{
  "id": "mbira_dzavadzimu",
  "name": "Mbira dzavadzimu (Shona ancestral lamellophone)",
  "family": "percussion",
  "class": "plucked_idiophone",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": 1,
    "sustain": 1,
    "polyphony": 1,
    "harmonicity": -1,
    "register": 0,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 0,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": -1
  },
  "short": "mbira dzavadzimu",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "mbira_dza_resonator",
      "name": "Resonator",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "mbira_dza_deze",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Played inside a deze gourd resonator",
          "descriptors": [
            "booming",
            "buzzing-timbre",
            "enveloping"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "gourd-resonator",
            "shona"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "mbira_dza_bare",
          "name": "Bare board without deze",
          "descriptors": [
            "dry",
            "intimate",
            "clear"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "lamellophone",
            "unamplified"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "mbira_dza_tuning",
      "name": "Tuning family",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "mbira_dza_nyamaropa",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Nyamaropa tuning",
          "descriptors": [
            "hypnotic",
            "interlocking"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "shona",
            "cyclic-ostinato"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "mbira_dza_dambatsoko",
          "name": "Dambatsoko (low ancestral) tuning",
          "descriptors": [
            "deep-toned",
            "solemn"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "shona",
            "ritual"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "mbira_dza_gandanga",
          "name": "Gandanga / high tuning",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright",
            "piercing"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "shona",
            "high-register"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "mbira_dza_buzzers",
      "name": "Buzzers (machachara)",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "mbira_dza_shells",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Shell / bottle-cap buzzers on the soundboard",
          "descriptors": [
            "buzzing-timbre",
            "hazy"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "buzz-timbre"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "mbira_dza_clean",
          "name": "Buzzers removed (clean board)",
          "descriptors": [
            "pure-toned",
            "bell-like"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "clean-tone"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "mbira_dza_resonator",
      "name": "Resonator",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "mbira_dza_deze",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Played inside a deze gourd resonator",
          "descriptors": [
            "booming",
            "buzzing-timbre",
            "enveloping"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "gourd-resonator",
            "shona"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "mbira_dza_bare",
          "name": "Bare board without deze",
          "descriptors": [
            "dry",
            "intimate",
            "clear"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "lamellophone",
            "unamplified"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "mbira_dza_tuning",
      "name": "Tuning family",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "mbira_dza_nyamaropa",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Nyamaropa tuning",
          "descriptors": [
            "hypnotic",
            "interlocking"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "shona",
            "cyclic-ostinato"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "mbira_dza_dambatsoko",
          "name": "Dambatsoko (low ancestral) tuning",
          "descriptors": [
            "deep-toned",
            "solemn"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "shona",
            "ritual"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "mbira_dza_gandanga",
          "name": "Gandanga / high tuning",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright",
            "piercing"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "shona",
            "high-register"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "mbira_dza_buzzers",
      "name": "Buzzers (machachara)",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "mbira_dza_shells",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Shell / bottle-cap buzzers on the soundboard",
          "descriptors": [
            "buzzing-timbre",
            "hazy"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "buzz-timbre"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "mbira_dza_clean",
          "name": "Buzzers removed (clean board)",
          "descriptors": [
            "pure-toned",
            "bell-like"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "clean-tone"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}