{
  "id": "kanun",
  "name": "Kanun / qānūn (Middle Eastern plucked zither)",
  "family": "plucked_traditional",
  "class": "plucked_string_lead",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -1,
    "sustain": 1,
    "polyphony": 2,
    "harmonicity": 1,
    "register": 0,
    "range": 2,
    "articulation": 2,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 0
  },
  "short": "kanun",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "plucked_traditional_technique",
      "name": "Playing technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "plucked_classical_idiom",
          "name": "Classical / art-music idiom",
          "applies_to": [
            "lute_renaissance",
            "theorbo",
            "oud",
            "qanun",
            "kanun",
            "tar_persian",
            "setar_persian",
            "tanbur_persian",
            "santur",
            "santoor",
            "saz_baglama",
            "sitar",
            "sarod",
            "veena",
            "rudra_veena",
            "tanpura",
            "koto",
            "biwa_lute",
            "pipa",
            "guqin",
            "gayageum",
            "geomungo",
            "sanxian",
            "ruan",
            "dan_tranh",
            "guzheng",
            "yueqin",
            "shamisen"
          ],
          "descriptors": [
            "ornamented",
            "sustained"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "string-attack",
            "classical",
            "classical-trained"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "classical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "plucked_drone_modal",
          "name": "Drone-modal",
          "applies_to": [
            "sitar",
            "sarod",
            "tanpura",
            "rudra_veena",
            "veena",
            "dotara",
            "tumbi",
            "oud",
            "qanun",
            "kanun",
            "santur",
            "santoor",
            "tar_persian",
            "tanbur_persian",
            "setar_persian",
            "saz_baglama",
            "cumbus",
            "baglamas",
            "bouzouki"
          ],
          "descriptors": [
            "drone-like",
            "modal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "string-attack",
            "drone-foundation",
            "traditional"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "raga",
            "maqam"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "plucked_ornamented_melodic",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Ornamented melodic",
          "applies_to": [
            "sitar",
            "sarod",
            "tanpura",
            "tar_persian",
            "tanbur_persian",
            "setar_persian",
            "saz_baglama",
            "cumbus",
            "baglamas",
            "bouzouki",
            "oud",
            "qanun",
            "kanun",
            "santur",
            "santoor",
            "rudra_veena",
            "veena",
            "dotara",
            "tumbi",
            "ektara",
            "khamak",
            "tambura_balkan"
          ],
          "descriptors": [
            "ornamented",
            "microtonal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "string-attack",
            "ornament-heavy",
            "melodic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "middle-eastern",
            "south-asian",
            "central-asian"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "_fromFamily": true
    },
    {
      "id": "kanun_school",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Regional school",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "kanun_turkish",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Turkish makam school",
          "descriptors": [
            "kanun",
            "mandal-microtonal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained",
            "ornamented"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "turkish",
            "makam"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "kanun_arab",
          "name": "Arab tarab school",
          "descriptors": [
            "kanun"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained",
            "ornamented"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "arabic",
            "tarab",
            "maqam"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "kanun_armenian",
          "name": "Armenian school",
          "descriptors": [
            "kanun",
            "traditional"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained",
            "ornamented"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "armenian"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "kanun_articulation",
      "name": "Plucking articulation",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "kanun_tortoiseshell_pick",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Tortoiseshell finger picks (traditional)",
          "descriptors": [
            "kanun",
            "tortoiseshell",
            "low-mid-rich-spectrum",
            "traditional",
            "shell"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "picked",
            "plucked"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "cites-app-i"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "kanun_synthetic_pick",
          "surface": false,
          "name": "Synthetic picks (modern)",
          "descriptors": [
            "kanun",
            "synthetic",
            "consistent",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "picked",
            "plucked"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "kanun_school",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Regional school",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "kanun_turkish",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Turkish makam school",
          "descriptors": [
            "kanun",
            "mandal-microtonal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained",
            "ornamented"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "turkish",
            "makam"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "kanun_arab",
          "name": "Arab tarab school",
          "descriptors": [
            "kanun"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained",
            "ornamented"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "arabic",
            "tarab",
            "maqam"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "kanun_armenian",
          "name": "Armenian school",
          "descriptors": [
            "kanun",
            "traditional"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained",
            "ornamented"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "armenian"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "kanun_articulation",
      "name": "Plucking articulation",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "kanun_tortoiseshell_pick",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Tortoiseshell finger picks (traditional)",
          "descriptors": [
            "kanun",
            "tortoiseshell",
            "low-mid-rich-spectrum",
            "traditional",
            "shell"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "picked",
            "plucked"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "cites-app-i"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "kanun_synthetic_pick",
          "surface": false,
          "name": "Synthetic picks (modern)",
          "descriptors": [
            "kanun",
            "synthetic",
            "consistent",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "picked",
            "plucked"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}