{
  "id": "erxian_cantonese",
  "name": "Erxian (Cantonese hard-bow lead fiddle)",
  "family": "bowed",
  "class": "bowed_spike_fiddle",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -2,
    "sustain": 2,
    "polyphony": -2,
    "harmonicity": 0,
    "register": 1,
    "range": 0,
    "articulation": 1,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 0
  },
  "short": "cantonese erxian",
  "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": "erxian_cantonese_tuning",
      "name": "Tuning and tune-type",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "erxian_cantonese_tuning_shigong",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Zhengxian shigong (a1-e2) for bangzi tunes",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright-piercing",
            "cutting",
            "driving"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "piercing",
            "high-register",
            "two-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "cantonese",
            "guangdong"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "erxian_cantonese_tuning_hechi",
          "name": "Zhengxian hechi (g1-d2) for erhuang tunes",
          "descriptors": [
            "plaintive",
            "narrative",
            "darker"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "piercing",
            "melancholic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "cantonese",
            "cantonese-opera"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "erxian_cantonese_setup",
      "name": "Strings and bow",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "erxian_cantonese_setup_hard_bow",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Heavy silk strings with thick bamboo hard bow (yinggong canon)",
          "descriptors": [
            "silk",
            "archaic",
            "loud"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "silk-strung",
            "period-performance",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "cantonese",
            "historical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "erxian_cantonese_setup_modern",
          "name": "Steel strings with a light erhu bow (modern substitution)",
          "descriptors": [
            "steel",
            "smoother",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "steel-string",
            "modern"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern",
            "cantonese"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "erxian_cantonese_role",
      "name": "Ensemble placement",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "erxian_cantonese_role_saam_ga_tau",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Saam-ga-tau hard-bow trio lead (with zhutiqin and sanxian)",
          "descriptors": [
            "ensemble-lead",
            "commanding",
            "heterophonic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "lead-melody",
            "ensemble"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "cantonese",
            "lead"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "erxian_cantonese_role_ng_ga_tau",
          "name": "Hard-bow ng-ga-tau five-piece (adds yueqin and a reed pipe or flute)",
          "descriptors": [
            "interlocking",
            "chamber",
            "stately"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ensemble",
            "chamber-fed"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "cantonese",
            "guangdong"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "erxian_cantonese_role_opera",
          "name": "Cantonese-opera singing accompaniment (near-exclusive modern use)",
          "descriptors": [
            "operatic",
            "vocal-supportive",
            "supporting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "vocal-accompaniment",
            "accompaniment"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "cantonese-opera",
            "accompaniment"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "erxian_cantonese_tuning",
      "name": "Tuning and tune-type",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "erxian_cantonese_tuning_shigong",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Zhengxian shigong (a1-e2) for bangzi tunes",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright-piercing",
            "cutting",
            "driving"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "piercing",
            "high-register",
            "two-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "cantonese",
            "guangdong"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "erxian_cantonese_tuning_hechi",
          "name": "Zhengxian hechi (g1-d2) for erhuang tunes",
          "descriptors": [
            "plaintive",
            "narrative",
            "darker"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "piercing",
            "melancholic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "cantonese",
            "cantonese-opera"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "erxian_cantonese_setup",
      "name": "Strings and bow",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "erxian_cantonese_setup_hard_bow",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Heavy silk strings with thick bamboo hard bow (yinggong canon)",
          "descriptors": [
            "silk",
            "archaic",
            "loud"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "silk-strung",
            "period-performance",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "cantonese",
            "historical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "erxian_cantonese_setup_modern",
          "name": "Steel strings with a light erhu bow (modern substitution)",
          "descriptors": [
            "steel",
            "smoother",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "steel-string",
            "modern"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern",
            "cantonese"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "erxian_cantonese_role",
      "name": "Ensemble placement",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "erxian_cantonese_role_saam_ga_tau",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Saam-ga-tau hard-bow trio lead (with zhutiqin and sanxian)",
          "descriptors": [
            "ensemble-lead",
            "commanding",
            "heterophonic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "lead-melody",
            "ensemble"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "cantonese",
            "lead"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "erxian_cantonese_role_ng_ga_tau",
          "name": "Hard-bow ng-ga-tau five-piece (adds yueqin and a reed pipe or flute)",
          "descriptors": [
            "interlocking",
            "chamber",
            "stately"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ensemble",
            "chamber-fed"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "cantonese",
            "guangdong"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "erxian_cantonese_role_opera",
          "name": "Cantonese-opera singing accompaniment (near-exclusive modern use)",
          "descriptors": [
            "operatic",
            "vocal-supportive",
            "supporting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "vocal-accompaniment",
            "accompaniment"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "cantonese-opera",
            "accompaniment"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}