{
  "id": "cornstalk_fiddle",
  "name": "Cornstalk fiddle (rural American idiochord toy)",
  "family": "bowed",
  "class": "tube_zither",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -1,
    "sustain": 1,
    "polyphony": -1,
    "harmonicity": -2,
    "register": 1,
    "range": -2,
    "articulation": -1,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": -2
  },
  "short": "cornstalk fiddle",
  "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": "cornstalk_fiddle_stalk",
      "name": "Stalk stock and state",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "cornstalk_fiddle_stalk_green_maize",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Green maize stalk, cut fresh",
          "descriptors": [
            "fresh",
            "sappy",
            "soft"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "idiochord",
            "rough-tone",
            "acoustic-only"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "cornstalk_fiddle_stalk_cured_maize",
          "name": "Cured / dried maize stalk (harder rind, brittler)",
          "descriptors": [
            "dry",
            "brittle",
            "rustic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "idiochord",
            "rough-tone",
            "buzzing"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "cornstalk_fiddle_stalk_sorghum_cane",
          "name": "Sorghum or sugar-cane stalk (heavier-walled substitute)",
          "descriptors": [
            "cane",
            "woody",
            "coarse"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "idiochord",
            "rough-tone",
            "acoustic-only"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "cornstalk_fiddle_strips",
      "name": "Idiochord strips and bridging",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "cornstalk_fiddle_strips_two_bridged",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Two rind strips raised on splinter bridges (drone plus rubbed strip)",
          "descriptors": [
            "two-string",
            "archaic",
            "buzzy"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "idiochord",
            "buzzing",
            "rough-tone",
            "drone-foundation"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "idiochord"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "cornstalk_fiddle_strips_single",
          "name": "Single rind strip (one-note rasp)",
          "descriptors": [
            "single-string",
            "coarse",
            "thin"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "idiochord",
            "one-string",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "idiochord"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "cornstalk_fiddle_strips_slid_bridges",
          "name": "Bridges slid under the strips while playing (pitch-bent)",
          "descriptors": [
            "movable",
            "sliding",
            "bent-pitch"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "idiochord",
            "glissando-heavy",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "idiochord"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "cornstalk_fiddle_excitation",
      "name": "Excitation",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "cornstalk_fiddle_excitation_second_stalk",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Rubbed with a second stalk prepared the same way",
          "descriptors": [
            "rasping",
            "rustic",
            "coarse"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "scraped",
            "rough-tone",
            "rasping"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "cornstalk_fiddle_excitation_plain_stick",
          "name": "Scraped with a plain stick or shoestring bow",
          "descriptors": [
            "dry-stick",
            "dry",
            "grating"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "scraped",
            "rasping"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "cornstalk_fiddle_excitation_plucked",
          "name": "Plucked / flicked with the thumb",
          "descriptors": [
            "plucked",
            "soft",
            "archaic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "string-attack",
            "idiochord",
            "soft"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "cornstalk_fiddle_context",
      "name": "Playing context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "cornstalk_fiddle_context_child_play",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Child-made play-pretty, no fixed repertoire",
          "descriptors": [
            "toy-charm",
            "naive",
            "playful"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "acoustic-only",
            "soft",
            "rough-tone",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "cornstalk_fiddle_context_play_party",
          "name": "Corn-shucking and play-party noise-making",
          "descriptors": [
            "rustic",
            "driving",
            "coarse"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "rough-tone",
            "dance-rhythm",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "dance",
            "old-time"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "cornstalk_fiddle_context_revival_demo",
          "name": "Folk-revival demonstration / homemade-instrument documentation",
          "descriptors": [
            "archaic",
            "preservationist",
            "handmade"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "acoustic-only",
            "folk-tradition",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "revival"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "cornstalk_fiddle_stalk",
      "name": "Stalk stock and state",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "cornstalk_fiddle_stalk_green_maize",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Green maize stalk, cut fresh",
          "descriptors": [
            "fresh",
            "sappy",
            "soft"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "idiochord",
            "rough-tone",
            "acoustic-only"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "cornstalk_fiddle_stalk_cured_maize",
          "name": "Cured / dried maize stalk (harder rind, brittler)",
          "descriptors": [
            "dry",
            "brittle",
            "rustic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "idiochord",
            "rough-tone",
            "buzzing"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "cornstalk_fiddle_stalk_sorghum_cane",
          "name": "Sorghum or sugar-cane stalk (heavier-walled substitute)",
          "descriptors": [
            "cane",
            "woody",
            "coarse"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "idiochord",
            "rough-tone",
            "acoustic-only"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "cornstalk_fiddle_strips",
      "name": "Idiochord strips and bridging",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "cornstalk_fiddle_strips_two_bridged",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Two rind strips raised on splinter bridges (drone plus rubbed strip)",
          "descriptors": [
            "two-string",
            "archaic",
            "buzzy"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "idiochord",
            "buzzing",
            "rough-tone",
            "drone-foundation"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "idiochord"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "cornstalk_fiddle_strips_single",
          "name": "Single rind strip (one-note rasp)",
          "descriptors": [
            "single-string",
            "coarse",
            "thin"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "idiochord",
            "one-string",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "idiochord"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "cornstalk_fiddle_strips_slid_bridges",
          "name": "Bridges slid under the strips while playing (pitch-bent)",
          "descriptors": [
            "movable",
            "sliding",
            "bent-pitch"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "idiochord",
            "glissando-heavy",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "idiochord"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "cornstalk_fiddle_excitation",
      "name": "Excitation",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "cornstalk_fiddle_excitation_second_stalk",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Rubbed with a second stalk prepared the same way",
          "descriptors": [
            "rasping",
            "rustic",
            "coarse"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "scraped",
            "rough-tone",
            "rasping"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "cornstalk_fiddle_excitation_plain_stick",
          "name": "Scraped with a plain stick or shoestring bow",
          "descriptors": [
            "dry-stick",
            "dry",
            "grating"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "scraped",
            "rasping"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "cornstalk_fiddle_excitation_plucked",
          "name": "Plucked / flicked with the thumb",
          "descriptors": [
            "plucked",
            "soft",
            "archaic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "string-attack",
            "idiochord",
            "soft"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "cornstalk_fiddle_context",
      "name": "Playing context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "cornstalk_fiddle_context_child_play",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Child-made play-pretty, no fixed repertoire",
          "descriptors": [
            "toy-charm",
            "naive",
            "playful"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "acoustic-only",
            "soft",
            "rough-tone",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "cornstalk_fiddle_context_play_party",
          "name": "Corn-shucking and play-party noise-making",
          "descriptors": [
            "rustic",
            "driving",
            "coarse"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "rough-tone",
            "dance-rhythm",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "dance",
            "old-time"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "cornstalk_fiddle_context_revival_demo",
          "name": "Folk-revival demonstration / homemade-instrument documentation",
          "descriptors": [
            "archaic",
            "preservationist",
            "handmade"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "acoustic-only",
            "folk-tradition",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "revival"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}