{
  "id": "manjira",
  "name": "Manjira (Hindu brass hand cymbals)",
  "family": "percussion",
  "class": "hand_cymbals",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -1,
    "sustain": 0,
    "polyphony": -2,
    "harmonicity": -1,
    "register": 2,
    "range": -1,
    "articulation": 2,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 0
  },
  "short": "manjira",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "manjira_form",
      "name": "Type & size",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "manjira_taal_small",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Manjira / taal (small thick bhajan cymbals)",
          "descriptors": [
            "small",
            "high-pitched",
            "bright-ting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "hand-cymbals",
            "metallic-ting"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south_asia",
            "devotional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "manjira_jalra",
          "name": "Jalra (South Indian sampradaya bhajan cymbals)",
          "descriptors": [
            "thick",
            "carnatic",
            "cutting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "hand-cymbals",
            "clashed"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south_india",
            "bhajan"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "manjira_karatala",
          "name": "Karatala (Gaudiya / Bengali kirtan cymbals)",
          "descriptors": [
            "bengali",
            "broad-clash",
            "vaishnava"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "hand-cymbals",
            "clashed"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "bengal",
            "kirtan"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "manjira_jhanj",
          "name": "Jhanjh (larger heavy clash cymbals)",
          "descriptors": [
            "large",
            "heavy",
            "loud-clash"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "clashed",
            "metallic-ting"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "processional",
            "aarti"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "manjira_stroke",
      "name": "Playing technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "manjira_tala_ostinato",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Steady tala timekeeping (bhajan / kirtan)",
          "descriptors": [
            "steady",
            "cyclic",
            "tala-keeping"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "time-keeping",
            "hand-cymbals"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "bhajan",
            "kirtan"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "manjira_damped_edge",
          "name": "Damped edge strokes (crisp closed clash)",
          "descriptors": [
            "damped",
            "crisp",
            "closed"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "clashed",
            "muted"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "intimate"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "manjira_open_ringing",
          "name": "Open ringing clashes (aarti / processional build)",
          "descriptors": [
            "open-ring",
            "accelerating",
            "fervent"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "clashed",
            "metallic-ting"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "aarti",
            "processional"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "manjira_metal",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Cymbal metal",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "manjira_brass",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Brass",
          "descriptors": [
            "brass",
            "bright",
            "standard"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "metallic-ting",
            "struck"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "brass"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "manjira_bell_bronze",
          "name": "Bell metal / kansa bronze",
          "descriptors": [
            "bell-metal",
            "ringing",
            "sustained"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "metallic-ting",
            "struck"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "bronze"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "manjira_ashtadhatu",
          "name": "Ashtadhatu (eight-metal temple alloy)",
          "descriptors": [
            "ashtadhatu",
            "sacred",
            "complex-overtones"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "metallic-ting",
            "struck"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "temple",
            "alloy"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "manjira_form",
      "name": "Type & size",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "manjira_taal_small",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Manjira / taal (small thick bhajan cymbals)",
          "descriptors": [
            "small",
            "high-pitched",
            "bright-ting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "hand-cymbals",
            "metallic-ting"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south_asia",
            "devotional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "manjira_jalra",
          "name": "Jalra (South Indian sampradaya bhajan cymbals)",
          "descriptors": [
            "thick",
            "carnatic",
            "cutting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "hand-cymbals",
            "clashed"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south_india",
            "bhajan"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "manjira_karatala",
          "name": "Karatala (Gaudiya / Bengali kirtan cymbals)",
          "descriptors": [
            "bengali",
            "broad-clash",
            "vaishnava"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "hand-cymbals",
            "clashed"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "bengal",
            "kirtan"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "manjira_jhanj",
          "name": "Jhanjh (larger heavy clash cymbals)",
          "descriptors": [
            "large",
            "heavy",
            "loud-clash"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "clashed",
            "metallic-ting"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "processional",
            "aarti"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "manjira_stroke",
      "name": "Playing technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "manjira_tala_ostinato",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Steady tala timekeeping (bhajan / kirtan)",
          "descriptors": [
            "steady",
            "cyclic",
            "tala-keeping"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "time-keeping",
            "hand-cymbals"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "bhajan",
            "kirtan"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "manjira_damped_edge",
          "name": "Damped edge strokes (crisp closed clash)",
          "descriptors": [
            "damped",
            "crisp",
            "closed"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "clashed",
            "muted"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "intimate"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "manjira_open_ringing",
          "name": "Open ringing clashes (aarti / processional build)",
          "descriptors": [
            "open-ring",
            "accelerating",
            "fervent"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "clashed",
            "metallic-ting"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "aarti",
            "processional"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "manjira_metal",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Cymbal metal",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "manjira_brass",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Brass",
          "descriptors": [
            "brass",
            "bright",
            "standard"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "metallic-ting",
            "struck"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "brass"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "manjira_bell_bronze",
          "name": "Bell metal / kansa bronze",
          "descriptors": [
            "bell-metal",
            "ringing",
            "sustained"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "metallic-ting",
            "struck"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "bronze"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "manjira_ashtadhatu",
          "name": "Ashtadhatu (eight-metal temple alloy)",
          "descriptors": [
            "ashtadhatu",
            "sacred",
            "complex-overtones"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "metallic-ting",
            "struck"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "temple",
            "alloy"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}