{
  "id": "lira_da_braccio",
  "name": "Lira da braccio (Renaissance chordal arm fiddle)",
  "family": "bowed",
  "class": "bowed_string",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -2,
    "sustain": 2,
    "polyphony": 1,
    "harmonicity": 0,
    "register": 0,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 1,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": -1
  },
  "short": "lira da braccio",
  "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": "lira_da_braccio_stringing",
      "name": "String complement",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "lira_da_braccio_stringing_seven",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Seven strings — five fingered (d–g–d′–a′–e″) plus two octave bourdons",
          "descriptors": [
            "octave-bourdon",
            "droning",
            "full-voiced"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "drone-foundation",
            "chordal",
            "renaissance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "renaissance",
            "italian"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "lira_da_braccio_stringing_five_no_bourdon",
          "name": "Reduced five-string without off-board bourdons",
          "descriptors": [
            "leaner",
            "melodic",
            "spare"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "renaissance",
            "period-performance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "renaissance"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "lira_da_braccio_texture",
      "name": "Texture / function",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "lira_da_braccio_texture_improvvisatore",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Self-accompanied improvised sung recitation (humanist improvvisatore)",
          "descriptors": [
            "improvisatory",
            "declamatory",
            "courtly"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "chordal",
            "drone-foundation",
            "period-performance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "renaissance",
            "italian"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "lira_da_braccio_texture_chordal_pad",
          "name": "Sustained chordal bow-strumming under recitation",
          "descriptors": [
            "droning",
            "chordal",
            "sustained"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "chordal",
            "sustained-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "renaissance",
            "accompaniment"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "lira_da_braccio_texture_melodic_doubling",
          "name": "Melodic doubling of the sung line",
          "descriptors": [
            "vocal-shadowing",
            "singing",
            "lyrical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone",
            "renaissance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "renaissance"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "lira_da_braccio_texture_theatrical",
          "name": "Theatrical / intermedio use (Renaissance court Orpheus and Apollo scenes)",
          "descriptors": [
            "theatrical",
            "stately",
            "ceremonial"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ensemble",
            "renaissance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "renaissance",
            "italian"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "lira_da_braccio_bow",
      "name": "Bridge and bow",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "lira_da_braccio_bow_flat_bridge_curved",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Flat bridge with long strongly curved Renaissance bow (chord-friendly)",
          "descriptors": [
            "flat-bridged",
            "chordal",
            "long-bowed"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "chordal",
            "period-performance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "renaissance",
            "period"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "lira_da_braccio_bow_straighter_later",
          "name": "Later straighter bow (more melodic, less chordal)",
          "descriptors": [
            "articulate",
            "melodic",
            "leaner"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "period-performance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "baroque"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "lira_da_braccio_strings",
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "lira_da_braccio_strings_plain_gut",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Plain gut throughout (period canonical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "plain-gut",
            "low-tension",
            "warm"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "renaissance",
            "period-performance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "historical-gut"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "lira_da_braccio_strings_nylgut",
          "name": "Aquila Nylgut (modern revival)",
          "descriptors": [
            "aquila-nylgut",
            "gut-emulating",
            "stable"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "renaissance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "revival",
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "lira_da_braccio_stringing",
      "name": "String complement",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "lira_da_braccio_stringing_seven",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Seven strings — five fingered (d–g–d′–a′–e″) plus two octave bourdons",
          "descriptors": [
            "octave-bourdon",
            "droning",
            "full-voiced"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "drone-foundation",
            "chordal",
            "renaissance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "renaissance",
            "italian"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "lira_da_braccio_stringing_five_no_bourdon",
          "name": "Reduced five-string without off-board bourdons",
          "descriptors": [
            "leaner",
            "melodic",
            "spare"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "renaissance",
            "period-performance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "renaissance"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "lira_da_braccio_texture",
      "name": "Texture / function",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "lira_da_braccio_texture_improvvisatore",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Self-accompanied improvised sung recitation (humanist improvvisatore)",
          "descriptors": [
            "improvisatory",
            "declamatory",
            "courtly"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "chordal",
            "drone-foundation",
            "period-performance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "renaissance",
            "italian"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "lira_da_braccio_texture_chordal_pad",
          "name": "Sustained chordal bow-strumming under recitation",
          "descriptors": [
            "droning",
            "chordal",
            "sustained"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "chordal",
            "sustained-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "renaissance",
            "accompaniment"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "lira_da_braccio_texture_melodic_doubling",
          "name": "Melodic doubling of the sung line",
          "descriptors": [
            "vocal-shadowing",
            "singing",
            "lyrical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone",
            "renaissance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "renaissance"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "lira_da_braccio_texture_theatrical",
          "name": "Theatrical / intermedio use (Renaissance court Orpheus and Apollo scenes)",
          "descriptors": [
            "theatrical",
            "stately",
            "ceremonial"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ensemble",
            "renaissance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "renaissance",
            "italian"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "lira_da_braccio_bow",
      "name": "Bridge and bow",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "lira_da_braccio_bow_flat_bridge_curved",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Flat bridge with long strongly curved Renaissance bow (chord-friendly)",
          "descriptors": [
            "flat-bridged",
            "chordal",
            "long-bowed"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "chordal",
            "period-performance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "renaissance",
            "period"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "lira_da_braccio_bow_straighter_later",
          "name": "Later straighter bow (more melodic, less chordal)",
          "descriptors": [
            "articulate",
            "melodic",
            "leaner"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "period-performance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "baroque"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "lira_da_braccio_strings",
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "lira_da_braccio_strings_plain_gut",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Plain gut throughout (period canonical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "plain-gut",
            "low-tension",
            "warm"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "renaissance",
            "period-performance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "historical-gut"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "lira_da_braccio_strings_nylgut",
          "name": "Aquila Nylgut (modern revival)",
          "descriptors": [
            "aquila-nylgut",
            "gut-emulating",
            "stable"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "renaissance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "revival",
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}