{
  "id": "gyil",
  "name": "Gyil (Dagara gourd-resonated xylophone)",
  "family": "percussion",
  "class": "tuned_percussion",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": 2,
    "sustain": -1,
    "polyphony": 1,
    "harmonicity": -1,
    "register": 0,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 0,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 1
  },
  "short": "gyil",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "gyil_form",
      "name": "Regional form",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "gyil_dagara_kogyil",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Dagara kogyil (14-key funeral gyil)",
          "descriptors": [
            "fourteen-key",
            "foundational",
            "buzzy",
            "funeral-voiced"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "mallets",
            "woody"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "gyil_lobi",
          "name": "Lobi gyil (Burkina Faso / Côte d'Ivoire)",
          "descriptors": [
            "deep-gourd",
            "dark-toned",
            "regional"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "mallets",
            "woody"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "gyil_birifor",
          "name": "Birifor gyil (Black Volta region)",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright-keyed",
            "dance-driving",
            "regional"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "mallets",
            "woody"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "gyil_repertoire",
      "name": "Repertoire and context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "gyil_bine_funeral",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Funeral rites (bine dirges, paired gyil with kuor drum)",
          "descriptors": [
            "ritual",
            "mourning",
            "call-and-response",
            "paired"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "mallets",
            "ritual-context"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "gyil_bewaa_dance",
          "name": "Bewaa recreational dance",
          "descriptors": [
            "festive",
            "communal",
            "dance-driving"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "mallets",
            "dance"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "gyil_concert_solo",
          "name": "Concert solo (international stage)",
          "descriptors": [
            "virtuosic",
            "contemporary",
            "showcase"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "mallets",
            "concert"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "gyil_keys_membranes",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Keys and resonator membranes",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "gyil_liga_spider_silk",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Liga-wood keys, spider-silk membranes on calabash gourds (canonical buzz)",
          "descriptors": [
            "buzzy",
            "spider-silk",
            "calabash",
            "liga-wood",
            "natural-material-resonance"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "mallets",
            "woody"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "gyil_plastic_film",
          "name": "Plastic-film membranes (modern substitute)",
          "descriptors": [
            "durable",
            "contemporary",
            "lighter-buzz"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "mallets",
            "woody"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "gyil_form",
      "name": "Regional form",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "gyil_dagara_kogyil",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Dagara kogyil (14-key funeral gyil)",
          "descriptors": [
            "fourteen-key",
            "foundational",
            "buzzy",
            "funeral-voiced"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "mallets",
            "woody"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "gyil_lobi",
          "name": "Lobi gyil (Burkina Faso / Côte d'Ivoire)",
          "descriptors": [
            "deep-gourd",
            "dark-toned",
            "regional"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "mallets",
            "woody"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "gyil_birifor",
          "name": "Birifor gyil (Black Volta region)",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright-keyed",
            "dance-driving",
            "regional"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "mallets",
            "woody"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "gyil_repertoire",
      "name": "Repertoire and context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "gyil_bine_funeral",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Funeral rites (bine dirges, paired gyil with kuor drum)",
          "descriptors": [
            "ritual",
            "mourning",
            "call-and-response",
            "paired"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "mallets",
            "ritual-context"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "gyil_bewaa_dance",
          "name": "Bewaa recreational dance",
          "descriptors": [
            "festive",
            "communal",
            "dance-driving"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "mallets",
            "dance"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "gyil_concert_solo",
          "name": "Concert solo (international stage)",
          "descriptors": [
            "virtuosic",
            "contemporary",
            "showcase"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "mallets",
            "concert"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "gyil_keys_membranes",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Keys and resonator membranes",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "gyil_liga_spider_silk",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Liga-wood keys, spider-silk membranes on calabash gourds (canonical buzz)",
          "descriptors": [
            "buzzy",
            "spider-silk",
            "calabash",
            "liga-wood",
            "natural-material-resonance"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "mallets",
            "woody"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "gyil_plastic_film",
          "name": "Plastic-film membranes (modern substitute)",
          "descriptors": [
            "durable",
            "contemporary",
            "lighter-buzz"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "mallets",
            "woody"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}