{
  "id": "nepali_sarangi",
  "name": "Nepali sarangi (Gandharba four-string bowed lute)",
  "family": "bowed",
  "class": "bowed_lute",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -2,
    "sustain": 2,
    "polyphony": -1,
    "harmonicity": 0,
    "register": 0,
    "range": -1,
    "articulation": 2,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": -1
  },
  "short": "nepali sarangi",
  "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"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "_fromFamily": true
    },
    {
      "id": "nepali_sarangi_form",
      "name": "Form and build",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "nepali_sarangi_form_gandharba",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Traditional Gandharba build (soft light wood, four strings, no sympathetics)",
          "descriptors": [
            "four-string",
            "carved",
            "hide-faced",
            "speech-like"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "fretless",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "himalayan",
            "folk"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "nepali_sarangi_form_modern_stage",
          "name": "Modernized stage instrument (larger body, steel-strung, brighter)",
          "descriptors": [
            "standardized",
            "projecting",
            "bright",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "steel-string",
            "modern"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "himalayan",
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "nepali_sarangi_context",
      "name": "Repertoire",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "nepali_sarangi_context_karkha",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Gandharba self-accompanied karkha heroic ballad and sung news",
          "descriptors": [
            "bardic",
            "self-accompanied",
            "narrative",
            "declamatory"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "vocal-accompaniment",
            "epic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "himalayan",
            "storytelling",
            "narrative"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "nepali_sarangi_context_seasonal",
          "name": "Seasonal and wedding song accompaniment",
          "descriptors": [
            "festive",
            "communal",
            "lyrical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "accompaniment",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "himalayan",
            "wedding"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "nepali_sarangi_context_folk_band",
          "name": "Nepali folk-pop lead line",
          "descriptors": [
            "lead-voice",
            "singing",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "melodic-lead",
            "modern"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "himalayan",
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "nepali_sarangi_build",
      "name": "Strings and bow",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "nepali_sarangi_build_gut_plain_bow",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Gut or nylon strings, plain horsehair bow on a bamboo stick",
          "descriptors": [
            "gut",
            "nylon",
            "dry",
            "spare"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "gut-string",
            "bamboo"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "nepali_sarangi_build_bell_bow",
          "name": "Bow hung with small jingle bells",
          "descriptors": [
            "jangling",
            "rattling",
            "festive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "jingle",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "nepali_sarangi_build_steel",
          "name": "Steel strings (modern retrofit)",
          "descriptors": [
            "steel",
            "bright",
            "cutting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "steel-string",
            "bright-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "nepali_sarangi_form",
      "name": "Form and build",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "nepali_sarangi_form_gandharba",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Traditional Gandharba build (soft light wood, four strings, no sympathetics)",
          "descriptors": [
            "four-string",
            "carved",
            "hide-faced",
            "speech-like"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "fretless",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "himalayan",
            "folk"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "nepali_sarangi_form_modern_stage",
          "name": "Modernized stage instrument (larger body, steel-strung, brighter)",
          "descriptors": [
            "standardized",
            "projecting",
            "bright",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "steel-string",
            "modern"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "himalayan",
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "nepali_sarangi_context",
      "name": "Repertoire",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "nepali_sarangi_context_karkha",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Gandharba self-accompanied karkha heroic ballad and sung news",
          "descriptors": [
            "bardic",
            "self-accompanied",
            "narrative",
            "declamatory"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "vocal-accompaniment",
            "epic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "himalayan",
            "storytelling",
            "narrative"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "nepali_sarangi_context_seasonal",
          "name": "Seasonal and wedding song accompaniment",
          "descriptors": [
            "festive",
            "communal",
            "lyrical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "accompaniment",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "himalayan",
            "wedding"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "nepali_sarangi_context_folk_band",
          "name": "Nepali folk-pop lead line",
          "descriptors": [
            "lead-voice",
            "singing",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "melodic-lead",
            "modern"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "himalayan",
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "nepali_sarangi_build",
      "name": "Strings and bow",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "nepali_sarangi_build_gut_plain_bow",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Gut or nylon strings, plain horsehair bow on a bamboo stick",
          "descriptors": [
            "gut",
            "nylon",
            "dry",
            "spare"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "gut-string",
            "bamboo"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "nepali_sarangi_build_bell_bow",
          "name": "Bow hung with small jingle bells",
          "descriptors": [
            "jangling",
            "rattling",
            "festive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "jingle",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "nepali_sarangi_build_steel",
          "name": "Steel strings (modern retrofit)",
          "descriptors": [
            "steel",
            "bright",
            "cutting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "steel-string",
            "bright-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}