{
  "id": "parai",
  "name": "Parai (Tamil stick-beaten frame drum)",
  "family": "percussion",
  "class": "frame_drum",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": 0,
    "sustain": -2,
    "polyphony": -2,
    "harmonicity": -2,
    "register": -1,
    "range": -1,
    "articulation": 1,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 1
  },
  "short": "parai",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "parai_context",
      "name": "Repertoire / context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "parai_context_festival_rally",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Festival, wedding and protest-rally drumming (reclaimed practice)",
          "descriptors": [
            "defiant",
            "communal",
            "driving"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "stick-struck",
            "loud-projection"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south-asian",
            "folk",
            "modern"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "parai_context_funeral",
          "name": "Funeral procession (the caste-imposed historical duty)",
          "descriptors": [
            "processional",
            "solemn",
            "mournful"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "stick-struck",
            "processional"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south-asian",
            "ritual",
            "processional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "parai_context_attam",
          "name": "Staged parai attam / thappattam with dance choreography",
          "descriptors": [
            "staged",
            "choreographed",
            "theatrical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "stick-struck",
            "dance-driving"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "dance",
            "stage",
            "revival"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "parai_context_announcement",
          "name": "Announcement and battle-rally signalling (historical martial role)",
          "descriptors": [
            "martial",
            "declamatory",
            "outdoor"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "stick-struck",
            "loud-projection"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south-asian",
            "traditional"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "parai_ensemble",
      "name": "Ensemble scale",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "parai_ensemble_troupe",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Massed troupe unison (the characteristic modern parai sound)",
          "descriptors": [
            "massed",
            "communal",
            "relentless"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "ensemble",
            "loud-projection"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south-asian",
            "ensemble"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "parai_ensemble_call_response",
          "name": "Troupe call-and-response between lead drum and block",
          "descriptors": [
            "call-and-response",
            "interlocking",
            "communal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "ensemble",
            "call-response"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south-asian",
            "ensemble"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "parai_ensemble_solo",
          "name": "Solo / small-group lead",
          "descriptors": [
            "soloistic",
            "articulate",
            "improvised"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "stick-struck",
            "soloistic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "solo",
            "folk"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "parai_beaters",
      "name": "Beater balance",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "parai_beaters_interlocked",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Interlocked asymmetric pair (thin sunddu kucchi over thick adi kucchi)",
          "descriptors": [
            "interlocking",
            "snappy",
            "driving"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "stick-struck",
            "sticks"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south-asian"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "parai_beaters_sunddu_lead",
          "name": "Sunddu kucchi lead (long thin stick, high cracking articulation)",
          "descriptors": [
            "cutting",
            "high-pitched",
            "articulate"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "stick-struck",
            "sharp-attack"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south-asian"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "parai_beaters_adi_lead",
          "name": "Adi kucchi lead (short thick stick, heavy low pulse)",
          "descriptors": [
            "thumpy",
            "steady-pulse",
            "deep-toned"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "stick-struck",
            "low-register"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south-asian"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "parai_beaters_hand_damped",
          "name": "Hand damping against the head (choked, dry strokes)",
          "descriptors": [
            "muted",
            "dry",
            "clipped"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "hand-and-stick",
            "muted"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south-asian"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "parai_head",
      "name": "Head and frame",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "parai_head_neem_cowhide",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Resin-fixed cow-hide on a three-arc neem frame, held taut (canonical Tamil)",
          "descriptors": [
            "taut",
            "snappy",
            "traditional",
            "hide"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "frame-drum",
            "hide-head"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south-asian",
            "natural-skin"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "parai_head_low_tension",
          "name": "Cold low-tension head (fat, thuddy, short decay)",
          "descriptors": [
            "low-tension",
            "thumpy",
            "dry"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "frame-drum",
            "low-register"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south-asian"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "parai_head_synthetic",
          "name": "Synthetic head (weatherproof modern troupe build)",
          "descriptors": [
            "synthetic-head",
            "weatherproof",
