{
  "id": "elathalam",
  "name": "Elathalam (Kerala thick bell-metal hand cymbals)",
  "family": "percussion",
  "class": "hand_cymbals",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -1,
    "sustain": 0,
    "polyphony": -2,
    "harmonicity": -2,
    "register": 2,
    "range": -2,
    "articulation": 2,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 1
  },
  "short": "elathalam",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "elathalam_stroke",
      "name": "Cymbal stroke",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "elathalam_closed",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Closed vertical clash (tala keeping)",
          "descriptors": [
            "clipped",
            "piercing",
            "metronomic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "kerala",
            "cymbals",
            "timekeeper"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "elathalam_open",
          "name": "Open ringing clash",
          "descriptors": [
            "shimmering",
            "sustained-clang"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "kerala",
            "cymbals"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "elathalam_ensemble",
      "name": "Ensemble role",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "elathalam_panchavadyam",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Panchavadyam cycle-marking",
          "descriptors": [
            "interlocking",
            "driving"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "kerala",
            "temple-percussion"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "elathalam_melam",
          "name": "Chenda melam accompaniment",
          "descriptors": [
            "dense",
            "massed-clatter"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "kerala",
            "melam"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "elathalam_stroke",
      "name": "Cymbal stroke",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "elathalam_closed",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Closed vertical clash (tala keeping)",
          "descriptors": [
            "clipped",
            "piercing",
            "metronomic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "kerala",
            "cymbals",
            "timekeeper"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "elathalam_open",
          "name": "Open ringing clash",
          "descriptors": [
            "shimmering",
            "sustained-clang"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "kerala",
            "cymbals"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "elathalam_ensemble",
      "name": "Ensemble role",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "elathalam_panchavadyam",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Panchavadyam cycle-marking",
          "descriptors": [
            "interlocking",
            "driving"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "kerala",
            "temple-percussion"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "elathalam_melam",
          "name": "Chenda melam accompaniment",
          "descriptors": [
            "dense",
            "massed-clatter"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "kerala",
            "melam"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}