{
  "id": "esraj",
  "name": "Esraj (bowed Indian lute)",
  "family": "bowed",
  "class": "bowed_string",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -1,
    "sustain": 2,
    "polyphony": 0,
    "harmonicity": 1,
    "register": 0,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 2,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 0
  },
  "short": "esraj",
  "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"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "bowed_microtonal_inflected",
          "name": "Microtonal-inflected",
          "applies_to": [
            "kamancheh",
            "rebab",
            "sarangi",
            "esraj",
            "violin_carnatic",
            "morin_khuur",
            "erhu",
            "jinghu",
            "haegeum"
          ],
          "descriptors": [
            "microtonal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone",
            "microtonal-bend",
            "shruti-inflected"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "maqam",
            "arabic",
            "hindustani"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "_fromFamily": true
    },
    {
      "id": "esraj_strings",
      "name": "Sympathetic strings",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "esraj_15_taraf",
          "default": true,
          "name": "15 sympathetic",
          "descriptors": [
            "halo",
            "traditional"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "shruti-inflected",
            "ornamented"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "esraj_use",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Stylistic use",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "esraj_kirtan",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Sikh kirtan accompaniment",
          "descriptors": [
            "devotional",
            "sustained",
            "vocal-supportive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "shruti-inflected",
            "ornamented"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "esraj_bengali",
          "name": "Bengali Rabindra Sangeet",
          "descriptors": [
            "lyrical",
            "melodic",
            "expressive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "shruti-inflected",
            "ornamented"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "esraj_body_wood",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Body wood",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "esraj_tun",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Tun / Indian cedar (canonical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "tun-indian-cedar-canonical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "shruti-inflected"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "esraj_teak",
          "name": "Teak (alternative)",
          "descriptors": [
            "teak-alternative"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "shruti-inflected"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "esraj_main_strings",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Main playing strings",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "esraj_steel_modern",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Steel main + bronze sympathetics (modern canonical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "steel-bronze-modern-canonical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "shruti-inflected"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "esraj_gut_historical",
          "name": "Gut (pre-modern Bengali / Sikh historical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "gut-pre-modern-bengali-sikh"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "shruti-inflected",
            "period-performance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "historical-gut"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "esraj_strings",
      "name": "Sympathetic strings",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "esraj_15_taraf",
          "default": true,
          "name": "15 sympathetic",
          "descriptors": [
            "halo",
            "traditional"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "shruti-inflected",
            "ornamented"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "esraj_use",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Stylistic use",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "esraj_kirtan",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Sikh kirtan accompaniment",
          "descriptors": [
            "devotional",
            "sustained",
            "vocal-supportive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "shruti-inflected",
            "ornamented"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "esraj_bengali",
          "name": "Bengali Rabindra Sangeet",
          "descriptors": [
            "lyrical",
            "melodic",
            "expressive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "shruti-inflected",
            "ornamented"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "esraj_body_wood",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Body wood",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "esraj_tun",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Tun / Indian cedar (canonical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "tun-indian-cedar-canonical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "shruti-inflected"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "esraj_teak",
          "name": "Teak (alternative)",
          "descriptors": [
            "teak-alternative"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "shruti-inflected"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "esraj_main_strings",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Main playing strings",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "esraj_steel_modern",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Steel main + bronze sympathetics (modern canonical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "steel-bronze-modern-canonical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "shruti-inflected"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "esraj_gut_historical",
          "name": "Gut (pre-modern Bengali / Sikh historical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "gut-pre-modern-bengali-sikh"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "shruti-inflected",
            "period-performance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "historical-gut"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}