{
  "id": "laruan",
  "name": "Laruan (bowed ruan, Chinese-orchestra bass reform instrument)",
  "family": "bowed",
  "class": "bowed_lute",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -2,
    "sustain": 2,
    "polyphony": -1,
    "harmonicity": 1,
    "register": -1,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 1,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 0
  },
  "short": "laruan",
  "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": "laruan_size",
      "name": "Size class",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "laruan_size_tenor",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Tenor laruan (sits roughly where a cello does)",
          "descriptors": [
            "grounding",
            "sonorous",
            "deep"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "low-register",
            "four-string",
            "orchestral"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "chinese-orchestra",
            "china"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "laruan_size_alto",
          "name": "Alto laruan (inner-voice size)",
          "descriptors": [
            "supporting",
            "warm",
            "blended"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ensemble",
            "warm-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "chinese-orchestra",
            "china"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "laruan_size_soprano",
          "name": "Soprano laruan (smallest of the family)",
          "descriptors": [
            "brighter",
            "thin",
            "clear"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "bright-tone",
            "ensemble"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "chinese-orchestra",
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "laruan_role",
      "name": "Bass-section role",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "laruan_role_pad",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Sustained harmonic support under the orchestra",
          "descriptors": [
            "sustained",
            "supporting",
            "grounding"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone",
            "foundational-bass"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "chinese-orchestra",
            "accompaniment"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "laruan_role_bassline",
          "name": "Articulated bass line doubling the daruan and gehu",
          "descriptors": [
            "articulated",
            "rhythmic",
            "grounding"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "bass-register",
            "orchestral"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "chinese-orchestra",
            "china"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "laruan_role_melody",
          "name": "Simple bass melody in unison with the low plucked section",
          "descriptors": [
            "melodic",
            "measured",
            "blended"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "melodic",
            "ensemble"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "chinese-orchestra",
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "laruan_period",
      "name": "Period framing",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "laruan_period_midcentury",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Mid-century reform-orchestra build (Shanghai National Musical Instrument Factory, 1950s-60s)",
          "descriptors": [
            "twentieth-century",
            "standardized",
            "folk-orchestra"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "orchestral",
            "modern"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "reformed",
            "twentieth-century"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "laruan_period_revival",
          "name": "Contemporary China National Traditional Orchestra revival",
          "descriptors": [
            "concert",
            "refined",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "orchestral",
            "concert"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "revival",
            "chinese-orchestra"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "laruan_period_carved",
          "name": "Bone-inlaid dragon or ruyi pegbox (decorated presentation build)",
          "descriptors": [
            "ornate",
            "premium",
            "handmade"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "orchestral",
            "woody"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "china",
            "conservatory"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "laruan_size",
      "name": "Size class",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "laruan_size_tenor",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Tenor laruan (sits roughly where a cello does)",
          "descriptors": [
            "grounding",
            "sonorous",
            "deep"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "low-register",
            "four-string",
            "orchestral"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "chinese-orchestra",
            "china"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "laruan_size_alto",
          "name": "Alto laruan (inner-voice size)",
          "descriptors": [
            "supporting",
            "warm",
            "blended"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ensemble",
            "warm-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "chinese-orchestra",
            "china"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "laruan_size_soprano",
          "name": "Soprano laruan (smallest of the family)",
          "descriptors": [
            "brighter",
            "thin",
            "clear"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "bright-tone",
            "ensemble"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "chinese-orchestra",
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "laruan_role",
      "name": "Bass-section role",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "laruan_role_pad",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Sustained harmonic support under the orchestra",
          "descriptors": [
            "sustained",
            "supporting",
            "grounding"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone",
            "foundational-bass"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "chinese-orchestra",
            "accompaniment"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "laruan_role_bassline",
          "name": "Articulated bass line doubling the daruan and gehu",
          "descriptors": [
            "articulated",
            "rhythmic",
            "grounding"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "bass-register",
            "orchestral"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "chinese-orchestra",
            "china"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "laruan_role_melody",
          "name": "Simple bass melody in unison with the low plucked section",
          "descriptors": [
            "melodic",
            "measured",
            "blended"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "melodic",
            "ensemble"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "chinese-orchestra",
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "laruan_period",
      "name": "Period framing",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "laruan_period_midcentury",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Mid-century reform-orchestra build (Shanghai National Musical Instrument Factory, 1950s-60s)",
          "descriptors": [
            "twentieth-century",
            "standardized",
            "folk-orchestra"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "orchestral",
            "modern"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "reformed",
            "twentieth-century"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "laruan_period_revival",
          "name": "Contemporary China National Traditional Orchestra revival",
          "descriptors": [
            "concert",
            "refined",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "orchestral",
            "concert"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "revival",
            "chinese-orchestra"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "laruan_period_carved",
          "name": "Bone-inlaid dragon or ruyi pegbox (decorated presentation build)",
          "descriptors": [
            "ornate",
            "premium",
            "handmade"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "orchestral",
            "woody"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "china",
            "conservatory"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}