{
  "id": "liujiaoxian",
  "name": "Liujiaoxian (hexagonal-box gezaixi lead fiddle)",
  "family": "bowed",
  "class": "bowed_spike_fiddle",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -2,
    "sustain": 2,
    "polyphony": -2,
    "harmonicity": 0,
    "register": 1,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 2,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 0
  },
  "short": "liujiaoxian",
  "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": "liujiaoxian_body",
      "name": "Soundbox build",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "liujiaoxian_body_rosewood_python",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Hexagonal rosewood box with python-skin face",
          "descriptors": [
            "rosewood",
            "python-skin",
            "penetrating"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "bright-tone",
            "resonant-membrane",
            "two-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "east-asia",
            "rosewood"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "liujiaoxian_body_ebony",
          "name": "Ebony box (denser, darker)",
          "descriptors": [
            "ebony",
            "dense-hardwood",
            "dark"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "warm-tone",
            "resonant-membrane"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "east-asia",
            "hardwood"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "liujiaoxian_body_snakeskin",
          "name": "Snakeskin face (thinner, more focused)",
          "descriptors": [
            "snake-skin",
            "focused",
            "crisp"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "bright-tone",
            "resonant-membrane"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "snakeskin",
            "traditional"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "liujiaoxian_damping",
      "name": "Sound window and damping",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "liujiaoxian_damping_open",
          "default": true,
          "name": "No sound window and no mute (the defining bright, clear build)",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright",
            "clear",
            "projecting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "bright-tone",
            "clear"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "east-asia",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "liujiaoxian_damping_muted",
          "name": "Windowed and muted modification (softened for pit balance)",
          "descriptors": [
            "softened",
            "supporting",
            "warm"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "muted",
            "mellow-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern",
            "accompaniment"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "liujiaoxian_repertoire",
      "name": "Repertoire and role",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "liujiaoxian_repertoire_dumadiao",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Duma-diao lead (wartime reformed-tune repertoire)",
          "descriptors": [
            "lyrical",
            "plaintive",
            "lead-melodic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "lead-melody",
            "melancholic",
            "accompaniment"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "east-asia",
            "opera"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "liujiaoxian_repertoire_gezaixi",
          "name": "General gezaixi lead fiddle",
          "descriptors": [
            "operatic",
            "ensemble-lead",
            "cutting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "lead",
            "accompaniment"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "opera",
            "lead"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "liujiaoxian_repertoire_xiangju",
          "name": "Fujian xiangju tender and sorrowful passages",
          "descriptors": [
            "tender",
            "mournful",
            "sustained"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "melancholic",
            "sustained-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "china",
            "opera"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "liujiaoxian_repertoire_second",
          "name": "Second voice under the kezaixian, jing-erhu fashion",
          "descriptors": [
            "supporting",
            "heterophonic",
            "blended"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ensemble",
            "accompaniment"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "accompaniment",
            "east-asia"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "liujiaoxian_body",
      "name": "Soundbox build",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "liujiaoxian_body_rosewood_python",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Hexagonal rosewood box with python-skin face",
          "descriptors": [
            "rosewood",
            "python-skin",
            "penetrating"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "bright-tone",
            "resonant-membrane",
            "two-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "east-asia",
            "rosewood"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "liujiaoxian_body_ebony",
          "name": "Ebony box (denser, darker)",
          "descriptors": [
            "ebony",
            "dense-hardwood",
            "dark"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "warm-tone",
            "resonant-membrane"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "east-asia",
            "hardwood"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "liujiaoxian_body_snakeskin",
          "name": "Snakeskin face (thinner, more focused)",
          "descriptors": [
            "snake-skin",
            "focused",
            "crisp"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "bright-tone",
            "resonant-membrane"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "snakeskin",
            "traditional"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "liujiaoxian_damping",
      "name": "Sound window and damping",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "liujiaoxian_damping_open",
          "default": true,
          "name": "No sound window and no mute (the defining bright, clear build)",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright",
            "clear",
            "projecting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "bright-tone",
            "clear"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "east-asia",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "liujiaoxian_damping_muted",
          "name": "Windowed and muted modification (softened for pit balance)",
          "descriptors": [
            "softened",
            "supporting",
            "warm"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "muted",
            "mellow-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern",
            "accompaniment"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "liujiaoxian_repertoire",
      "name": "Repertoire and role",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "liujiaoxian_repertoire_dumadiao",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Duma-diao lead (wartime reformed-tune repertoire)",
          "descriptors": [
            "lyrical",
            "plaintive",
            "lead-melodic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "lead-melody",
            "melancholic",
            "accompaniment"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "east-asia",
            "opera"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "liujiaoxian_repertoire_gezaixi",
          "name": "General gezaixi lead fiddle",
          "descriptors": [
            "operatic",
            "ensemble-lead",
            "cutting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "lead",
            "accompaniment"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "opera",
            "lead"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "liujiaoxian_repertoire_xiangju",
          "name": "Fujian xiangju tender and sorrowful passages",
          "descriptors": [
            "tender",
            "mournful",
            "sustained"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "melancholic",
            "sustained-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "china",
            "opera"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "liujiaoxian_repertoire_second",
          "name": "Second voice under the kezaixian, jing-erhu fashion",
          "descriptors": [
            "supporting",
            "heterophonic",
            "blended"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ensemble",
            "accompaniment"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "accompaniment",
            "east-asia"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}