{
  "id": "ngombi_harp",
  "name": "Ngombi (Gabonese Bwiti harp)",
  "family": "plucked_traditional",
  "class": "plucked_string_lead",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": 1,
    "sustain": -1,
    "polyphony": 1,
    "harmonicity": 1,
    "register": 0,
    "range": 0,
    "articulation": 1,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": -1
  },
  "short": "ngombi",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "ngombi_harp_form",
      "name": "Regional form",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "ngombi_harp_form_tsogo",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Mitsogo (Tsogo) eight-string",
          "descriptors": [
            "anthropomorphic-carved-body",
            "eight-string-arched",
            "ancestress-figure"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "harp",
            "ritual",
            "drone-foundation"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "gabon",
            "bwiti",
            "tsogo"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ngombi_harp_form_fang",
          "name": "Fang Bwiti form",
          "descriptors": [
            "slender-necked",
            "fang-tuned",
            "brighter-voiced"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "harp",
            "ritual"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "gabon",
            "fang",
            "bwiti"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ngombi_harp_form_fusion",
          "name": "Contemporary concert form",
          "descriptors": [
            "concert-tuned",
            "even-toned",
            "world-fusion"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "harp"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "fusion"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "ngombi_harp_setting",
      "name": "Ceremonial context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "ngombi_harp_setting_vigil",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Bwiti iboga vigil ostinato",
          "descriptors": [
            "interlocking-ostinato",
            "hypnotic-cyclic",
            "trance-vigil"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "drone-foundation",
            "ritual"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "bwiti",
            "iboga-vigil"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ngombi_harp_setting_narrative",
          "name": "Sung genealogy and myth",
          "descriptors": [
            "sung-genealogy",
            "call-and-response",
            "declamatory"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "narrative",
            "vocal-accompaniment"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "storytelling"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ngombi_harp_setting_studio",
          "name": "World-fusion studio layering",
          "descriptors": [
            "studio-layered",
            "spacious-reverb",
            "loop-friendly"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "ambient",
            "studio"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "fusion",
            "studio"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "ngombi_harp_build",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "String and body construction",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "ngombi_harp_build_fiber",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Raffia-fiber strings, hardwood body",
          "descriptors": [
            "raffia-fiber-strings",
            "carved-hardwood-body",
            "warm-buzzing-tone"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "warm-tone",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "raffia",
            "wood"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ngombi_harp_build_nylon",
          "name": "Nylon or gut strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "nylon-gut-strings",
            "clean-sustain",
            "bright-attack"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "bright-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "nylon",
            "gut"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "ngombi_harp_form",
      "name": "Regional form",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "ngombi_harp_form_tsogo",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Mitsogo (Tsogo) eight-string",
          "descriptors": [
            "anthropomorphic-carved-body",
            "eight-string-arched",
            "ancestress-figure"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "harp",
            "ritual",
            "drone-foundation"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "gabon",
            "bwiti",
            "tsogo"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ngombi_harp_form_fang",
          "name": "Fang Bwiti form",
          "descriptors": [
            "slender-necked",
            "fang-tuned",
            "brighter-voiced"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "harp",
            "ritual"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "gabon",
            "fang",
            "bwiti"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ngombi_harp_form_fusion",
          "name": "Contemporary concert form",
          "descriptors": [
            "concert-tuned",
            "even-toned",
            "world-fusion"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "harp"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "fusion"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "ngombi_harp_setting",
      "name": "Ceremonial context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "ngombi_harp_setting_vigil",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Bwiti iboga vigil ostinato",
          "descriptors": [
            "interlocking-ostinato",
            "hypnotic-cyclic",
            "trance-vigil"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "drone-foundation",
            "ritual"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "bwiti",
            "iboga-vigil"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ngombi_harp_setting_narrative",
          "name": "Sung genealogy and myth",
          "descriptors": [
            "sung-genealogy",
            "call-and-response",
            "declamatory"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "narrative",
            "vocal-accompaniment"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "storytelling"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ngombi_harp_setting_studio",
          "name": "World-fusion studio layering",
          "descriptors": [
            "studio-layered",
            "spacious-reverb",
            "loop-friendly"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "ambient",
            "studio"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "fusion",
            "studio"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "ngombi_harp_build",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "String and body construction",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "ngombi_harp_build_fiber",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Raffia-fiber strings, hardwood body",
          "descriptors": [
            "raffia-fiber-strings",
            "carved-hardwood-body",
            "warm-buzzing-tone"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "warm-tone",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "raffia",
            "wood"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ngombi_harp_build_nylon",
          "name": "Nylon or gut strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "nylon-gut-strings",
            "clean-sustain",
            "bright-attack"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "bright-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "nylon",
            "gut"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}