{
  "id": "mandole",
  "name": "Mandole (Algerian mandole)",
  "family": "plucked_traditional",
  "class": "plucked_lute",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": 2,
    "sustain": -1,
    "polyphony": 1,
    "harmonicity": 1,
    "register": 0,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 1,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 0
  },
  "short": "mandole",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "mandole_form",
      "name": "Regional form / repertoire",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "mandole_chaabi",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Chaabi mandole (Algiers, Casbah founding-school lineage)",
          "descriptors": [
            "urban",
            "ornamented",
            "modal",
            "chaabi"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "fretted",
            "bright-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "algerian",
            "maghrebi",
            "chaabi"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "mandole_kabyle",
          "name": "Kabyle mandole (modern Berber song lineage)",
          "descriptors": [
            "lyrical",
            "folk-song",
            "berber"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "strummed",
            "fretted"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "kabyle",
            "berber",
            "algerian"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "mandole_andalusi",
          "name": "Andalusi-inflected mandole (gharnati / chaabi crossover)",
          "descriptors": [
            "andalusi",
            "refined",
            "nuba"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "fretted"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "andalusi",
            "maghrebi"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "mandole_role",
      "name": "Playing technique / role",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "mandole_strummed",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Strummed chordal accompaniment (rhythmic backing)",
          "descriptors": [
            "rhythmic",
            "chordal",
            "driving"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "strummed",
            "chordal"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "accompaniment"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "mandole_melodic",
          "name": "Melodic plectrum lead (istikhbar / solo line)",
          "descriptors": [
            "melodic",
            "ornamented",
            "single-line"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "melodic",
            "bright-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "melody"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "mandole_tremolo",
          "name": "Tremolo-picked sustained melody",
          "descriptors": [
            "tremolo",
            "sustained",
            "shimmering"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "melody"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "mandole_strings",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "mandole_steel",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Plain steel strings (bright, cutting)",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright",
            "metallic",
            "cutting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "metal-strung",
            "bright-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "steel"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "mandole_bronze",
          "name": "Bronze-wound strings (warmer, rounded)",
          "descriptors": [
            "warm",
            "mellow",
            "rounded"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "metal-strung",
            "warm-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "bronze"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "mandole_form",
      "name": "Regional form / repertoire",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "mandole_chaabi",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Chaabi mandole (Algiers, Casbah founding-school lineage)",
          "descriptors": [
            "urban",
            "ornamented",
            "modal",
            "chaabi"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "fretted",
            "bright-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "algerian",
            "maghrebi",
            "chaabi"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "mandole_kabyle",
          "name": "Kabyle mandole (modern Berber song lineage)",
          "descriptors": [
            "lyrical",
            "folk-song",
            "berber"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "strummed",
            "fretted"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "kabyle",
            "berber",
            "algerian"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "mandole_andalusi",
          "name": "Andalusi-inflected mandole (gharnati / chaabi crossover)",
          "descriptors": [
            "andalusi",
            "refined",
            "nuba"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "fretted"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "andalusi",
            "maghrebi"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "mandole_role",
      "name": "Playing technique / role",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "mandole_strummed",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Strummed chordal accompaniment (rhythmic backing)",
          "descriptors": [
            "rhythmic",
            "chordal",
            "driving"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "strummed",
            "chordal"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "accompaniment"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "mandole_melodic",
          "name": "Melodic plectrum lead (istikhbar / solo line)",
          "descriptors": [
            "melodic",
            "ornamented",
            "single-line"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "melodic",
            "bright-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "melody"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "mandole_tremolo",
          "name": "Tremolo-picked sustained melody",
          "descriptors": [
            "tremolo",
            "sustained",
            "shimmering"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tremolo"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "melody"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "mandole_strings",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "mandole_steel",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Plain steel strings (bright, cutting)",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright",
            "metallic",
            "cutting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "metal-strung",
            "bright-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "steel"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "mandole_bronze",
          "name": "Bronze-wound strings (warmer, rounded)",
          "descriptors": [
            "warm",
            "mellow",
            "rounded"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "metal-strung",
            "warm-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "bronze"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}