{
  "id": "khlui",
  "name": "Khlui (Thai vertical duct flute)",
  "family": "wind",
  "class": "duct_flute",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": 1,
    "sustain": 2,
    "polyphony": -2,
    "harmonicity": 1,
    "register": 1,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 2,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": -1
  },
  "short": "khlui",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "khlui_size",
      "name": "Size / register",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "khlui_phiang_aw",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Khlui phiang aw (medium, ~44–45 cm — by far the most common)",
          "descriptors": [
            "standard",
            "balanced",
            "mellow"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "duct-flute",
            "fipple-flute",
            "breathing"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "thai",
            "thai-classical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "khlui_lip",
          "name": "Khlui lip / khlui kruat (small, ~36–37 cm, highest, roughly E♭)",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright",
            "high-pitched",
            "piercing"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "duct-flute",
            "high-register"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "thai",
            "thai-classical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "khlui_u",
          "name": "Khlui u (largest, ~61 cm, lowest)",
          "descriptors": [
            "deep",
            "low-voiced",
            "mellow"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "duct-flute",
            "low-register"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "thai",
            "thai-classical"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "khlui_context",
      "name": "Ensemble role",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "khlui_khrueang_sai",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Khrueang sai string ensemble (the sole wind, with saw duang, saw u and jakhe)",
          "descriptors": [
            "chamber",
            "melodic",
            "classical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "ensemble",
            "melodic-lead"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "thai",
            "thai-classical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "khlui_mahori",
          "name": "Mahori mixed ensemble (melodic variation and sustained line among the strings)",
          "descriptors": [
            "courtly",
            "ornamented",
            "blended"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "ensemble",
            "ornamented"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "thai",
            "mahori"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "khlui_piphat_mai_nuam",
          "name": "Piphat mai nuam (soft-mallet piphat — khlui phiang aw replaces the pi nai oboe)",
          "descriptors": [
            "mellow",
            "chamber",
            "classical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "ensemble",
            "sustained"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "thai",
            "piphat"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "khlui_solo_recreational",
          "name": "Unaccompanied solo / recreational playing",
          "descriptors": [
            "solo",
            "lyrical",
            "intimate"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "solo",
            "melodic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "thai",
            "solo"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "khlui_tuning",
      "name": "Tuning",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "khlui_equiheptatonic",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Thai near-equidistant heptatonic (near-equal fingerhole spacing, not Western diatonic)",
          "descriptors": [
            "seven-equal-171-cent-steps",
            "modal",
            "traditional"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "duct-flute",
            "microtonal-bend"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "thai",
            "thai-classical",
            "piphat-mahori"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "khlui_western_tempered",
          "name": "Western-tempered export instrument (commercially keyed C or B♭)",
          "descriptors": [
            "diatonic",
            "modern",
            "commercial"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "duct-flute",
            "modern"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern",
            "concert"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "khlui_build",
      "name": "Body build & voicing",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "khlui_bamboo",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Bamboo tube, wooden dak duct block, rattan binding rings, no membrane",
          "descriptors": [
            "bamboo",
            "warm",
            "breathy"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "duct-flute",
            "bamboo"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "thai",
            "bamboo"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "khlui_membrane",
          "name": "Ru pao lom membrane hole fitted (stretched buzzing membrane, historic reedy edge)",
          "descriptors": [
            "buzzing",
            "reedy",
            "archaic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "duct-flute",
            "buzzy-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "thai",
            "historic"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "khlui_rosewood",
          "name": "Turned rosewood / hardwood body (denser, more focused)",
          "descriptors": [
            "dense",
            "focused",
            "rosewood"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "duct-flute",
            "wooden"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "hardwood",
            "cites-app-ii"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "khlui_plastic",
          "name": "Moulded plastic / PVC (modern student instrument)",
          "descriptors": [
            "plastic",
            "durable",
            "student"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "duct-flute",
            "modern"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern",
            "synthetic"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "khlui_size",
      "name": "Size / register",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "khlui_phiang_aw",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Khlui phiang aw (medium, ~44–45 cm — by far the most common)",
          "descriptors": [
            "standard",
            "balanced",
            "mellow"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "duct-flute",
            "fipple-flute",
            "breathing"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "thai",
            "thai-classical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "khlui_lip",
          "name": "Khlui lip / khlui kruat (small, ~36–37 cm, highest, roughly E♭)",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright",
            "high-pitched",
            "piercing"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "duct-flute",
            "high-register"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "thai",
            "thai-classical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "khlui_u",
          "name": "Khlui u (largest, ~61 cm, lowest)",
          "descriptors": [
            "deep",
            "low-voiced",
            "mellow"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "duct-flute",
            "low-register"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "thai",
            "thai-classical"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "khlui_context",
      "name": "Ensemble role",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "khlui_khrueang_sai",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Khrueang sai string ensemble (the sole wind, with saw duang, saw u and jakhe)",
          "descriptors": [
            "chamber",
            "melodic",
            "classical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "ensemble",
            "melodic-lead"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "thai",
            "thai-classical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "khlui_mahori",
          "name": "Mahori mixed ensemble (melodic variation and sustained line among the strings)",
          "descriptors": [
            "courtly",
            "ornamented",
            "blended"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "ensemble",
            "ornamented"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "thai",
            "mahori"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "khlui_piphat_mai_nuam",
          "name": "Piphat mai nuam (soft-mallet piphat — khlui phiang aw replaces the pi nai oboe)",
          "descriptors": [
            "mellow",
            "chamber",
            "classical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "ensemble",
            "sustained"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "thai",
            "piphat"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "khlui_solo_recreational",
          "name": "Unaccompanied solo / recreational playing",
          "descriptors": [
            "solo",
            "lyrical",
            "intimate"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "solo",
            "melodic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "thai",
            "solo"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "khlui_tuning",
      "name": "Tuning",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "khlui_equiheptatonic",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Thai near-equidistant heptatonic (near-equal fingerhole spacing, not Western diatonic)",
          "descriptors": [
            "seven-equal-171-cent-steps",
            "modal",
            "traditional"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "duct-flute",
            "microtonal-bend"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "thai",
            "thai-classical",
            "piphat-mahori"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "khlui_western_tempered",
          "name": "Western-tempered export instrument (commercially keyed C or B♭)",
          "descriptors": [
            "diatonic",
            "modern",
            "commercial"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "duct-flute",
            "modern"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern",
            "concert"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "khlui_build",
      "name": "Body build & voicing",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "khlui_bamboo",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Bamboo tube, wooden dak duct block, rattan binding rings, no membrane",
          "descriptors": [
            "bamboo",
            "warm",
            "breathy"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "duct-flute",
            "bamboo"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "thai",
            "bamboo"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "khlui_membrane",
          "name": "Ru pao lom membrane hole fitted (stretched buzzing membrane, historic reedy edge)",
          "descriptors": [
            "buzzing",
            "reedy",
            "archaic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "duct-flute",
            "buzzy-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "thai",
            "historic"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "khlui_rosewood",
          "name": "Turned rosewood / hardwood body (denser, more focused)",
          "descriptors": [
            "dense",
            "focused",
            "rosewood"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "duct-flute",
            "wooden"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "hardwood",
            "cites-app-ii"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "khlui_plastic",
          "name": "Moulded plastic / PVC (modern student instrument)",
          "descriptors": [
            "plastic",
            "durable",
            "student"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "duct-flute",
            "modern"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern",
            "synthetic"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}