{
  "id": "kalangu",
  "name": "Kalangu (Hausa hourglass talking drum)",
  "family": "percussion",
  "class": "hourglass_drum",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -1,
    "sustain": -1,
    "polyphony": -2,
    "harmonicity": -1,
    "register": 0,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 2,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 1
  },
  "short": "kalangu",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "kalangu_size",
      "name": "Drum size / role",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "kalangu_lead",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Lead kalangu (speech-imitating)",
          "descriptors": [
            "gliding-pitch",
            "speech-toned",
            "sharp-attack"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "talking-drum",
            "hausa"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "kalangu_dundufa",
          "name": "Large supporting hourglass (dan kar'bi)",
          "descriptors": [
            "deep-toned",
            "steady-pulse"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "talking-drum",
            "low-register"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "kalangu_tension",
      "name": "Tension technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "kalangu_squeeze",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Arm-squeezed pitch bending",
          "descriptors": [
            "pitch-bending",
            "vocal-like"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "tension-drum",
            "bending"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "kalangu_open",
          "name": "Loose, fixed-tension strokes",
          "descriptors": [
            "dry-thud",
            "stable-pitch"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "drum",
            "sahel"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "kalangu_beater",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Beater",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "kalangu_curved",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Curved hooked stick",
          "descriptors": [
            "cracking-attack",
            "bright"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "stick-struck"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "kalangu_hand",
          "name": "Bare hand strokes",
          "descriptors": [
            "soft-attack",
            "muted"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "hand-drum"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "kalangu_size",
      "name": "Drum size / role",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "kalangu_lead",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Lead kalangu (speech-imitating)",
          "descriptors": [
            "gliding-pitch",
            "speech-toned",
            "sharp-attack"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "talking-drum",
            "hausa"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "kalangu_dundufa",
          "name": "Large supporting hourglass (dan kar'bi)",
          "descriptors": [
            "deep-toned",
            "steady-pulse"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "talking-drum",
            "low-register"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "kalangu_tension",
      "name": "Tension technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "kalangu_squeeze",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Arm-squeezed pitch bending",
          "descriptors": [
            "pitch-bending",
            "vocal-like"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "tension-drum",
            "bending"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "kalangu_open",
          "name": "Loose, fixed-tension strokes",
          "descriptors": [
            "dry-thud",
            "stable-pitch"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "drum",
            "sahel"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "kalangu_beater",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Beater",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "kalangu_curved",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Curved hooked stick",
          "descriptors": [
            "cracking-attack",
            "bright"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "stick-struck"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "kalangu_hand",
          "name": "Bare hand strokes",
          "descriptors": [
            "soft-attack",
            "muted"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "hand-drum"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}