "rustic",
            "hide-faced",
            "nasal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "rough-tone",
            "fretless"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south_asia",
            "folk"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "chikara_form_two_string",
          "name": "Two-string village form (sparer, drone-led)",
          "descriptors": [
            "two-string",
            "spare",
            "droning",
            "handmade"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "drone-foundation",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south_asia",
            "folk"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "chikara_form_hill",
          "name": "Himalayan hill form (Nepal border districts)",
          "descriptors": [
            "rural",
            "thin-toned",
            "archaic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "folk-tradition",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "himalayan",
            "folk"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "chikara_context",
      "name": "Repertoire",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "chikara_context_alha",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Alha epic ballad accompaniment (Bundelkhand bards)",
          "descriptors": [
            "bardic",
            "narrative",
            "heroic",
            "declamatory"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "epic",
            "vocal-accompaniment"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south_asia",
            "storytelling",
            "narrative"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "chikara_context_bhajan",
          "name": "Village devotional song accompaniment",
          "descriptors": [
            "devotional",
            "vocal-supportive",
            "measured"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "devotional",
            "accompaniment"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south_asia",
            "devotional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "chikara_context_dance_tune",
          "name": "Solo folk dance tune",
          "descriptors": [
            "driving",
            "festive",
            "insistent"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "dance-driving",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south_asia",
            "dance"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "chikara_build",
      "name": "Strings and stopping",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "chikara_build_gut_nail",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Gut strings, fingernail stopping on a fingerboardless neck",
          "descriptors": [
            "gut",
            "fingernail-stopped",
            "warm"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "gut-string",
            "fretless"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "chikara_build_horsehair",
          "name": "Bundled horsehair strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "horsehair-strung",
            "raw",
            "buzzy"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "horsehair-string",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "chikara_build_steel",
          "name": "Steel strings, pad stopping",
          "descriptors": [
            "steel",
            "bright",
            "cutting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "steel-string",
            "bright-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "chikara_form",
      "name": "Form and string count",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "chikara_form_three_string",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Three-string Bundelkhandi chikara (hollowed body, hide belly, fretless neck)",
          "descriptors": [
            "three-string",
            "rustic",
            "hide-faced",
            "nasal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "rough-tone",
            "fretless"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south_asia",
            "folk"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "chikara_form_two_string",
          "name": "Two-string village form (sparer, drone-led)",
          "descriptors": [
            "two-string",
            "spare",
            "droning",
            "handmade"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "drone-foundation",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south_asia",
            "folk"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "chikara_form_hill",
          "name": "Himalayan hill form (Nepal border districts)",
          "descriptors": [
            "rural",
            "thin-toned",
            "archaic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "folk-tradition",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "himalayan",
            "folk"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "chikara_context",
      "name": "Repertoire",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "chikara_context_alha",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Alha epic ballad accompaniment (Bundelkhand bards)",
          "descriptors": [
            "bardic",
            "narrative",
            "heroic",
            "declamatory"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "epic",
            "vocal-accompaniment"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south_asia",
            "storytelling",
            "narrative"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "chikara_context_bhajan",
          "name": "Village devotional song accompaniment",
          "descriptors": [
            "devotional",
            "vocal-supportive",
            "measured"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "devotional",
            "accompaniment"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south_asia",
            "devotional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "chikara_context_dance_tune",
          "name": "Solo folk dance tune",
          "descriptors": [
            "driving",
            "festive",
            "insistent"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "dance-driving",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south_asia",
            "dance"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "chikara_build",
      "name": "Strings and stopping",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "chikara_build_gut_nail",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Gut strings, fingernail stopping on a fingerboardless neck",
          "descriptors": [
            "gut",
            "fingernail-stopped",
            "warm"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "gut-string",
            "fretless"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "chikara_build_horsehair",
          "name": "Bundled horsehair strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "horsehair-strung",
            "raw",
            "buzzy"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "horsehair-string",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "chikara_build_steel",
          "name": "Steel strings, pad stopping",
          "descriptors": [
            "steel",
            "bright",
            "cutting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "steel-string",
            "bright-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}