{
  "id": "gottuvadhyam",
  "name": "Gottuvadhyam (Carnatic fretless slide veena)",
  "family": "plucked_traditional",
  "class": "plucked_lute",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -1,
    "sustain": 2,
    "polyphony": 0,
    "harmonicity": 1,
    "register": 0,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 0,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 0
  },
  "short": "gottuvadhyam",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "gottuvadhyam_form",
      "name": "Instrument form",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "gottuvadhyam_tanjore",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Older Tanjore gottuvadhyam (jackwood, six main strings)",
          "descriptors": [
            "gliding",
            "vocal",
            "resonant"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "slide-veena",
            "carnatic"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "gottuvadhyam_gourd",
          "name": "Twin-gourd resonator form",
          "descriptors": [
            "deep-toned",
            "booming",
            "sustained"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "slide-veena",
            "gourd-resonated"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "gottuvadhyam_slide",
      "name": "Slide / stopping object",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "gottuvadhyam_ebony",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Ebony cylinder (gottu)",
          "descriptors": [
            "smooth-glide",
            "warm"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "slide-played"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "gottuvadhyam_glass",
          "name": "Glass / metal slide",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright-glide",
            "singing"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "slide-played",
            "metallic"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "gottuvadhyam_sympathetic",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Sympathetic strings",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "gottuvadhyam_with_taraf",
          "default": true,
          "name": "With sympathetic taraf bank",
          "descriptors": [
            "halo-ringing",
            "shimmering"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "sympathetic-resonance"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "gottuvadhyam_without_taraf",
          "name": "Without sympathetic strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "dry",
            "direct"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "slide-veena"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "gottuvadhyam_form",
      "name": "Instrument form",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "gottuvadhyam_tanjore",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Older Tanjore gottuvadhyam (jackwood, six main strings)",
          "descriptors": [
            "gliding",
            "vocal",
            "resonant"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "slide-veena",
            "carnatic"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "gottuvadhyam_gourd",
          "name": "Twin-gourd resonator form",
          "descriptors": [
            "deep-toned",
            "booming",
            "sustained"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "slide-veena",
            "gourd-resonated"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "gottuvadhyam_slide",
      "name": "Slide / stopping object",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "gottuvadhyam_ebony",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Ebony cylinder (gottu)",
          "descriptors": [
            "smooth-glide",
            "warm"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "slide-played"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "gottuvadhyam_glass",
          "name": "Glass / metal slide",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright-glide",
            "singing"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "slide-played",
            "metallic"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "gottuvadhyam_sympathetic",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Sympathetic strings",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "gottuvadhyam_with_taraf",
          "default": true,
          "name": "With sympathetic taraf bank",
          "descriptors": [
            "halo-ringing",
            "shimmering"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "sympathetic-resonance"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "gottuvadhyam_without_taraf",
          "name": "Without sympathetic strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "dry",
            "direct"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "slide-veena"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}