{
  "id": "k_ni",
  "name": "K'ni (Jarai mouth-resonated bowed fiddle)",
  "family": "bowed",
  "class": "bowed_string",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -1,
    "sustain": 1,
    "polyphony": -2,
    "harmonicity": -1,
    "register": 1,
    "range": -1,
    "articulation": 2,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": -2
  },
  "short": "k'ni",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "bowed_technique",
      "name": "Bow technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "bowed_legato_classical",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Classical legato",
          "descriptors": [
            "legato",
            "sustained"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone",
            "classical",
            "classical-trained"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "classical"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "_fromFamily": true
    },
    {
      "id": "k_ni_body",
      "name": "Body build",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "k_ni_bamboo_cane",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Single bamboo cane, unfretted (traditional Jarai build)",
          "descriptors": [
            "bamboo",
            "archaic",
            "small-bodied"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "fretless",
            "bamboo"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "vietnam",
            "highland"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "k_ni_fretted_neck",
          "name": "Modern build with a short bamboo-fretted neck",
          "descriptors": [
            "bamboo",
            "modern",
            "articulate"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "fretted",
            "bamboo"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "vietnam",
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "k_ni_coupling",
      "name": "Mouth coupling",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "k_ni_horn_disc",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Buffalo-horn disc on the bridge thread, gripped between the teeth",
          "descriptors": [
            "nasal-coupled-resonance",
            "speech-like",
            "voice-like"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "vocal-imitating",
            "speech-derived"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "highland",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "k_ni_lip_plate",
          "name": "Thin bone or shell plate held behind the lips",
          "descriptors": [
            "nasal-coupled-resonance",
            "soft",
            "breathy"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "vocal-imitating",
            "breathy-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "highland"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "k_ni_thread_extended",
          "name": "Thread run out through a bamboo section as a distance amplifier",
          "descriptors": [
            "bamboo",
            "quiet",
            "distant"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "bamboo",
            "courtship"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "highland",
            "context:courtship"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "k_ni_vocal_intent",
      "name": "Vocal-formant intent",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "k_ni_speech",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Articulated speech vowels — the instrument talks",
          "descriptors": [
            "speech-mimicking",
            "tongue-narrowed-formant-tuning",
            "articulate"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "speech-derived",
            "vocal-imitating"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "highland",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "k_ni_sung_vowel",
          "name": "Sustained singing vowel",
          "descriptors": [
            "singing-tone",
            "sustained-line",
            "vocal-imitating"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone",
            "vocal-imitating"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "highland"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "k_ni_context",
      "name": "Playing context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "k_ni_courtship",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Courtship — a suitor speaks to a woman through the instrument",
          "descriptors": [
            "courtship",
            "intimate",
            "quiet"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "courtship",
            "solo"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "context:courtship",
            "highland"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "k_ni_funeral_ritual",
          "name": "Funerary and religious ceremony",
          "descriptors": [
            "funeral-voiced",
            "ritual",
            "mournful"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ritual-context",
            "funeral"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "context:funeral-ritual",
            "highland"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "k_ni_body",
      "name": "Body build",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "k_ni_bamboo_cane",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Single bamboo cane, unfretted (traditional Jarai build)",
          "descriptors": [
            "bamboo",
            "archaic",
            "small-bodied"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "fretless",
            "bamboo"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "vietnam",
            "highland"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "k_ni_fretted_neck",
          "name": "Modern build with a short bamboo-fretted neck",
          "descriptors": [
            "bamboo",
            "modern",
            "articulate"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "fretted",
            "bamboo"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "vietnam",
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "k_ni_coupling",
      "name": "Mouth coupling",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "k_ni_horn_disc",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Buffalo-horn disc on the bridge thread, gripped between the teeth",
          "descriptors": [
            "nasal-coupled-resonance",
            "speech-like",
            "voice-like"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "vocal-imitating",
            "speech-derived"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "highland",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "k_ni_lip_plate",
          "name": "Thin bone or shell plate held behind the lips",
          "descriptors": [
            "nasal-coupled-resonance",
            "soft",
            "breathy"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "vocal-imitating",
            "breathy-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "highland"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "k_ni_thread_extended",
          "name": "Thread run out through a bamboo section as a distance amplifier",
          "descriptors": [
            "bamboo",
            "quiet",
            "distant"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "bamboo",
            "courtship"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "highland",
            "context:courtship"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "k_ni_vocal_intent",
      "name": "Vocal-formant intent",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "k_ni_speech",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Articulated speech vowels — the instrument talks",
          "descriptors": [
            "speech-mimicking",
            "tongue-narrowed-formant-tuning",
            "articulate"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "speech-derived",
            "vocal-imitating"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "highland",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "k_ni_sung_vowel",
          "name": "Sustained singing vowel",
          "descriptors": [
            "singing-tone",
            "sustained-line",
            "vocal-imitating"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone",
            "vocal-imitating"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "highland"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "k_ni_context",
      "name": "Playing context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "k_ni_courtship",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Courtship — a suitor speaks to a woman through the instrument",
          "descriptors": [
            "courtship",
            "intimate",
            "quiet"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "courtship",
            "solo"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "context:courtship",
            "highland"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "k_ni_funeral_ritual",
          "name": "Funerary and religious ceremony",
          "descriptors": [
            "funeral-voiced",
            "ritual",
            "mournful"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ritual-context",
            "funeral"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "context:funeral-ritual",
            "highland"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}