{
  "id": "chikuzen_biwa",
  "name": "Chikuzen biwa (four/five-string narrative biwa of Fukuoka)",
  "family": "plucked_traditional",
  "class": "plucked_lute",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": 1,
    "sustain": 0,
    "polyphony": 0,
    "harmonicity": -1,
    "register": 0,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 2,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 1
  },
  "short": "chikuzen biwa",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "chikuzen_biwa_stringing",
      "name": "Stringing / course count",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "chikuzen_biwa_five_string",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Five-string chikuzen biwa (modern concert)",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright-attack",
            "buzzing-timbre",
            "wide-ranged"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "japanese",
            "narrative-lute"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "chikuzen_biwa_four_string",
          "name": "Four-string chikuzen biwa (older form)",
          "descriptors": [
            "dry-toned",
            "archaic",
            "voice-supporting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "japanese"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "chikuzen_biwa_plectrum",
      "name": "Plectrum (bachi) size",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "chikuzen_biwa_small_bachi",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Small boxwood bachi (chikuzen style)",
          "descriptors": [
            "nimble",
            "crisp-attack"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "struck-string"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "chikuzen_biwa_large_bachi",
          "name": "Broad bachi (satsuma-influenced striking)",
          "descriptors": [
            "percussive",
            "body-slapping",
            "forceful"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "percussive-attack"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "chikuzen_biwa_context",
      "name": "Performance context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "chikuzen_biwa_katarimono",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Sung narrative (katarimono) accompaniment",
          "descriptors": [
            "declamatory",
            "sparse",
            "voice-shadowing"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "japanese",
            "narrative"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "chikuzen_biwa_solo",
          "name": "Instrumental solo (shirabe)",
          "descriptors": [
            "ornamented",
            "tremolo-rich"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "solo"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "chikuzen_biwa_stringing",
      "name": "Stringing / course count",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "chikuzen_biwa_five_string",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Five-string chikuzen biwa (modern concert)",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright-attack",
            "buzzing-timbre",
            "wide-ranged"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "japanese",
            "narrative-lute"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "chikuzen_biwa_four_string",
          "name": "Four-string chikuzen biwa (older form)",
          "descriptors": [
            "dry-toned",
            "archaic",
            "voice-supporting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "japanese"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "chikuzen_biwa_plectrum",
      "name": "Plectrum (bachi) size",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "chikuzen_biwa_small_bachi",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Small boxwood bachi (chikuzen style)",
          "descriptors": [
            "nimble",
            "crisp-attack"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "struck-string"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "chikuzen_biwa_large_bachi",
          "name": "Broad bachi (satsuma-influenced striking)",
          "descriptors": [
            "percussive",
            "body-slapping",
            "forceful"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "percussive-attack"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "chikuzen_biwa_context",
      "name": "Performance context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "chikuzen_biwa_katarimono",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Sung narrative (katarimono) accompaniment",
          "descriptors": [
            "declamatory",
            "sparse",
            "voice-shadowing"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "japanese",
            "narrative"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "chikuzen_biwa_solo",
          "name": "Instrumental solo (shirabe)",
          "descriptors": [
            "ornamented",
            "tremolo-rich"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "solo"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}