{
  "id": "gaku_biwa",
  "name": "Gaku biwa (four-string gagaku court biwa)",
  "family": "plucked_traditional",
  "class": "plucked_lute",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": 1,
    "sustain": 0,
    "polyphony": 1,
    "harmonicity": -1,
    "register": -1,
    "range": 0,
    "articulation": 2,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 0
  },
  "short": "gaku biwa",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "gaku_biwa_technique",
      "name": "Playing technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "gaku_biwa_arpeggio",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Broken-chord sweep (kakizume arpeggio)",
          "descriptors": [
            "arpeggiated",
            "rasping-sweep",
            "punctuating"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "gagaku",
            "court-music"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "gaku_biwa_single_note",
          "name": "Single-note punctuation",
          "descriptors": [
            "sparse",
            "marking",
            "dry-toned"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "gagaku"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "gaku_biwa_tuning",
      "name": "Tuning (choshi)",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "gaku_biwa_hyojo",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Hyojo tuning",
          "descriptors": [
            "open-fifths",
            "archaic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "gagaku",
            "tuning"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "gaku_biwa_oshikicho",
          "name": "Oshikicho tuning",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright",
            "court-modal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "gagaku",
            "tuning"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "gaku_biwa_banshikicho",
          "name": "Banshikicho tuning",
          "descriptors": [
            "dark-toned",
            "autumnal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "gagaku",
            "tuning"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "gaku_biwa_strings",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "gaku_biwa_silk",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Silk strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "mellow",
            "soft-decay"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "gaku_biwa_tetron",
          "name": "Synthetic (tetron) strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright",
            "projecting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "gaku_biwa_technique",
      "name": "Playing technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "gaku_biwa_arpeggio",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Broken-chord sweep (kakizume arpeggio)",
          "descriptors": [
            "arpeggiated",
            "rasping-sweep",
            "punctuating"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "gagaku",
            "court-music"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "gaku_biwa_single_note",
          "name": "Single-note punctuation",
          "descriptors": [
            "sparse",
            "marking",
            "dry-toned"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "gagaku"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "gaku_biwa_tuning",
      "name": "Tuning (choshi)",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "gaku_biwa_hyojo",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Hyojo tuning",
          "descriptors": [
            "open-fifths",
            "archaic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "gagaku",
            "tuning"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "gaku_biwa_oshikicho",
          "name": "Oshikicho tuning",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright",
            "court-modal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "gagaku",
            "tuning"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "gaku_biwa_banshikicho",
          "name": "Banshikicho tuning",
          "descriptors": [
            "dark-toned",
            "autumnal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "gagaku",
            "tuning"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "gaku_biwa_strings",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "gaku_biwa_silk",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Silk strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "mellow",
            "soft-decay"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "gaku_biwa_tetron",
          "name": "Synthetic (tetron) strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright",
            "projecting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}