{
  "id": "irish_bouzouki",
  "name": "Irish bouzouki (flat-back Celtic trad lute)",
  "family": "plucked_traditional",
  "class": "plucked_lute",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": 2,
    "sustain": 0,
    "polyphony": 1,
    "harmonicity": 1,
    "register": 0,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 1,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 0
  },
  "short": "Irish bouzouki",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "irish_bouzouki_form",
      "name": "Type / size",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "irish_bouzouki_standard",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Standard four-course flat-back (GDAD)",
          "descriptors": [
            "flat-back",
            "gdad-tuned",
            "ringing"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "steel-string",
            "chordal-backing"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "celtic_irish_trad"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "irish_bouzouki_octave_mandolin",
          "name": "Octave mandolin (short-scale sibling, GDAE)",
          "descriptors": [
            "short-scale",
            "brighter",
            "compact"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "steel-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "celtic_irish_trad"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "irish_bouzouki_five_course",
          "name": "Five-course cittern-bouzouki (extended)",
          "descriptors": [
            "extended-range",
            "cittern-like",
            "fuller"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "steel-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "celtic_irish_trad",
            "british_celtic"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "irish_bouzouki_playing",
      "name": "Playing context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "irish_bouzouki_backing",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Rhythmic chordal backing (droning open chords)",
          "descriptors": [
            "droning",
            "rhythmic",
            "open-chorded"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "chordal-backing",
            "drone-foundation"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "celtic_irish_trad"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "irish_bouzouki_countermelody",
          "name": "Countermelody / ornamented single-line",
          "descriptors": [
            "melodic",
            "triplet-ornamented",
            "interweaving"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "melodic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "celtic_irish_trad"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "irish_bouzouki_tremolo",
          "name": "Sustained tremolo picking",
          "descriptors": [
            "tremolo",
            "sustained",
            "shimmering"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "celtic_irish_trad"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "irish_bouzouki_top_wood",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Soundboard wood",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "irish_bouzouki_spruce_top",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Spruce soundboard",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright",
            "projecting",
            "punchy"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "steel-string"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "irish_bouzouki_cedar_top",
          "name": "Cedar soundboard",
          "descriptors": [
            "warm",
            "mellow",
            "soft-attack"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "steel-string"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "irish_bouzouki_carved_top",
          "name": "Carved arched top (Sobell-style)",
          "descriptors": [
            "focused",
            "carved-arched",
            "tight"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "steel-string"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "irish_bouzouki_form",
      "name": "Type / size",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "irish_bouzouki_standard",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Standard four-course flat-back (GDAD)",
          "descriptors": [
            "flat-back",
            "gdad-tuned",
            "ringing"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "steel-string",
            "chordal-backing"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "celtic_irish_trad"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "irish_bouzouki_octave_mandolin",
          "name": "Octave mandolin (short-scale sibling, GDAE)",
          "descriptors": [
            "short-scale",
            "brighter",
            "compact"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "steel-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "celtic_irish_trad"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "irish_bouzouki_five_course",
          "name": "Five-course cittern-bouzouki (extended)",
          "descriptors": [
            "extended-range",
            "cittern-like",
            "fuller"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "steel-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "celtic_irish_trad",
            "british_celtic"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "irish_bouzouki_playing",
      "name": "Playing context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "irish_bouzouki_backing",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Rhythmic chordal backing (droning open chords)",
          "descriptors": [
            "droning",
            "rhythmic",
            "open-chorded"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "chordal-backing",
            "drone-foundation"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "celtic_irish_trad"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "irish_bouzouki_countermelody",
          "name": "Countermelody / ornamented single-line",
          "descriptors": [
            "melodic",
            "triplet-ornamented",
            "interweaving"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "melodic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "celtic_irish_trad"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "irish_bouzouki_tremolo",
          "name": "Sustained tremolo picking",
          "descriptors": [
            "tremolo",
            "sustained",
            "shimmering"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "celtic_irish_trad"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "irish_bouzouki_top_wood",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Soundboard wood",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "irish_bouzouki_spruce_top",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Spruce soundboard",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright",
            "projecting",
            "punchy"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "steel-string"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "irish_bouzouki_cedar_top",
          "name": "Cedar soundboard",
          "descriptors": [
            "warm",
            "mellow",
            "soft-attack"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "steel-string"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "irish_bouzouki_carved_top",
          "name": "Carved arched top (Sobell-style)",
          "descriptors": [
            "focused",
            "carved-arched",
            "tight"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "steel-string"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}