{
  "id": "pambai",
  "name": "Pambai (Tamil paired cylindrical folk drums)",
  "family": "percussion",
  "class": "cylindrical_drum",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -2,
    "sustain": -1,
    "polyphony": -1,
    "harmonicity": -2,
    "register": -1,
    "range": -1,
    "articulation": 2,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 1
  },
  "short": "pambai",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "pambai_pair",
      "name": "Drum pairing",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "pambai_wood_metal_pair",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Wooden upper drum plus brass lower drum, strapped together (canonical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "contrasting-pitches",
            "cracking-attack",
            "metallic-ring"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "paired-drums",
            "tamil-folk"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "pambai_both_wood",
          "name": "Both shells wooden",
          "descriptors": [
            "woody",
            "drier",
            "warmer"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "paired-drums",
            "tamil-folk"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "pambai_both_metal",
          "name": "Both shells metal",
          "descriptors": [
            "clangy",
            "sharp",
            "ringing"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "paired-drums"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "pambai_technique",
      "name": "Stroke technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "pambai_stick_rolls",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Rapid thin-stick rolls in village ritual",
          "descriptors": [
            "rattling",
            "driving",
            "trance-inducing"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "stick-struck",
            "ritual-procession"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "pambai_accent_strokes",
          "name": "Sparse accented signal strokes",
          "descriptors": [
            "punctuating",
            "sharp"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "stick-struck"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "pambai_dance",
          "name": "Dance-accompanying interlocking pattern",
          "descriptors": [
            "interlocking",
            "propulsive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "stick-struck",
            "dance-rhythm"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "pambai_head",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Head skin",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "pambai_goat",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Goatskin heads",
          "descriptors": [
            "crisp",
            "bright-snap"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "paired-drums"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "pambai_cow",
          "name": "Cowhide heads",
          "descriptors": [
            "thicker",
            "lower-toned"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "paired-drums"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "pambai_pair",
      "name": "Drum pairing",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "pambai_wood_metal_pair",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Wooden upper drum plus brass lower drum, strapped together (canonical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "contrasting-pitches",
            "cracking-attack",
            "metallic-ring"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "paired-drums",
            "tamil-folk"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "pambai_both_wood",
          "name": "Both shells wooden",
          "descriptors": [
            "woody",
            "drier",
            "warmer"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "paired-drums",
            "tamil-folk"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "pambai_both_metal",
          "name": "Both shells metal",
          "descriptors": [
            "clangy",
            "sharp",
            "ringing"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "paired-drums"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "pambai_technique",
      "name": "Stroke technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "pambai_stick_rolls",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Rapid thin-stick rolls in village ritual",
          "descriptors": [
            "rattling",
            "driving",
            "trance-inducing"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "stick-struck",
            "ritual-procession"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "pambai_accent_strokes",
          "name": "Sparse accented signal strokes",
          "descriptors": [
            "punctuating",
            "sharp"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "stick-struck"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "pambai_dance",
          "name": "Dance-accompanying interlocking pattern",
          "descriptors": [
            "interlocking",
            "propulsive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "stick-struck",
            "dance-rhythm"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "pambai_head",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Head skin",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "pambai_goat",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Goatskin heads",
          "descriptors": [
            "crisp",
            "bright-snap"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "paired-drums"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "pambai_cow",
          "name": "Cowhide heads",
          "descriptors": [
            "thicker",
            "lower-toned"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "paired-drums"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}