{
  "id": "ching",
  "name": "Ching (Thai/Khmer finger cymbals)",
  "family": "percussion",
  "class": "hand_cymbals",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -1,
    "sustain": 0,
    "polyphony": -2,
    "harmonicity": -1,
    "register": 2,
    "range": -1,
    "articulation": 2,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 0
  },
  "short": "ching",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "ching_form",
      "name": "Regional form",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "ching_thai",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Thai ching (piphat)",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright-ring",
            "central-thai",
            "colotomic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "cupped-cymbals",
            "metallic-ring"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "thai",
            "piphat"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ching_khmer",
          "name": "Khmer chhing (pinpeat)",
          "descriptors": [
            "ceremonial",
            "temple",
            "khmer"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "cupped-cymbals",
            "timekeeper"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "khmer",
            "pinpeat"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ching_lao",
          "name": "Lao sing",
          "descriptors": [
            "village",
            "lilting",
            "lao"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "cupped-cymbals"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "lao"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "ching_stroke",
      "name": "Playing technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "ching_open_closed",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Open-closed 'ching-chap' stroke",
          "descriptors": [
            "ching-chap",
            "open-and-damped",
            "pulse-marking"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "timekeeper",
            "metallic-ring"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "colotomic"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ching_mahori",
          "name": "Mahori / khruang sai (soft ensemble)",
          "descriptors": [
            "delicate",
            "gentle",
            "string-ensemble"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "soft-timekeeper"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "mahori"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ching_ritual",
          "name": "Ritual / theatrical (khon, sbek thom)",
          "descriptors": [
            "ceremonial",
            "processional",
            "sacred"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "timekeeper"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "ritual"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "ching_alloy",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Cymbal alloy",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "ching_bronze",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Thick bronze alloy",
          "descriptors": [
            "bronze",
            "resonant",
            "traditional"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "metallic-ring",
            "cupped-cymbals"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "bronze"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ching_brass",
          "name": "Brass",
          "descriptors": [
            "brass",
            "brighter",
            "lighter"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "metallic-ring"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "brass"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ching_iron",
          "name": "Iron / steel (modern)",
          "descriptors": [
            "iron",
            "harder-edge",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "metallic-ring"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "steel"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "ching_form",
      "name": "Regional form",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "ching_thai",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Thai ching (piphat)",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright-ring",
            "central-thai",
            "colotomic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "cupped-cymbals",
            "metallic-ring"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "thai",
            "piphat"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ching_khmer",
          "name": "Khmer chhing (pinpeat)",
          "descriptors": [
            "ceremonial",
            "temple",
            "khmer"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "cupped-cymbals",
            "timekeeper"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "khmer",
            "pinpeat"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ching_lao",
          "name": "Lao sing",
          "descriptors": [
            "village",
            "lilting",
            "lao"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "cupped-cymbals"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "lao"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "ching_stroke",
      "name": "Playing technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "ching_open_closed",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Open-closed 'ching-chap' stroke",
          "descriptors": [
            "ching-chap",
            "open-and-damped",
            "pulse-marking"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "timekeeper",
            "metallic-ring"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "colotomic"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ching_mahori",
          "name": "Mahori / khruang sai (soft ensemble)",
          "descriptors": [
            "delicate",
            "gentle",
            "string-ensemble"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "soft-timekeeper"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "mahori"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ching_ritual",
          "name": "Ritual / theatrical (khon, sbek thom)",
          "descriptors": [
            "ceremonial",
            "processional",
            "sacred"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "timekeeper"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "ritual"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "ching_alloy",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Cymbal alloy",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "ching_bronze",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Thick bronze alloy",
          "descriptors": [
            "bronze",
            "resonant",
            "traditional"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "metallic-ring",
            "cupped-cymbals"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "bronze"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ching_brass",
          "name": "Brass",
          "descriptors": [
            "brass",
            "brighter",
            "lighter"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "metallic-ring"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "brass"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ching_iron",
          "name": "Iron / steel (modern)",
          "descriptors": [
            "iron",
            "harder-edge",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "metallic-ring"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "steel"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}