{
  "id": "guqin",
  "name": "Gǔqín (Chinese 7-string zither)",
  "family": "plucked_traditional",
  "class": "plucked_string_lead",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -1,
    "sustain": -1,
    "polyphony": 0,
    "harmonicity": 1,
    "register": 0,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 2,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": -2
  },
  "short": "guqin",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "plucked_traditional_technique",
      "name": "Playing technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "plucked_classical_idiom",
          "name": "Classical / art-music idiom",
          "applies_to": [
            "lute_renaissance",
            "theorbo",
            "oud",
            "qanun",
            "kanun",
            "tar_persian",
            "setar_persian",
            "tanbur_persian",
            "santur",
            "santoor",
            "saz_baglama",
            "sitar",
            "sarod",
            "veena",
            "rudra_veena",
            "tanpura",
            "koto",
            "biwa_lute",
            "pipa",
            "guqin",
            "gayageum",
            "geomungo",
            "sanxian",
            "ruan",
            "dan_tranh",
            "guzheng",
            "yueqin",
            "shamisen"
          ],
          "descriptors": [
            "ornamented",
            "sustained"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "string-attack",
            "classical",
            "classical-trained"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "classical"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "_fromFamily": true
    },
    {
      "id": "guqin_strings",
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "guqin_silk",
          "name": "Silk strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "breathing-attack",
            "meditative",
            "silk"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained",
            "soloistic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "wenrenyue"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "guqin_metal_silk",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Metal-wound silk",
          "descriptors": [
            "sustaining",
            "modern",
            "silk"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "metal-context",
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained",
            "soloistic"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "guqin_context",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Playing context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "guqin_literati",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Solo literati (canonical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "meditative",
            "classical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained",
            "soloistic"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "guqin_qin_xiao",
          "name": "Qin-xiao duet",
          "descriptors": [
            "paired-music",
            "classical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained",
            "soloistic"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "guqin_composed",
          "name": "Modern composition",
          "descriptors": [
            "concert",
            "cross-genre",
            "contemporary"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained",
            "soloistic"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "guqin_body_wood",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Body wood",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "guqin_tongmu_aged",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Aged tongmu (paulownia) — canonical Tang-Song lineage",
          "descriptors": [
            "tongmu-aged",
            "tang-song-canon",
            "literati-canonical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "guqin_fir_modern",
          "name": "Fir (modern alternative)",
          "descriptors": [
            "fir",
            "modern-alternative"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "guqin_cedar_modern",
          "name": "Cedar (Sichuan school modern)",
          "descriptors": [
            "cedar",
            "sichuan-modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "guqin_lacquer",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Lacquer + crack pattern (duanwen)",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "guqin_lacquer_modern_plain",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Modern lacquer (no aged cracking)",
          "descriptors": [
            "modern-lacquer",
            "no-aged-cracking"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "guqin_lacquer_changran",
          "name": "Changran cracks (snake-belly pattern, antique)",
          "descriptors": [
            "changran-cracks",
            "snake-belly-pattern",
            "antique"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "guqin_lacquer_meihua",
          "name": "Meihua cracks (plum-blossom pattern, premium antique)",
          "descriptors": [
            "meihua-cracks",
            "plum-blossom-pattern",
            "premium-antique"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "guqin_strings",
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "guqin_silk",
          "name": "Silk strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "breathing-attack",
            "meditative",
            "silk"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained",
            "soloistic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "wenrenyue"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "guqin_metal_silk",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Metal-wound silk",
          "descriptors": [
            "sustaining",
            "modern",
            "silk"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "metal-context",
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained",
            "soloistic"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "guqin_context",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Playing context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "guqin_literati",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Solo literati (canonical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "meditative",
            "classical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained",
            "soloistic"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "guqin_qin_xiao",
          "name": "Qin-xiao duet",
          "descriptors": [
            "paired-music",
            "classical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained",
            "soloistic"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "guqin_composed",
          "name": "Modern composition",
          "descriptors": [
            "concert",
            "cross-genre",
            "contemporary"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained",
            "soloistic"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "guqin_body_wood",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Body wood",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "guqin_tongmu_aged",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Aged tongmu (paulownia) — canonical Tang-Song lineage",
          "descriptors": [
            "tongmu-aged",
            "tang-song-canon",
            "literati-canonical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "guqin_fir_modern",
          "name": "Fir (modern alternative)",
          "descriptors": [
            "fir",
            "modern-alternative"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "guqin_cedar_modern",
          "name": "Cedar (Sichuan school modern)",
          "descriptors": [
            "cedar",
            "sichuan-modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "guqin_lacquer",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Lacquer + crack pattern (duanwen)",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "guqin_lacquer_modern_plain",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Modern lacquer (no aged cracking)",
          "descriptors": [
            "modern-lacquer",
            "no-aged-cracking"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "guqin_lacquer_changran",
          "name": "Changran cracks (snake-belly pattern, antique)",
          "descriptors": [
            "changran-cracks",
            "snake-belly-pattern",
            "antique"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "guqin_lacquer_meihua",
          "name": "Meihua cracks (plum-blossom pattern, premium antique)",
          "descriptors": [
            "meihua-cracks",
            "plum-blossom-pattern",
            "premium-antique"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}