{
  "id": "ney",
  "name": "Nāy / nay (Persian/Arab end-blown reed flute)",
  "family": "wind",
  "class": "wind_blown",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": 0,
    "sustain": 2,
    "polyphony": -2,
    "harmonicity": 2,
    "register": 0,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 2,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 0
  },
  "short": "ney",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "wind_articulation",
      "name": "Articulation / phrasing",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "wind_continuous_legato",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Continuous legato",
          "applies_to": [
            "saxophone",
            "trumpet",
            "trombone",
            "cornet",
            "clarinet",
            "flute",
            "alto_flute",
            "bass_flute",
            "piccolo",
            "oboe",
            "english_horn",
            "bassoon",
            "contrabassoon",
            "french_horn",
            "tuba",
            "euphonium",
            "flugelhorn",
            "recorder",
            "duduk",
            "mey",
            "bansuri",
            "dizi",
            "shakuhachi",
            "ney",
            "kaval",
            "quena",
            "xiao",
            "suling",
            "hichiriki_double_reed",
            "gaita_colombiana"
          ],
          "descriptors": [
            "continuous-airflow",
            "legato"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "continuous-phonation",
            "sustained-tone",
            "articulated"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "jazz-canonical",
            "classical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "wind_breath_quiet",
          "name": "Breath-tone, low dynamic",
          "applies_to": [
            "saxophone",
            "trumpet",
            "flute",
            "clarinet",
            "cornet",
            "flugelhorn",
            "shakuhachi",
            "ney"
          ],
          "descriptors": [
            "breath-tone-airy",
            "low-dynamic-level"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "breathy",
            "breathing",
            "quiet"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "lounge",
            "cool-jazz"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "_fromFamily": true
    },
    {
      "id": "ney_use",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Use",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "ney_persian_classical",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Persian classical (radif)",
          "descriptors": [
            "vocal-imitating",
            "meditative",
            "dastgah"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "classical",
            "classical-trained",
            "wind-driven"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ney_arab",
          "name": "Arab classical",
          "descriptors": [
            "breath-heavy",
            "reedy",
            "tarab-suited"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "breathing",
            "ornamented"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ney_sufi",
          "name": "Sufi mystical",
          "descriptors": [
            "transcendent",
            "meditative",
            "sufi-mystical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "breathing",
            "ornamented"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "ney_pitch",
      "name": "Pitch / size",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "ney_kerdaniye",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Kerdaniye (mid)",
          "descriptors": [
            "standard",
            "versatile",
            "classical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "breathing",
            "ornamented"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "ney_body_material",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Body material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "ney_arundo_canonical",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Arundo donax cane (canonical Persian — nine-segment, six holes front + one back)",
          "descriptors": [
            "arundo-donax-cane-canonical-persian-nine-segment"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "classical",
            "classical-trained",
            "wind-driven"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ney_metal_brass",
          "name": "Brass / nickel-silver (Egyptian modern alternative)",
          "descriptors": [
            "brass-nickel-silver-egyptian-modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "breathing"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "ney_lineage",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Performance lineage",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "ney_hassan_kassai",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Canonical 20th-century Persian radif lineage",
          "descriptors": [
            "canonical-20th-century-persian-radif"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "classical",
            "classical-trained",
            "wind-driven"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ney_hossein_omoumi",
          "name": "Isfahan school lineage",
          "descriptors": [
            "isfahan-school"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "classical",
            "classical-trained",
            "wind-driven"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ney_sufi_mevlevi",
          "name": "Mevlevi Sufi (Konya tradition — Turkish ney)",
          "descriptors": [
            "mevlevi-sufi-konya-tradition-turkish-ney"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "breathing"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "ney_use",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Use",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "ney_persian_classical",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Persian classical (radif)",
          "descriptors": [
            "vocal-imitating",
            "meditative",
            "dastgah"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "classical",
            "classical-trained",
            "wind-driven"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ney_arab",
          "name": "Arab classical",
          "descriptors": [
            "breath-heavy",
            "reedy",
            "tarab-suited"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "breathing",
            "ornamented"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ney_sufi",
          "name": "Sufi mystical",
          "descriptors": [
            "transcendent",
            "meditative",
            "sufi-mystical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "breathing",
            "ornamented"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "ney_pitch",
      "name": "Pitch / size",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "ney_kerdaniye",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Kerdaniye (mid)",
          "descriptors": [
            "standard",
            "versatile",
            "classical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "breathing",
            "ornamented"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "ney_body_material",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Body material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "ney_arundo_canonical",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Arundo donax cane (canonical Persian — nine-segment, six holes front + one back)",
          "descriptors": [
            "arundo-donax-cane-canonical-persian-nine-segment"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "classical",
            "classical-trained",
            "wind-driven"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ney_metal_brass",
          "name": "Brass / nickel-silver (Egyptian modern alternative)",
          "descriptors": [
            "brass-nickel-silver-egyptian-modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "breathing"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "ney_lineage",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Performance lineage",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "ney_hassan_kassai",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Canonical 20th-century Persian radif lineage",
          "descriptors": [
            "canonical-20th-century-persian-radif"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "classical",
            "classical-trained",
            "wind-driven"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ney_hossein_omoumi",
          "name": "Isfahan school lineage",
          "descriptors": [
            "isfahan-school"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "classical",
            "classical-trained",
            "wind-driven"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ney_sufi_mevlevi",
          "name": "Mevlevi Sufi (Konya tradition — Turkish ney)",
          "descriptors": [
            "mevlevi-sufi-konya-tradition-turkish-ney"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "breathing"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}