{
  "id": "erxian_qinqiang",
  "name": "Erxian (Qinqiang wood-topped shrill fiddle)",
  "family": "bowed",
  "class": "bowed_tube_fiddle",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -2,
    "sustain": 2,
    "polyphony": -2,
    "harmonicity": 0,
    "register": 2,
    "range": 0,
    "articulation": 1,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": -1
  },
  "short": "qinqiang 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_qinqiang_tube",
      "name": "Bamboo tube section",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "erxian_qinqiang_tube_round",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Round bamboo tube with thin paulownia face (no skin)",
          "descriptors": [
            "bamboo-bodied",
            "paulownia",
            "shrill"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "piercing",
            "wood-body",
            "two-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "china",
            "bamboo-tube"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "erxian_qinqiang_tube_square",
          "name": "Square tube (harder, more focused)",
          "descriptors": [
            "focused",
            "cutting",
            "dry"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "piercing",
            "woody"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "china",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "erxian_qinqiang_tube_hexagonal",
          "name": "Hexagonal tube (thinner, more brilliant)",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright-piercing",
            "thin",
            "crisp"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "piercing",
            "high-register"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "china",
            "traditional"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "erxian_qinqiang_strings",
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "erxian_qinqiang_strings_gut",
          "default": true,
          "name": "High-tension sheep-gut pixian tuned a1-e2 (played with finger thimbles)",
          "descriptors": [
            "sheep-gut",
            "shrill",
            "loud"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "gut-string",
            "piercing",
            "period-performance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "historical-gut",
            "china"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "erxian_qinqiang_strings_steel",
          "name": "Modern steel substitution",
          "descriptors": [
            "steel",
            "smoother",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "steel-string",
            "modern"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern",
            "steel"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "erxian_qinqiang_role",
      "name": "Role in Qinqiang",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "erxian_qinqiang_role_principal",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Principal bowed instrument paired with the bangzi clapper (pre-1940s)",
          "descriptors": [
            "operatic",
            "cutting",
            "archaic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "piercing",
            "accompaniment",
            "archaic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "chinese-opera",
            "historical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "erxian_qinqiang_role_colour",
          "name": "Colour instrument under the banhu lead (post-1940s survival)",
          "descriptors": [
            "supporting",
            "thin",
            "supportive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ensemble",
            "accompaniment"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "chinese-opera",
            "china"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "erxian_qinqiang_role_revival",
          "name": "Period-reconstruction revival of the old hard Qinqiang sound",
          "descriptors": [
            "reconstructed",
            "archaic",
            "historic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "period-performance",
            "archaic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "revival",
            "period"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "erxian_qinqiang_tube",
      "name": "Bamboo tube section",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "erxian_qinqiang_tube_round",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Round bamboo tube with thin paulownia face (no skin)",
          "descriptors": [
            "bamboo-bodied",
            "paulownia",
            "shrill"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "piercing",
            "wood-body",
            "two-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "china",
            "bamboo-tube"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "erxian_qinqiang_tube_square",
          "name": "Square tube (harder, more focused)",
          "descriptors": [
            "focused",
            "cutting",
            "dry"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "piercing",
            "woody"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "china",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "erxian_qinqiang_tube_hexagonal",
          "name": "Hexagonal tube (thinner, more brilliant)",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright-piercing",
            "thin",
            "crisp"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "piercing",
            "high-register"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "china",
            "traditional"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "erxian_qinqiang_strings",
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "erxian_qinqiang_strings_gut",
          "default": true,
          "name": "High-tension sheep-gut pixian tuned a1-e2 (played with finger thimbles)",
          "descriptors": [
            "sheep-gut",
            "shrill",
            "loud"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "gut-string",
            "piercing",
            "period-performance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "historical-gut",
            "china"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "erxian_qinqiang_strings_steel",
          "name": "Modern steel substitution",
          "descriptors": [
            "steel",
            "smoother",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "steel-string",
            "modern"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern",
            "steel"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "erxian_qinqiang_role",
      "name": "Role in Qinqiang",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "erxian_qinqiang_role_principal",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Principal bowed instrument paired with the bangzi clapper (pre-1940s)",
          "descriptors": [
            "operatic",
            "cutting",
            "archaic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "piercing",
            "accompaniment",
            "archaic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "chinese-opera",
            "historical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "erxian_qinqiang_role_colour",
          "name": "Colour instrument under the banhu lead (post-1940s survival)",
          "descriptors": [
            "supporting",
            "thin",
            "supportive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ensemble",
            "accompaniment"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "chinese-opera",
            "china"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "erxian_qinqiang_role_revival",
          "name": "Period-reconstruction revival of the old hard Qinqiang sound",
          "descriptors": [
            "reconstructed",
            "archaic",
            "historic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "period-performance",
            "archaic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "revival",
            "period"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}