{
  "id": "psalmodikon",
  "name": "Psalmodikon (Nordic single-string hymn zither)",
  "family": "bowed",
  "class": "fretboard_zither",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": 2,
    "sustain": 2,
    "polyphony": -2,
    "harmonicity": 1,
    "register": 0,
    "range": 0,
    "articulation": 0,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": -1
  },
  "short": "psalmodikon",
  "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": "psalmodikon_form",
      "name": "National form",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "psalmodikon_form_dillner",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Swedish 1820s form (fixed numbered frets, siffernoter hymnbook)",
          "descriptors": [
            "plain",
            "accessible",
            "traditional"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "fretted",
            "sacred-traditional"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "swedish",
            "sacred"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "psalmodikon_form_roverud",
          "name": "Norwegian form (C-major frets plus removable transposition sticks)",
          "descriptors": [
            "historical",
            "regional",
            "plain"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "fretted",
            "sacred-traditional"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "norwegian",
            "historical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "psalmodikon_form_american_lutheran",
          "name": "North American Lutheran emigrant instrument",
          "descriptors": [
            "communal",
            "devotional",
            "plain"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "fretted",
            "devotional"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "lutheran",
            "sacred"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "psalmodikon_technique",
      "name": "Playing technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "psalmodikon_technique_bowed",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Bowed - sustained, organ-substitute line",
          "descriptors": [
            "sustained",
            "singing",
            "meditative"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone",
            "sacred-traditional"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "sacred",
            "hymn"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "psalmodikon_technique_plucked",
          "name": "Plucked - dry, note-by-note drill",
          "descriptors": [
            "plucky",
            "dry",
            "plain"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "fretted",
            "melodic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "psalmodikon_role",
      "name": "Role",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "psalmodikon_role_teaching",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Solo melody teaching a hymn tune from numeral notation",
          "descriptors": [
            "plain",
            "melodic",
            "intimate"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "melodic",
            "sacred-traditional"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "sacred",
            "solo"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "psalmodikon_role_congregation",
          "name": "Doubling a congregation or schoolroom in unison",
          "descriptors": [
            "communal",
            "hymn-accompaniment",
            "devotional"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "unison",
            "sacred-traditional"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "sacred",
            "hymn",
            "lutheran"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "psalmodikon_role_home_devotion",
          "name": "Home devotional playing in the parlour",
          "descriptors": [
            "intimate",
            "meditative",
            "low-dynamic-level"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "devotional",
            "sustained"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "sacred",
            "solo"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "psalmodikon_build",
      "name": "String and construction",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "psalmodikon_build_steel_pine",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Single steel string on a long pine box",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright",
            "ringing",
            "plain"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "fretted",
            "sustained-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional",
            "steel"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "psalmodikon_build_gut",
          "name": "Gut string (softer, earlier practice)",
          "descriptors": [
            "gut-strung",
            "soft",
            "warm"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "gut-string",
            "period-performance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "historical-gut"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "psalmodikon_build_sympathetic",
          "name": "Added sympathetic strings (later regional builds)",
          "descriptors": [
            "ringing",
            "resonant",
            "regional"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sympathetic-resonant",
            "drone-foundation"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "nordic",
            "revival"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "psalmodikon_form",
      "name": "National form",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "psalmodikon_form_dillner",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Swedish 1820s form (fixed numbered frets, siffernoter hymnbook)",
          "descriptors": [
            "plain",
            "accessible",
            "traditional"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "fretted",
            "sacred-traditional"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "swedish",
            "sacred"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "psalmodikon_form_roverud",
          "name": "Norwegian form (C-major frets plus removable transposition sticks)",
          "descriptors": [
            "historical",
            "regional",
            "plain"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "fretted",
            "sacred-traditional"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "norwegian",
            "historical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "psalmodikon_form_american_lutheran",
          "name": "North American Lutheran emigrant instrument",
          "descriptors": [
            "communal",
            "devotional",
            "plain"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "fretted",
            "devotional"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "lutheran",
            "sacred"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "psalmodikon_technique",
      "name": "Playing technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "psalmodikon_technique_bowed",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Bowed - sustained, organ-substitute line",
          "descriptors": [
            "sustained",
            "singing",
            "meditative"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone",
            "sacred-traditional"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "sacred",
            "hymn"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "psalmodikon_technique_plucked",
          "name": "Plucked - dry, note-by-note drill",
          "descriptors": [
            "plucky",
            "dry",
            "plain"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "fretted",
            "melodic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "psalmodikon_role",
      "name": "Role",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "psalmodikon_role_teaching",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Solo melody teaching a hymn tune from numeral notation",
          "descriptors": [
            "plain",
            "melodic",
            "intimate"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "melodic",
            "sacred-traditional"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "sacred",
            "solo"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "psalmodikon_role_congregation",
          "name": "Doubling a congregation or schoolroom in unison",
          "descriptors": [
            "communal",
            "hymn-accompaniment",
            "devotional"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "unison",
            "sacred-traditional"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "sacred",
            "hymn",
            "lutheran"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "psalmodikon_role_home_devotion",
          "name": "Home devotional playing in the parlour",
          "descriptors": [
            "intimate",
            "meditative",
            "low-dynamic-level"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "devotional",
            "sustained"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "sacred",
            "solo"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "psalmodikon_build",
      "name": "String and construction",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "psalmodikon_build_steel_pine",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Single steel string on a long pine box",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright",
            "ringing",
            "plain"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "fretted",
            "sustained-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional",
            "steel"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "psalmodikon_build_gut",
          "name": "Gut string (softer, earlier practice)",
          "descriptors": [
            "gut-strung",
            "soft",
            "warm"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "gut-string",
            "period-performance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "historical-gut"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "psalmodikon_build_sympathetic",
          "name": "Added sympathetic strings (later regional builds)",
          "descriptors": [
            "ringing",
            "resonant",
            "regional"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sympathetic-resonant",
            "drone-foundation"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "nordic",
            "revival"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}