{
  "id": "kagan",
  "name": "Kagan (Ewe timekeeping drum)",
  "family": "percussion",
  "class": "membranophone",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": 0,
    "sustain": -2,
    "polyphony": -2,
    "harmonicity": -1,
    "register": 1,
    "range": -2,
    "articulation": 0,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 0
  },
  "short": "kagan",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "kagan_ensemble_role",
      "name": "Ostinato pattern / repertoire",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "kagan_ensemble_role_agbadza_offbeat",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Agbadza offbeat pairs locked to the gankogui timeline",
          "descriptors": [
            "cyclic",
            "interlocking",
            "timekeeping"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "sticks",
            "ostinato",
            "timeline"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "timeline",
            "ostinato"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "kagan_ensemble_role_gahu",
          "name": "Gahu driving ostinato",
          "descriptors": [
            "driving",
            "dance-driving",
            "propulsive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "sticks",
            "ostinato",
            "fast"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "dance",
            "ostinato"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "kagan_ensemble_role_agbekor",
          "name": "Agbekor pattern",
          "descriptors": [
            "martial",
            "ceremonial",
            "steady"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "sticks",
            "ostinato"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "ceremonial",
            "ostinato"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "kagan_stroke_technique",
      "name": "Open and mute strokes",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "kagan_stroke_technique_all_open",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Every stroke open (Agbadza idiom — mutes deliberately unused)",
          "descriptors": [
            "ringing",
            "open-slap-tones",
            "bright"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "sticks",
            "open-stroke"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "open-strokes"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "kagan_stroke_technique_mixed",
          "name": "Mixed open and damped strokes (Agbekor and Gahu)",
          "descriptors": [
            "damped",
            "dry",
            "articulate"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "sticks",
            "muted-stroke",
            "damped"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "damped-strokes",
            "muted"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "kagan_hide_material",
      "name": "Head tension and hide",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "kagan_hide_material_tight_goat",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Goat skin driven extremely tight over the narrow bore",
          "descriptors": [
            "tight",
            "cracking",
            "piercing",
            "sharp-attack"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "membrane",
            "bright-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "goatskin"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "kagan_hide_material_moderate",
          "name": "Moderately tensioned goat skin",
          "descriptors": [
            "goat-skin-head",
            "warm",
            "mellow"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "membrane"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "goatskin"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "kagan_stick_spec",
      "name": "Stick spec",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "kagan_stick_spec_long_thin",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Long thin whippy sticks",
          "descriptors": [
            "light",
            "agile",
            "crisp"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "sticks",
            "fast"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "kagan_stick_spec_short_heavy",
          "name": "Shorter heavier sticks for more body",
          "descriptors": [
            "heavy",
            "punchy",
            "body-rich"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "sticks",
            "woody"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "kagan_ensemble_role",
      "name": "Ostinato pattern / repertoire",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "kagan_ensemble_role_agbadza_offbeat",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Agbadza offbeat pairs locked to the gankogui timeline",
          "descriptors": [
            "cyclic",
            "interlocking",
            "timekeeping"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "sticks",
            "ostinato",
            "timeline"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "timeline",
            "ostinato"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "kagan_ensemble_role_gahu",
          "name": "Gahu driving ostinato",
          "descriptors": [
            "driving",
            "dance-driving",
            "propulsive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "sticks",
            "ostinato",
            "fast"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "dance",
            "ostinato"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "kagan_ensemble_role_agbekor",
          "name": "Agbekor pattern",
          "descriptors": [
            "martial",
            "ceremonial",
            "steady"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "sticks",
            "ostinato"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "ceremonial",
            "ostinato"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "kagan_stroke_technique",
      "name": "Open and mute strokes",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "kagan_stroke_technique_all_open",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Every stroke open (Agbadza idiom — mutes deliberately unused)",
          "descriptors": [
            "ringing",
            "open-slap-tones",
            "bright"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "sticks",
            "open-stroke"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "open-strokes"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "kagan_stroke_technique_mixed",
          "name": "Mixed open and damped strokes (Agbekor and Gahu)",
          "descriptors": [
            "damped",
            "dry",
            "articulate"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "sticks",
            "muted-stroke",
            "damped"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "damped-strokes",
            "muted"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "kagan_hide_material",
      "name": "Head tension and hide",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "kagan_hide_material_tight_goat",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Goat skin driven extremely tight over the narrow bore",
          "descriptors": [
            "tight",
            "cracking",
            "piercing",
            "sharp-attack"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "membrane",
            "bright-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "goatskin"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "kagan_hide_material_moderate",
          "name": "Moderately tensioned goat skin",
          "descriptors": [
            "goat-skin-head",
            "warm",
            "mellow"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "membrane"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "goatskin"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "kagan_stick_spec",
      "name": "Stick spec",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "kagan_stick_spec_long_thin",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Long thin whippy sticks",
          "descriptors": [
            "light",
            "agile",
            "crisp"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "sticks",
            "fast"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "kagan_stick_spec_short_heavy",
          "name": "Shorter heavier sticks for more body",
          "descriptors": [
            "heavy",
            "punchy",
            "body-rich"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "sticks",
            "woody"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}