{
  "id": "heike_biwa",
  "name": "Heike biwa (small biwa for Heike monogatari chanting)",
  "family": "plucked_traditional",
  "class": "plucked_lute",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": 1,
    "sustain": -1,
    "polyphony": 0,
    "harmonicity": -1,
    "register": 0,
    "range": 0,
    "articulation": 2,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 0
  },
  "short": "heike biwa",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "heike_biwa_role",
      "name": "Musical role",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "heike_biwa_interlude",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Between-phrase interlude punctuation",
          "descriptors": [
            "sparse",
            "dry-toned",
            "buzzing-timbre"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "japanese",
            "epic-chant"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "heike_biwa_scraped",
          "name": "Scraped sweep across strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "rasping",
            "gestural"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "scraped"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "heike_biwa_bachi",
      "name": "Plectrum and attack",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "heike_biwa_wide_bachi",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Wide thin bachi struck near the bridge",
          "descriptors": [
            "percussive",
            "sharp-attack"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "struck-string"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "heike_biwa_soft_stroke",
          "name": "Soft stroke over the belly",
          "descriptors": [
            "muted",
            "intimate"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "heike_biwa_role",
      "name": "Musical role",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "heike_biwa_interlude",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Between-phrase interlude punctuation",
          "descriptors": [
            "sparse",
            "dry-toned",
            "buzzing-timbre"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "japanese",
            "epic-chant"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "heike_biwa_scraped",
          "name": "Scraped sweep across strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "rasping",
            "gestural"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "scraped"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "heike_biwa_bachi",
      "name": "Plectrum and attack",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "heike_biwa_wide_bachi",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Wide thin bachi struck near the bridge",
          "descriptors": [
            "percussive",
            "sharp-attack"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "struck-string"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "heike_biwa_soft_stroke",
          "name": "Soft stroke over the belly",
          "descriptors": [
            "muted",
            "intimate"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}