{
  "id": "litungu",
  "name": "Litungu (Luhya seven-string lyre)",
  "family": "plucked_traditional",
  "class": "plucked_lyre",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": 1,
    "sustain": 0,
    "polyphony": 1,
    "harmonicity": 1,
    "register": 0,
    "range": 0,
    "articulation": 1,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": -1
  },
  "short": "litungu",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "litungu_form",
      "name": "Regional form",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "litungu_bukusu",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Bukusu seven-string litungu",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright-pluck",
            "interlocking",
            "dance-driving"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "lyre",
            "luhya"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "litungu_tiriki",
          "name": "Tiriki/Isukha smaller lyre",
          "descriptors": [
            "light-toned",
            "intimate"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "lyre",
            "kenya"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "litungu_technique",
      "name": "Damping technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "litungu_damped",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Left-hand string damping (selective sounding)",
          "descriptors": [
            "staccato",
            "pattern-locked"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "ostinato"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "litungu_open",
          "name": "Open strum across all strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "ringing",
            "full-chorded"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "strummed",
            "lyre"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "litungu_form",
      "name": "Regional form",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "litungu_bukusu",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Bukusu seven-string litungu",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright-pluck",
            "interlocking",
            "dance-driving"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "lyre",
            "luhya"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "litungu_tiriki",
          "name": "Tiriki/Isukha smaller lyre",
          "descriptors": [
            "light-toned",
            "intimate"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "lyre",
            "kenya"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "litungu_technique",
      "name": "Damping technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "litungu_damped",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Left-hand string damping (selective sounding)",
          "descriptors": [
            "staccato",
            "pattern-locked"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "ostinato"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "litungu_open",
          "name": "Open strum across all strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "ringing",
            "full-chorded"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "strummed",
            "lyre"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}