{
  "id": "pacific_slit_gong",
  "name": "Pacific slit-gong (pate / lali / toʻere / garamut)",
  "family": "percussion",
  "class": "slit_gong",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -2,
    "sustain": -2,
    "polyphony": -2,
    "harmonicity": -1,
    "register": 0,
    "range": -1,
    "articulation": 2,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 1
  },
  "short": "Pacific slit-gong",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "pacific_slit_gong_form",
      "name": "Regional form / size",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "pacific_slit_gong_pate",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Pate (Samoan / Cook Islands ensemble slit-gong)",
          "descriptors": [
            "ensemble-timekeeper",
            "bright",
            "interlocking"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "slit-gong",
            "interlocking"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "polynesia",
            "samoa",
            "cook_islands"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "pacific_slit_gong_toere",
          "name": "Toʻere (Tahitian high dance slit-gong)",
          "descriptors": [
            "high-pitched",
            "cutting",
            "fast-dance"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "slit-gong",
            "bright"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "polynesia",
            "tahiti"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "pacific_slit_gong_lali",
          "name": "Lali (Fijian large signal / meke slit-gong)",
          "descriptors": [
            "deep-toned",
            "booming",
            "resonant"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "slit-gong",
            "deep-boom"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "melanesia",
            "fiji"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "pacific_slit_gong_garamut",
          "name": "Garamut (New Guinea carved log slit-gong)",
          "descriptors": [
            "massive",
            "carved",
            "signal-drum"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "slit-gong",
            "signal-drum"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "melanesia",
            "png"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "pacific_slit_gong_role",
      "name": "Playing context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "pacific_slit_gong_dance",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Dance-ensemble drumming (interlocking ʻote'a / siva rhythms)",
          "descriptors": [
            "driving",
            "interlocking",
            "fast"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "interlocking",
            "bright"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "dance"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "pacific_slit_gong_signal",
          "name": "Signal / call drum (long-distance rhythmic calls)",
          "descriptors": [
            "commanding",
            "resonant",
            "signal-drum"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "signal-drum",
            "deep-boom"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "signal"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "pacific_slit_gong_ceremonial",
          "name": "Ceremonial / welcome & kava rhythms",
          "descriptors": [
            "stately",
            "measured",
            "ritual"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "slit-gong",
            "ceremonial"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "ceremonial"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "pacific_slit_gong_wood",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Body wood",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "pacific_slit_gong_toa",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Toa / ironwood (Casuarina) body",
          "descriptors": [
            "dense",
            "bright",
            "cutting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wood-toned",
            "bright"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "hardwood"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "pacific_slit_gong_breadfruit",
          "name": "Breadfruit-wood body",
          "descriptors": [
            "mellow",
            "warm",
            "softer-toned"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wood-toned",
            "warm"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "softwood"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "pacific_slit_gong_miro",
          "name": "Miro / tropical hardwood body",
          "descriptors": [
            "resonant",
            "rounded"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wood-toned",
            "resonant"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "hardwood"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "pacific_slit_gong_form",
      "name": "Regional form / size",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "pacific_slit_gong_pate",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Pate (Samoan / Cook Islands ensemble slit-gong)",
          "descriptors": [
            "ensemble-timekeeper",
            "bright",
            "interlocking"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "slit-gong",
            "interlocking"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "polynesia",
            "samoa",
            "cook_islands"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "pacific_slit_gong_toere",
          "name": "Toʻere (Tahitian high dance slit-gong)",
          "descriptors": [
            "high-pitched",
            "cutting",
            "fast-dance"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "slit-gong",
            "bright"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "polynesia",
            "tahiti"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "pacific_slit_gong_lali",
          "name": "Lali (Fijian large signal / meke slit-gong)",
          "descriptors": [
            "deep-toned",
            "booming",
            "resonant"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "slit-gong",
            "deep-boom"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "melanesia",
            "fiji"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "pacific_slit_gong_garamut",
          "name": "Garamut (New Guinea carved log slit-gong)",
          "descriptors": [
            "massive",
            "carved",
            "signal-drum"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "slit-gong",
            "signal-drum"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "melanesia",
            "png"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "pacific_slit_gong_role",
      "name": "Playing context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "pacific_slit_gong_dance",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Dance-ensemble drumming (interlocking ʻote'a / siva rhythms)",
          "descriptors": [
            "driving",
            "interlocking",
            "fast"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "interlocking",
            "bright"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "dance"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "pacific_slit_gong_signal",
          "name": "Signal / call drum (long-distance rhythmic calls)",
          "descriptors": [
            "commanding",
            "resonant",
            "signal-drum"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "signal-drum",
            "deep-boom"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "signal"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "pacific_slit_gong_ceremonial",
          "name": "Ceremonial / welcome & kava rhythms",
          "descriptors": [
            "stately",
            "measured",
            "ritual"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "slit-gong",
            "ceremonial"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "ceremonial"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "pacific_slit_gong_wood",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Body wood",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "pacific_slit_gong_toa",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Toa / ironwood (Casuarina) body",
          "descriptors": [
            "dense",
            "bright",
            "cutting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wood-toned",
            "bright"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "hardwood"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "pacific_slit_gong_breadfruit",
          "name": "Breadfruit-wood body",
          "descriptors": [
            "mellow",
            "warm",
            "softer-toned"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wood-toned",
            "warm"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "softwood"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "pacific_slit_gong_miro",
          "name": "Miro / tropical hardwood body",
          "descriptors": [
            "resonant",
            "rounded"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wood-toned",
            "resonant"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "hardwood"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}