{
  "id": "orutu",
  "name": "Orutu (Luo one-string tube fiddle)",
  "family": "bowed",
  "class": "bowed_tube_fiddle",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -1,
    "sustain": 2,
    "polyphony": -2,
    "harmonicity": 0,
    "register": 0,
    "range": -1,
    "articulation": 1,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 0
  },
  "short": "orutu",
  "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": "orutu_form",
      "name": "Resonator build",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "orutu_tin_tube",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Tin-can tube resonator (classic Luo)",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright",
            "tinny",
            "resonant"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "one-string",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "east_africa",
            "luo"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "orutu_gourd_tube",
          "name": "Gourd / calabash tube",
          "descriptors": [
            "warm",
            "earthy",
            "mellow"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "one-string",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "east_africa",
            "luo"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "orutu_wood_tube",
          "name": "Carved wooden tube (village-made)",
          "descriptors": [
            "woody",
            "dry",
            "handmade"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "one-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "east_africa",
            "luo"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "orutu_context",
      "name": "Repertoire context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "orutu_benga",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Benga backing melodic lines",
          "descriptors": [
            "lilting",
            "interlocking",
            "guitar-shadowing"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "one-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "benga"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "orutu_ohangla",
          "name": "Ohangla dance-band drive",
          "descriptors": [
            "driving",
            "raucous",
            "festive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "ohangla",
            "dance"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "orutu_dodo_praise",
          "name": "Dodo praise / wedding song accompaniment",
          "descriptors": [
            "vocal-shadowing",
            "melismatic",
            "intimate"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "one-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "praise"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "orutu_string_material",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "String and membrane material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "orutu_sisal_lizard",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Sisal-fibre string over monitor-lizard membrane",
          "descriptors": [
            "buzzy",
            "nasal",
            "traditional"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "orutu_nylon",
          "name": "Modern nylon string",
          "descriptors": [
            "smoother",
            "brighter",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "orutu_wire",
          "name": "Steel / bicycle-brake wire (amplified benga)",
          "descriptors": [
            "cutting",
            "metallic",
            "piercing"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "orutu_form",
      "name": "Resonator build",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "orutu_tin_tube",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Tin-can tube resonator (classic Luo)",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright",
            "tinny",
            "resonant"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "one-string",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "east_africa",
            "luo"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "orutu_gourd_tube",
          "name": "Gourd / calabash tube",
          "descriptors": [
            "warm",
            "earthy",
            "mellow"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "one-string",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "east_africa",
            "luo"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "orutu_wood_tube",
          "name": "Carved wooden tube (village-made)",
          "descriptors": [
            "woody",
            "dry",
            "handmade"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "one-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "east_africa",
            "luo"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "orutu_context",
      "name": "Repertoire context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "orutu_benga",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Benga backing melodic lines",
          "descriptors": [
            "lilting",
            "interlocking",
            "guitar-shadowing"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "one-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "benga"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "orutu_ohangla",
          "name": "Ohangla dance-band drive",
          "descriptors": [
            "driving",
            "raucous",
            "festive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "ohangla",
            "dance"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "orutu_dodo_praise",
          "name": "Dodo praise / wedding song accompaniment",
          "descriptors": [
            "vocal-shadowing",
            "melismatic",
            "intimate"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "one-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "praise"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "orutu_string_material",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "String and membrane material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "orutu_sisal_lizard",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Sisal-fibre string over monitor-lizard membrane",
          "descriptors": [
            "buzzy",
            "nasal",
            "traditional"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "orutu_nylon",
          "name": "Modern nylon string",
          "descriptors": [
            "smoother",
            "brighter",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "orutu_wire",
          "name": "Steel / bicycle-brake wire (amplified benga)",
          "descriptors": [
            "cutting",
            "metallic",
            "piercing"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}