{
  "id": "lokanga_bara",
  "name": "Lokanga bara (Malagasy three-string fiddle)",
  "family": "bowed",
  "class": "bowed_lute",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -1,
    "sustain": 2,
    "polyphony": 0,
    "harmonicity": 0,
    "register": 0,
    "range": 0,
    "articulation": 1,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 0
  },
  "short": "lokanga",
  "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": "lokanga_bara_form",
      "name": "Regional form",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "lokanga_bara_form_bara",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Bara lokanga (Albizia-carved body, three strings, evolved from the jejy)",
          "descriptors": [
            "woody",
            "rustic",
            "traditional"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "rough-tone",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "madagascar",
            "african"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "lokanga_bara_form_antandroy",
          "name": "Antandroy lokanga (Androy beko country)",
          "descriptors": [
            "dry",
            "nasal",
            "plaintive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "madagascar"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "lokanga_bara_form_bazaha",
          "name": "Lokanga bazaha (imported European violin used in the identical role)",
          "descriptors": [
            "smoother",
            "projecting",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "madagascar",
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "lokanga_bara_context",
      "name": "Repertoire context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "lokanga_bara_context_beko",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Beko — Antandroy polyphonic ceremonial and funerary song accompaniment",
          "descriptors": [
            "ceremonial",
            "mournful",
            "heterophonic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "vocal-accompaniment",
            "polyphonic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "context:funeral-ritual",
            "madagascar"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "lokanga_bara_context_festive",
          "name": "Festive circumcision and celebration repertoire with dancers",
          "descriptors": [
            "festive",
            "danced",
            "celebratory"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "dance-driving"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "celebration",
            "dance"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "lokanga_bara_context_work",
          "name": "Cattle and work songs",
          "descriptors": [
            "pastoral",
            "herding",
            "unhurried"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "work-song"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "herding",
            "work-song"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "lokanga_bara_strings",
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "lokanga_bara_strings_gut",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Goat-gut strings, bow rosined with dried tree resin",
          "descriptors": [
            "gut-strung",
            "warm",
            "archaic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "gut-string",
            "period-performance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "historical-gut"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "lokanga_bara_strings_fiber",
          "name": "Vegetable / sisal fibre strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "fiber-strung",
            "dry",
            "rustic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "lokanga_bara_strings_nylon_steel",
          "name": "Modern nylon or steel strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "nylon-modern",
            "brighter",
            "projecting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "nylon-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "lokanga_bara_texture",
      "name": "Texture across the three strings",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "lokanga_bara_texture_drone",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Open drone string under stopped melody",
          "descriptors": [
            "droning",
            "hypnotic",
            "supporting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "drone-foundation",
            "open-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "madagascar"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "lokanga_bara_texture_doubling",
          "name": "Melodic doubling of the sung line",
          "descriptors": [
            "doubling",
            "vocal-shadowing",
            "unison"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "vocal-imitating",
            "vocal-support"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "madagascar"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "lokanga_bara_form",
      "name": "Regional form",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "lokanga_bara_form_bara",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Bara lokanga (Albizia-carved body, three strings, evolved from the jejy)",
          "descriptors": [
            "woody",
            "rustic",
            "traditional"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "rough-tone",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "madagascar",
            "african"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "lokanga_bara_form_antandroy",
          "name": "Antandroy lokanga (Androy beko country)",
          "descriptors": [
            "dry",
            "nasal",
            "plaintive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "madagascar"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "lokanga_bara_form_bazaha",
          "name": "Lokanga bazaha (imported European violin used in the identical role)",
          "descriptors": [
            "smoother",
            "projecting",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "madagascar",
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "lokanga_bara_context",
      "name": "Repertoire context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "lokanga_bara_context_beko",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Beko — Antandroy polyphonic ceremonial and funerary song accompaniment",
          "descriptors": [
            "ceremonial",
            "mournful",
            "heterophonic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "vocal-accompaniment",
            "polyphonic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "context:funeral-ritual",
            "madagascar"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "lokanga_bara_context_festive",
          "name": "Festive circumcision and celebration repertoire with dancers",
          "descriptors": [
            "festive",
            "danced",
            "celebratory"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "dance-driving"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "celebration",
            "dance"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "lokanga_bara_context_work",
          "name": "Cattle and work songs",
          "descriptors": [
            "pastoral",
            "herding",
            "unhurried"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "work-song"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "herding",
            "work-song"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "lokanga_bara_strings",
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "lokanga_bara_strings_gut",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Goat-gut strings, bow rosined with dried tree resin",
          "descriptors": [
            "gut-strung",
            "warm",
            "archaic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "gut-string",
            "period-performance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "historical-gut"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "lokanga_bara_strings_fiber",
          "name": "Vegetable / sisal fibre strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "fiber-strung",
            "dry",
            "rustic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "lokanga_bara_strings_nylon_steel",
          "name": "Modern nylon or steel strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "nylon-modern",
            "brighter",
            "projecting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "nylon-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "lokanga_bara_texture",
      "name": "Texture across the three strings",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "lokanga_bara_texture_drone",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Open drone string under stopped melody",
          "descriptors": [
            "droning",
            "hypnotic",
            "supporting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "drone-foundation",
            "open-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "madagascar"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "lokanga_bara_texture_doubling",
          "name": "Melodic doubling of the sung line",
          "descriptors": [
            "doubling",
            "vocal-shadowing",
            "unison"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "vocal-imitating",
            "vocal-support"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "madagascar"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}