{
  "id": "nga_chen",
  "name": "Nga chen (Tibetan large monastic frame drum on pole)",
  "family": "percussion",
  "class": "frame_drum",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -2,
    "sustain": 0,
    "polyphony": -2,
    "harmonicity": -2,
    "register": -2,
    "range": -1,
    "articulation": 1,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 2
  },
  "short": "nga chen",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "nga_chen_mount",
      "name": "Mounting",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "nga_chen_pole",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Large double-headed drum on carved pole stand (canonical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "booming",
            "deep-toned",
            "cavernous"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "monastic-drum",
            "tibetan-tradition"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "nga_chen_hanging",
          "name": "Hung in wooden frame in assembly hall",
          "descriptors": [
            "resonant",
            "hall-filling"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "monastic-drum",
            "tibetan-tradition"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "nga_chen_processional",
          "name": "Carried processional nga",
          "descriptors": [
            "thudding",
            "marching"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "monastic-drum",
            "procession"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "nga_chen_beater",
      "name": "Beater and stroke",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "nga_chen_curved_stick",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Long curved stick (nga rgyug), slow ritual strokes",
          "descriptors": [
            "slow-swelling",
            "ominous"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "monastic-drum",
            "ritual-pulse"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "nga_chen_roll",
          "name": "Accelerating roll into cadence",
          "descriptors": [
            "rolling",
            "building"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "monastic-drum"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "nga_chen_rim",
          "name": "Rim and body strikes",
          "descriptors": [
            "woody",
            "dry-clack"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "monastic-drum"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "nga_chen_head",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Head skin",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "nga_chen_yak",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Yak or ox hide head",
          "descriptors": [
            "thick",
            "low-fundamental"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "monastic-drum"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "nga_chen_goat",
          "name": "Goatskin head",
          "descriptors": [
            "tighter",
            "more-attack"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "monastic-drum"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "nga_chen_mount",
      "name": "Mounting",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "nga_chen_pole",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Large double-headed drum on carved pole stand (canonical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "booming",
            "deep-toned",
            "cavernous"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "monastic-drum",
            "tibetan-tradition"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "nga_chen_hanging",
          "name": "Hung in wooden frame in assembly hall",
          "descriptors": [
            "resonant",
            "hall-filling"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "monastic-drum",
            "tibetan-tradition"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "nga_chen_processional",
          "name": "Carried processional nga",
          "descriptors": [
            "thudding",
            "marching"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "monastic-drum",
            "procession"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "nga_chen_beater",
      "name": "Beater and stroke",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "nga_chen_curved_stick",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Long curved stick (nga rgyug), slow ritual strokes",
          "descriptors": [
            "slow-swelling",
            "ominous"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "monastic-drum",
            "ritual-pulse"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "nga_chen_roll",
          "name": "Accelerating roll into cadence",
          "descriptors": [
            "rolling",
            "building"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "monastic-drum"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "nga_chen_rim",
          "name": "Rim and body strikes",
          "descriptors": [
            "woody",
            "dry-clack"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "monastic-drum"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "nga_chen_head",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Head skin",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "nga_chen_yak",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Yak or ox hide head",
          "descriptors": [
            "thick",
            "low-fundamental"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "monastic-drum"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "nga_chen_goat",
          "name": "Goatskin head",
          "descriptors": [
            "tighter",
            "more-attack"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "monastic-drum"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}