{
  "id": "daxophone",
  "name": "Daxophone (Reichel bowed friction tongue)",
  "family": "percussion",
  "class": "idiophone",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -2,
    "sustain": 2,
    "polyphony": -2,
    "harmonicity": 0,
    "register": 0,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 2,
    "transduction": 1,
    "dynamics": 0
  },
  "short": "daxophone",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "daxophone_tongue",
      "name": "Tongue (blade) wood and register",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "daxophone_dense_hardwood",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Dense hardwood tongue - ebony or oak (mellow, vocal)",
          "descriptors": [
            "dense-hardwood",
            "mellow",
            "vocal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "friction-driven",
            "bowed",
            "vocal-imitating",
            "wood-toned"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "daxophone_light_wood",
          "name": "Light softwood tongue (bright, shrill, comic)",
          "descriptors": [
            "light",
            "shrill",
            "comic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "friction-driven",
            "bowed",
            "bright-tone",
            "vocal-imitating"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "daxophone_contrabass_tongue",
          "name": "Extended contrabass tongue (commissioned build, 2024)",
          "descriptors": [
            "contrabass-like",
            "growling",
            "commissioned"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "friction-driven",
            "bowed",
            "low-register",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "film-scoring",
            "contemporary"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "daxophone_dax",
      "name": "Dax (stopping block) face",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "daxophone_dax_unfretted",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Unfretted cardboard-covered face (continuous glide - the tonal side)",
          "descriptors": [
            "fretless",
            "portamento-rich",
            "vocal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "friction-driven",
            "bowed",
            "glissando",
            "vocal-imitating"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "daxophone_dax_fretted",
          "name": "Fretted face (Reichel's randomly chosen logarithmic fret succession)",
          "descriptors": [
            "distinct-pitch",
            "experimental-tuning",
            "articulate"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "friction-driven",
            "bowed",
            "fretted"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "daxophone_no_dax",
          "name": "Free tongue, unstopped (whole-blade fundamental)",
          "descriptors": [
            "open",
            "broad-blade",
            "drone"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "friction-driven",
            "bowed",
            "drone-foundation"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "daxophone_excitation",
      "name": "Excitation",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "daxophone_bass_bow",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Bowed at the free end with a double-bass bow",
          "descriptors": [
            "double-bass",
            "speech-like",
            "singing"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "friction-driven",
            "sustained-tone",
            "vocal-imitating"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "daxophone_struck_plucked",
          "name": "Struck or plucked blade (dry woody attack)",
          "descriptors": [
            "dry-knock",
            "clipped",
            "woody"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "plucked",
            "wood-toned"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "daxophone_superball_friction",
          "name": "Superball mallet or rosined finger dragged on the blade",
          "descriptors": [
            "groaning",
            "friction-driven",
            "textural"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "friction-driven",
            "rough-tone",
            "sustained-tone"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "daxophone_context",
      "name": "Playing context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "daxophone_free_improv",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Free improvisation (Reichel lineage)",
          "descriptors": [
            "exploratory",
            "speech-mimicry",
            "playful"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "friction-driven",
            "bowed",
            "vocal-imitating"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "free-improvisation",
            "experimental"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "daxophone_horror_score",
          "name": "Horror / supernatural film cue (Smile, The Watchers)",
          "descriptors": [
            "cinematic",
            "dread-building",
            "unsettling"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "friction-driven",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "horror-scoring",
            "film-scoring"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "daxophone_massed_section",
          "name": "Massed daxophone section as orchestral texture (Korzeniowski)",
          "descriptors": [
            "massed",
            "swirling",
            "choral"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "ensemble",
            "friction-driven",
            "bowed"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "film-scoring",
            "contemporary"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "daxophone_tongue",
      "name": "Tongue (blade) wood and register",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "daxophone_dense_hardwood",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Dense hardwood tongue - ebony or oak (mellow, vocal)",
          "descriptors": [
            "dense-hardwood",
            "mellow",
            "vocal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "friction-driven",
            "bowed",
            "vocal-imitating",
            "wood-toned"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "daxophone_light_wood",
          "name": "Light softwood tongue (bright, shrill, comic)",
          "descriptors": [
            "light",
            "shrill",
            "comic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "friction-driven",
            "bowed",
            "bright-tone",
            "vocal-imitating"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "daxophone_contrabass_tongue",
          "name": "Extended contrabass tongue (commissioned build, 2024)",
          "descriptors": [
            "contrabass-like",
            "growling",
            "commissioned"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "friction-driven",
            "bowed",
            "low-register",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "film-scoring",
            "contemporary"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "daxophone_dax",
      "name": "Dax (stopping block) face",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "daxophone_dax_unfretted",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Unfretted cardboard-covered face (continuous glide - the tonal side)",
          "descriptors": [
            "fretless",
            "portamento-rich",
            "vocal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "friction-driven",
            "bowed",
            "glissando",
            "vocal-imitating"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "daxophone_dax_fretted",
          "name": "Fretted face (Reichel's randomly chosen logarithmic fret succession)",
          "descriptors": [
            "distinct-pitch",
            "experimental-tuning",
            "articulate"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "friction-driven",
            "bowed",
            "fretted"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "daxophone_no_dax",
          "name": "Free tongue, unstopped (whole-blade fundamental)",
          "descriptors": [
            "open",
            "broad-blade",
            "drone"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "friction-driven",
            "bowed",
            "drone-foundation"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "daxophone_excitation",
      "name": "Excitation",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "daxophone_bass_bow",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Bowed at the free end with a double-bass bow",
          "descriptors": [
            "double-bass",
            "speech-like",
            "singing"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "friction-driven",
            "sustained-tone",
            "vocal-imitating"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "daxophone_struck_plucked",
          "name": "Struck or plucked blade (dry woody attack)",
          "descriptors": [
            "dry-knock",
            "clipped",
            "woody"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "plucked",
            "wood-toned"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "daxophone_superball_friction",
          "name": "Superball mallet or rosined finger dragged on the blade",
          "descriptors": [
            "groaning",
            "friction-driven",
            "textural"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "friction-driven",
            "rough-tone",
            "sustained-tone"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "daxophone_context",
      "name": "Playing context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "daxophone_free_improv",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Free improvisation (Reichel lineage)",
          "descriptors": [
            "exploratory",
            "speech-mimicry",
            "playful"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "friction-driven",
            "bowed",
            "vocal-imitating"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "free-improvisation",
            "experimental"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "daxophone_horror_score",
          "name": "Horror / supernatural film cue (Smile, The Watchers)",
          "descriptors": [
            "cinematic",
            "dread-building",
            "unsettling"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "friction-driven",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "horror-scoring",
            "film-scoring"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "daxophone_massed_section",
          "name": "Massed daxophone section as orchestral texture (Korzeniowski)",
          "descriptors": [
            "massed",
            "swirling",
            "choral"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "ensemble",
            "friction-driven",
            "bowed"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "film-scoring",
            "contemporary"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}