{
  "id": "dombyra",
  "name": "Dombyra (Kazakh dombra)",
  "family": "plucked_traditional",
  "class": "long_neck_lute",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": 1,
    "sustain": 0,
    "polyphony": 0,
    "harmonicity": 1,
    "register": 0,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 1,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 0
  },
  "short": "dombyra",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "dombyra_form",
      "name": "Regional form",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "dombyra_western",
          "default": true,
          "name": "West Kazakh (Batys) teardrop dombyra",
          "descriptors": [
            "teardrop-bodied",
            "long-necked",
            "driving",
            "resonant"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "strummed",
            "long-neck-lute"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "kazakh",
            "central-asia",
            "western-kazakh"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "dombyra_eastern",
          "name": "East Kazakh (Shyghys) spade-body dombyra",
          "descriptors": [
            "spade-shaped",
            "compact",
            "delicate",
            "lyrical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "two-string",
            "long-neck-lute"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "kazakh",
            "central-asia",
            "eastern-kazakh"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "dombyra_concert",
          "name": "Standardized concert dombra (orchestral)",
          "descriptors": [
            "standardized",
            "orchestral",
            "bright",
            "projecting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "strummed"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "kazakh",
            "orchestral"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "dombyra_style",
      "name": "Playing style / repertoire",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "dombyra_tokpe",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Tökpe kúy (driving strummed instrumental)",
          "descriptors": [
            "driving",
            "strummed",
            "virtuosic",
            "epic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "strummed",
            "plucked",
            "two-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "kazakh",
            "kuy",
            "tokpe"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "dombyra_shertpe",
          "name": "Shertpe kúy (delicate finger-plucked lyrical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "delicate",
            "finger-plucked",
            "lyrical",
            "intimate"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "two-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "kazakh",
            "kuy",
            "shertpe"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "dombyra_terme",
          "name": "Terme / zhyr song accompaniment (aqyn / zhyrau)",
          "descriptors": [
            "recitative",
            "steady-strum",
            "declamatory",
            "supporting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "strummed",
            "plucked",
            "drone-foundation"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "kazakh",
            "aitys",
            "terme"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "dombyra_strings",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "dombyra_nylon",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Nylon / fishing-line strings (modern)",
          "descriptors": [
            "nylon-strung",
            "bright",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "dombyra_gut",
          "name": "Gut / sinew strings (traditional)",
          "descriptors": [
            "gut-strung",
            "warm",
            "archaic",
            "mellow"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "dombyra_form",
      "name": "Regional form",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "dombyra_western",
          "default": true,
          "name": "West Kazakh (Batys) teardrop dombyra",
          "descriptors": [
            "teardrop-bodied",
            "long-necked",
            "driving",
            "resonant"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "strummed",
            "long-neck-lute"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "kazakh",
            "central-asia",
            "western-kazakh"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "dombyra_eastern",
          "name": "East Kazakh (Shyghys) spade-body dombyra",
          "descriptors": [
            "spade-shaped",
            "compact",
            "delicate",
            "lyrical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "two-string",
            "long-neck-lute"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "kazakh",
            "central-asia",
            "eastern-kazakh"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "dombyra_concert",
          "name": "Standardized concert dombra (orchestral)",
          "descriptors": [
            "standardized",
            "orchestral",
            "bright",
            "projecting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "strummed"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "kazakh",
            "orchestral"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "dombyra_style",
      "name": "Playing style / repertoire",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "dombyra_tokpe",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Tökpe kúy (driving strummed instrumental)",
          "descriptors": [
            "driving",
            "strummed",
            "virtuosic",
            "epic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "strummed",
            "plucked",
            "two-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "kazakh",
            "kuy",
            "tokpe"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "dombyra_shertpe",
          "name": "Shertpe kúy (delicate finger-plucked lyrical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "delicate",
            "finger-plucked",
            "lyrical",
            "intimate"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "two-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "kazakh",
            "kuy",
            "shertpe"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "dombyra_terme",
          "name": "Terme / zhyr song accompaniment (aqyn / zhyrau)",
          "descriptors": [
            "recitative",
            "steady-strum",
            "declamatory",
            "supporting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "strummed",
            "plucked",
            "drone-foundation"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "kazakh",
            "aitys",
            "terme"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "dombyra_strings",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "dombyra_nylon",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Nylon / fishing-line strings (modern)",
          "descriptors": [
            "nylon-strung",
            "bright",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "dombyra_gut",
          "name": "Gut / sinew strings (traditional)",
          "descriptors": [
            "gut-strung",
            "warm",
            "archaic",
            "mellow"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}