{
  "id": "morin_khuur",
  "name": "Morin khuur (Mongolian horse-head fiddle)",
  "family": "bowed",
  "class": "bowed_string",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -2,
    "sustain": 2,
    "polyphony": 0,
    "harmonicity": 1,
    "register": 0,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 2,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 0
  },
  "short": "morin khuur",
  "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"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "bowed_rough_drone",
          "name": "Rough drone",
          "applies_to": [
            "fiddle",
            "gusle",
            "kamancheh",
            "rebab",
            "morin_khuur",
            "tagelharpa"
          ],
          "descriptors": [
            "drone-like",
            "raspy"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone",
            "rough-tone",
            "drone-foundation"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "folk",
            "medieval"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "bowed_microtonal_inflected",
          "name": "Microtonal-inflected",
          "applies_to": [
            "kamancheh",
            "rebab",
            "sarangi",
            "esraj",
            "violin_carnatic",
            "morin_khuur",
            "erhu",
            "jinghu",
            "haegeum"
          ],
          "descriptors": [
            "microtonal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone",
            "microtonal-bend",
            "shruti-inflected"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "maqam",
            "arabic",
            "hindustani"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "_fromFamily": true
    },
    {
      "id": "morin_khuur_use",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Use",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "morin_khuur_long_song",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Long-song (urtyn duu) accompaniment",
          "descriptors": [
            "long-song",
            "morin",
            "khuur",
            "sustained",
            "vocal-supportive",
            "meditative"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "mongolian"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "morin_khuur_dance",
          "name": "Festival dance music",
          "descriptors": [
            "morin",
            "khuur",
            "driving",
            "rhythmic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "dance-driving"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "mongolian"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "morin_khuur_tatlaga",
          "name": "Tatlaga programmatic solo",
          "descriptors": [
            "tatlaga",
            "morin",
            "khuur",
            "horse-imitating",
            "programmatic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "mongolian"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "morin_khuur_construction",
      "name": "Construction",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "morin_khuur_traditional",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Wood-and-horsehide (canonical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "traditional",
            "authentic",
            "pastoral",
            "horsehide",
            "hide"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "folk-tradition",
            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "morin_khuur_modern_wood",
          "name": "Modern wood-only",
          "descriptors": [
            "concert-grade",
            "consistent",
            "twentieth-century"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "modern",
            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "morin_khuur_synthetic",
          "name": "Synthetic-bow modern",
          "descriptors": [
            "durable",
            "standardized",
            "twenty-first-century",
            "synthetic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "synthetic",
            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "morin_khuur_body_wood",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Body wood",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "morin_khuur_sycamore",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Sycamore body (canonical Mongolian)",
          "descriptors": [
            "sycamore-canonical-mongolian"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "morin_khuur_cedar",
          "name": "Cedar body (alternative)",
          "descriptors": [
            "cedar-alternative"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "morin_khuur_strings",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "String material — 118 to 130 horsehair strands per string (canonical)",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "morin_khuur_horsehair_canonical",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Horsehair strands (118-130 per string, canonical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "horsehair-118-130-strands-canonical",
            "two-string"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "morin_khuur_nylon_modern_concert",
          "name": "Nylon-wound (modern concert alternative)",
          "descriptors": [
            "nylon-wound-modern-concert"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "morin_khuur_use",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Use",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "morin_khuur_long_song",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Long-song (urtyn duu) accompaniment",
          "descriptors": [
            "long-song",
            "morin",
            "khuur",
            "sustained",
            "vocal-supportive",
            "meditative"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "mongolian"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "morin_khuur_dance",
          "name": "Festival dance music",
          "descriptors": [
            "morin",
            "khuur",
            "driving",
            "rhythmic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "dance-driving"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "mongolian"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "morin_khuur_tatlaga",
          "name": "Tatlaga programmatic solo",
          "descriptors": [
            "tatlaga",
            "morin",
            "khuur",
            "horse-imitating",
            "programmatic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "mongolian"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "morin_khuur_construction",
      "name": "Construction",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "morin_khuur_traditional",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Wood-and-horsehide (canonical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "traditional",
            "authentic",
            "pastoral",
            "horsehide",
            "hide"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "folk-tradition",
            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "morin_khuur_modern_wood",
          "name": "Modern wood-only",
          "descriptors": [
            "concert-grade",
            "consistent",
            "twentieth-century"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "modern",
            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "morin_khuur_synthetic",
          "name": "Synthetic-bow modern",
          "descriptors": [
            "durable",
            "standardized",
            "twenty-first-century",
            "synthetic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "synthetic",
            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "morin_khuur_body_wood",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Body wood",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "morin_khuur_sycamore",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Sycamore body (canonical Mongolian)",
          "descriptors": [
            "sycamore-canonical-mongolian"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "morin_khuur_cedar",
          "name": "Cedar body (alternative)",
          "descriptors": [
            "cedar-alternative"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "morin_khuur_strings",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "String material — 118 to 130 horsehair strands per string (canonical)",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "morin_khuur_horsehair_canonical",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Horsehair strands (118-130 per string, canonical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "horsehair-118-130-strands-canonical",
            "two-string"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "morin_khuur_nylon_modern_concert",
          "name": "Nylon-wound (modern concert alternative)",
          "descriptors": [
            "nylon-wound-modern-concert"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}