            "durable"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "frame-drum",
            "synthetic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern",
            "synthetic"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "parai_context",
      "name": "Repertoire / context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "parai_context_festival_rally",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Festival, wedding and protest-rally drumming (reclaimed practice)",
          "descriptors": [
            "defiant",
            "communal",
            "driving"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "stick-struck",
            "loud-projection"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south-asian",
            "folk",
            "modern"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "parai_context_funeral",
          "name": "Funeral procession (the caste-imposed historical duty)",
          "descriptors": [
            "processional",
            "solemn",
            "mournful"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "stick-struck",
            "processional"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south-asian",
            "ritual",
            "processional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "parai_context_attam",
          "name": "Staged parai attam / thappattam with dance choreography",
          "descriptors": [
            "staged",
            "choreographed",
            "theatrical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "stick-struck",
            "dance-driving"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "dance",
            "stage",
            "revival"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "parai_context_announcement",
          "name": "Announcement and battle-rally signalling (historical martial role)",
          "descriptors": [
            "martial",
            "declamatory",
            "outdoor"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "stick-struck",
            "loud-projection"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south-asian",
            "traditional"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "parai_ensemble",
      "name": "Ensemble scale",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "parai_ensemble_troupe",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Massed troupe unison (the characteristic modern parai sound)",
          "descriptors": [
            "massed",
            "communal",
            "relentless"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "ensemble",
            "loud-projection"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south-asian",
            "ensemble"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "parai_ensemble_call_response",
          "name": "Troupe call-and-response between lead drum and block",
          "descriptors": [
            "call-and-response",
            "interlocking",
            "communal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "ensemble",
            "call-response"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south-asian",
            "ensemble"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "parai_ensemble_solo",
          "name": "Solo / small-group lead",
          "descriptors": [
            "soloistic",
            "articulate",
            "improvised"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "stick-struck",
            "soloistic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "solo",
            "folk"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "parai_beaters",
      "name": "Beater balance",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "parai_beaters_interlocked",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Interlocked asymmetric pair (thin sunddu kucchi over thick adi kucchi)",
          "descriptors": [
            "interlocking",
            "snappy",
            "driving"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "stick-struck",
            "sticks"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south-asian"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "parai_beaters_sunddu_lead",
          "name": "Sunddu kucchi lead (long thin stick, high cracking articulation)",
          "descriptors": [
            "cutting",
            "high-pitched",
            "articulate"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "stick-struck",
            "sharp-attack"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south-asian"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "parai_beaters_adi_lead",
          "name": "Adi kucchi lead (short thick stick, heavy low pulse)",
          "descriptors": [
            "thumpy",
            "steady-pulse",
            "deep-toned"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "stick-struck",
            "low-register"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south-asian"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "parai_beaters_hand_damped",
          "name": "Hand damping against the head (choked, dry strokes)",
          "descriptors": [
            "muted",
            "dry",
            "clipped"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "hand-and-stick",
            "muted"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south-asian"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "parai_head",
      "name": "Head and frame",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "parai_head_neem_cowhide",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Resin-fixed cow-hide on a three-arc neem frame, held taut (canonical Tamil)",
          "descriptors": [
            "taut",
            "snappy",
            "traditional",
            "hide"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "frame-drum",
            "hide-head"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south-asian",
            "natural-skin"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "parai_head_low_tension",
          "name": "Cold low-tension head (fat, thuddy, short decay)",
          "descriptors": [
            "low-tension",
            "thumpy",
            "dry"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "frame-drum",
            "low-register"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south-asian"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "parai_head_synthetic",
          "name": "Synthetic head (weatherproof modern troupe build)",
          "descriptors": [
            "synthetic-head",
            "weatherproof",
            "durable"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "frame-drum",
            "synthetic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern",
            "synthetic"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}