{
  "id": "pipa",
  "name": "Pipa (Chinese pear-shaped lute)",
  "family": "plucked_traditional",
  "class": "plucked_string_lead",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": 1,
    "sustain": -1,
    "polyphony": 1,
    "harmonicity": 1,
    "register": 0,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 2,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 1
  },
  "short": "pipa",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "plucked_traditional_technique",
      "name": "Playing technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "plucked_classical_idiom",
          "name": "Classical / art-music idiom",
          "applies_to": [
            "lute_renaissance",
            "theorbo",
            "oud",
            "qanun",
            "kanun",
            "tar_persian",
            "setar_persian",
            "tanbur_persian",
            "santur",
            "santoor",
            "saz_baglama",
            "sitar",
            "sarod",
            "veena",
            "rudra_veena",
            "tanpura",
            "koto",
            "biwa_lute",
            "pipa",
            "guqin",
            "gayageum",
            "geomungo",
            "sanxian",
            "ruan",
            "dan_tranh",
            "guzheng",
            "yueqin",
            "shamisen"
          ],
          "descriptors": [
            "ornamented",
            "sustained"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "string-attack",
            "classical",
            "classical-trained"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "classical"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "_fromFamily": true
    },
    {
      "id": "pipa_frets",
      "name": "Fret configuration",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "pipa_modern_frets",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Modern 24-fret chromatic",
          "descriptors": [
            "versatile",
            "virtuoso",
            "concert"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "modern",
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "pipa_traditional_frets",
          "name": "Traditional 12-fret",
          "descriptors": [
            "archaic",
            "authentic",
            "historical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "traditional",
            "folk-tradition",
            "plucked"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "pipa_strings",
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "pipa_silk",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Silk strings (traditional)",
          "descriptors": [
            "low-mid-rich-spectrum",
            "vocal-imitating",
            "classical",
            "silk"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "pipa_steel_nylon",
          "name": "Steel/nylon (modern)",
          "descriptors": [
            "treble-extended",
            "projecting",
            "contemporary",
            "steel",
            "nylon"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "pipa_pick",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Pick technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "pipa_fingerpicks",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Five fingerpicks (taping)",
          "descriptors": [
            "articulate",
            "dense",
            "virtuoso"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "pipa_fingernail",
          "name": "Natural fingernail",
          "descriptors": [
            "damped-attack-onset",
            "recital"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "pipa_body_wood",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Body wood",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "pipa_red_sandalwood",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Red sandalwood / zitan (premium canonical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "red-sandalwood",
            "zitan",
            "premium-canonical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "cites-app-ii"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "pipa_rosewood",
          "name": "Rosewood / huanghuali (premium alternative)",
          "descriptors": [
            "rosewood",
            "huanghuali"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "cites-app-ii"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "pipa_padauk",
          "name": "Padauk (mid-tier)",
          "descriptors": [
            "padauk",
            "mid-tier"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "pipa_mahogany",
          "name": "Mahogany (commercial)",
          "descriptors": [
            "mahogany",
            "commercial-grade"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "pipa_frets",
      "name": "Fret configuration",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "pipa_modern_frets",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Modern 24-fret chromatic",
          "descriptors": [
            "versatile",
            "virtuoso",
            "concert"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "modern",
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "pipa_traditional_frets",
          "name": "Traditional 12-fret",
          "descriptors": [
            "archaic",
            "authentic",
            "historical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "traditional",
            "folk-tradition",
            "plucked"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "pipa_strings",
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "pipa_silk",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Silk strings (traditional)",
          "descriptors": [
            "low-mid-rich-spectrum",
            "vocal-imitating",
            "classical",
            "silk"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "pipa_steel_nylon",
          "name": "Steel/nylon (modern)",
          "descriptors": [
            "treble-extended",
            "projecting",
            "contemporary",
            "steel",
            "nylon"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "pipa_pick",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Pick technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "pipa_fingerpicks",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Five fingerpicks (taping)",
          "descriptors": [
            "articulate",
            "dense",
            "virtuoso"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "pipa_fingernail",
          "name": "Natural fingernail",
          "descriptors": [
            "damped-attack-onset",
            "recital"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "pipa_body_wood",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Body wood",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "pipa_red_sandalwood",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Red sandalwood / zitan (premium canonical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "red-sandalwood",
            "zitan",
            "premium-canonical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "cites-app-ii"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "pipa_rosewood",
          "name": "Rosewood / huanghuali (premium alternative)",
          "descriptors": [
            "rosewood",
            "huanghuali"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "cites-app-ii"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "pipa_padauk",
          "name": "Padauk (mid-tier)",
          "descriptors": [
            "padauk",
            "mid-tier"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "pipa_mahogany",
          "name": "Mahogany (commercial)",
          "descriptors": [
            "mahogany",
            "commercial-grade"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}