{
  "id": "gaohu",
  "name": "Gaohu (Cantonese high-pitched fiddle)",
  "family": "bowed",
  "class": "bowed_fiddle",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -2,
    "sustain": 2,
    "polyphony": -2,
    "harmonicity": 1,
    "register": 1,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 2,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 0
  },
  "short": "gaohu",
  "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": "gaohu_type",
      "name": "Type / form",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "gaohu_cantonese",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Cantonese gaohu (yuehu)",
          "descriptors": [
            "cantonese",
            "knee-damped",
            "sweet-toned"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "bright-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "cantonese",
            "guangdong"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "gaohu_orchestral",
          "name": "Conservatory / orchestral gaohu",
          "descriptors": [
            "conservatory",
            "ensemble-lead",
            "refined"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "high-register"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "chinese-orchestra"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "gaohu_setting",
      "name": "Playing context / repertoire",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "gaohu_yinyue",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Guangdong yinyue (silk-and-bamboo)",
          "descriptors": [
            "silk-and-bamboo",
            "flowing",
            "ornamented"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "melodic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "guangdong"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "gaohu_opera",
          "name": "Cantonese opera accompaniment",
          "descriptors": [
            "operatic",
            "voice-following",
            "heterophonic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "accompaniment"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "cantonese-opera"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "gaohu_solo",
          "name": "Virtuoso solo (early-20th-century Cantonese school)",
          "descriptors": [
            "virtuosic",
            "portamento-rich",
            "expressive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "expressive"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "solo"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "gaohu_membrane",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Soundboard / membrane material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "gaohu_python",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Python-skin soundboard",
          "descriptors": [
            "python-skin",
            "resonant",
            "traditional"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bright-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "snakeskin"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "gaohu_wood",
          "name": "Wooden / composite face",
          "descriptors": [
            "wood-faced",
            "warm",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "mellow-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "synthetic"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "gaohu_type",
      "name": "Type / form",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "gaohu_cantonese",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Cantonese gaohu (yuehu)",
          "descriptors": [
            "cantonese",
            "knee-damped",
            "sweet-toned"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "bright-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "cantonese",
            "guangdong"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "gaohu_orchestral",
          "name": "Conservatory / orchestral gaohu",
          "descriptors": [
            "conservatory",
            "ensemble-lead",
            "refined"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "high-register"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "chinese-orchestra"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "gaohu_setting",
      "name": "Playing context / repertoire",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "gaohu_yinyue",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Guangdong yinyue (silk-and-bamboo)",
          "descriptors": [
            "silk-and-bamboo",
            "flowing",
            "ornamented"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "melodic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "guangdong"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "gaohu_opera",
          "name": "Cantonese opera accompaniment",
          "descriptors": [
            "operatic",
            "voice-following",
            "heterophonic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "accompaniment"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "cantonese-opera"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "gaohu_solo",
          "name": "Virtuoso solo (early-20th-century Cantonese school)",
          "descriptors": [
            "virtuosic",
            "portamento-rich",
            "expressive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "expressive"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "solo"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "gaohu_membrane",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Soundboard / membrane material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "gaohu_python",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Python-skin soundboard",
          "descriptors": [
            "python-skin",
            "resonant",
            "traditional"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bright-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "snakeskin"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "gaohu_wood",
          "name": "Wooden / composite face",
          "descriptors": [
            "wood-faced",
            "warm",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "mellow-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "synthetic"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}