{
  "id": "mi_gyaung_kyam",
  "name": "Kyam (Mon crocodile-form fretted zither, Thai-Burmese border)",
  "family": "plucked_traditional",
  "class": "fretboard_zither",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": 1,
    "sustain": 0,
    "polyphony": 0,
    "harmonicity": 0,
    "register": 0,
    "range": 0,
    "articulation": 1,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": -1
  },
  "short": "kyam",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "kyam_body",
      "name": "Body form",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "kyam_full_crocodile",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Full crocodile-carved hardwood body with head and legs (Mon canonical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "woody",
            "buzzing-timbre",
            "dry"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "crocodile-zither",
            "mon"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "kyam_stylized",
          "name": "Stylized shallow trough body (Thai Mon village form)",
          "descriptors": [
            "blunt",
            "rustic",
            "muted"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "crocodile-zither",
            "thai-mon"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "kyam_plectrum",
      "name": "Plectrum / string set",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "kyam_horn_plectrum_silk",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Horn plectrum, silk melody strings with brass drone",
          "descriptors": [
            "nasal",
            "buzzing-timbre",
            "soft-decay"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "crocodile-zither"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "kyam_wire_strings",
          "name": "All-metal wire strings (modern)",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright-attack",
            "ringing"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "crocodile-zither"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "kyam_context",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Playing context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "kyam_mon_ceremonial",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Mon ceremonial and spirit-rite ensemble (canonical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "cyclic",
            "supporting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "mon",
            "ceremonial"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "kyam_solo_song",
          "name": "Solo song self-accompaniment",
          "descriptors": [
            "sparse",
            "intimate"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "mon",
            "plucked"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "kyam_body",
      "name": "Body form",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "kyam_full_crocodile",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Full crocodile-carved hardwood body with head and legs (Mon canonical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "woody",
            "buzzing-timbre",
            "dry"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "crocodile-zither",
            "mon"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "kyam_stylized",
          "name": "Stylized shallow trough body (Thai Mon village form)",
          "descriptors": [
            "blunt",
            "rustic",
            "muted"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "crocodile-zither",
            "thai-mon"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "kyam_plectrum",
      "name": "Plectrum / string set",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "kyam_horn_plectrum_silk",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Horn plectrum, silk melody strings with brass drone",
          "descriptors": [
            "nasal",
            "buzzing-timbre",
            "soft-decay"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "crocodile-zither"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "kyam_wire_strings",
          "name": "All-metal wire strings (modern)",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright-attack",
            "ringing"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "crocodile-zither"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "kyam_context",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Playing context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "kyam_mon_ceremonial",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Mon ceremonial and spirit-rite ensemble (canonical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "cyclic",
            "supporting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "mon",
            "ceremonial"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "kyam_solo_song",
          "name": "Solo song self-accompaniment",
          "descriptors": [
            "sparse",
            "intimate"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "mon",
            "plucked"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}