{
  "id": "qarqaba",
  "name": "Qarqaba / karkabou (Moroccan iron castanets)",
  "family": "percussion",
  "class": "hand_percussion",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": 0,
    "sustain": -2,
    "polyphony": -2,
    "harmonicity": -2,
    "register": 1,
    "range": -2,
    "articulation": 1,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 0
  },
  "short": "qarqaba",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "qarqaba_construction",
      "name": "Construction",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "qarqaba_iron",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Iron-cast traditional",
          "descriptors": [
            "Gnawa-traditional",
            "iron"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "metallic",
            "trance-inducing"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "qarqaba_stainless",
          "name": "Stainless steel modern",
          "descriptors": [
            "lighter",
            "consistent",
            "contemporary",
            "stainless-steel",
            "steel"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "metallic",
            "trance-inducing"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "qarqaba_brass",
          "name": "Brass",
          "descriptors": [
            "warmer",
            "rounder",
            "alternative",
            "brass"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "metallic",
            "trance-inducing"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "qarqaba_playing_style",
      "name": "Playing style",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "qarqaba_gnawa_closed_clang",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Gnawa closed-clang (cymbals held shut between hits)",
          "descriptors": [
            "metallic-clang-dominant",
            "percussive-attack",
            "Gnawa-traditional"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "metallic",
            "trance-inducing"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "qarqaba_tunisian_open_ring",
          "name": "Tunisian open-ring (pulled back quickly for sustain)",
          "descriptors": [
            "metallic-ring-dominant",
            "sustained-shimmer",
            "regional-alternative"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "metallic"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "qarqaba_size",
      "name": "Size",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "qarqaba_large",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Large (~28-29cm, ritual)",
          "descriptors": [
            "deep-clang",
            "ritual",
            "foundational"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "metallic",
            "trance-inducing"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "qarqaba_medium",
          "name": "Medium (~20cm)",
          "descriptors": [
            "mid-strong",
            "standard"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "metallic"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "qarqaba_small",
          "name": "Small (~10cm)",
          "descriptors": [
            "high-pitched",
            "crisp"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "metallic"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "qarqaba_context",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Pattern context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "qarqaba_lila",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Gnawa lila (trance ceremony)",
          "descriptors": [
            "ceremonial",
            "all-night",
            "syncopated-driving"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "metallic",
            "trance-inducing"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "qarqaba_festival",
          "name": "Festival Gnaoua / Essaouira",
          "descriptors": [
            "festive",
            "showcase"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "metallic",
            "trance-inducing"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "qarqaba_fusion",
          "name": "World-fusion / Axiom-school recording",
          "descriptors": [
            "session"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "metallic",
            "trance-inducing"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "qarqaba_construction",
      "name": "Construction",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "qarqaba_iron",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Iron-cast traditional",
          "descriptors": [
            "Gnawa-traditional",
            "iron"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "metallic",
            "trance-inducing"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "qarqaba_stainless",
          "name": "Stainless steel modern",
          "descriptors": [
            "lighter",
            "consistent",
            "contemporary",
            "stainless-steel",
            "steel"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "metallic",
            "trance-inducing"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "qarqaba_brass",
          "name": "Brass",
          "descriptors": [
            "warmer",
            "rounder",
            "alternative",
            "brass"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "metallic",
            "trance-inducing"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "qarqaba_playing_style",
      "name": "Playing style",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "qarqaba_gnawa_closed_clang",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Gnawa closed-clang (cymbals held shut between hits)",
          "descriptors": [
            "metallic-clang-dominant",
            "percussive-attack",
            "Gnawa-traditional"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "metallic",
            "trance-inducing"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "qarqaba_tunisian_open_ring",
          "name": "Tunisian open-ring (pulled back quickly for sustain)",
          "descriptors": [
            "metallic-ring-dominant",
            "sustained-shimmer",
            "regional-alternative"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "metallic"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "qarqaba_size",
      "name": "Size",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "qarqaba_large",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Large (~28-29cm, ritual)",
          "descriptors": [
            "deep-clang",
            "ritual",
            "foundational"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "metallic",
            "trance-inducing"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "qarqaba_medium",
          "name": "Medium (~20cm)",
          "descriptors": [
            "mid-strong",
            "standard"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "metallic"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "qarqaba_small",
          "name": "Small (~10cm)",
          "descriptors": [
            "high-pitched",
            "crisp"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "metallic"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "qarqaba_context",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Pattern context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "qarqaba_lila",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Gnawa lila (trance ceremony)",
          "descriptors": [
            "ceremonial",
            "all-night",
            "syncopated-driving"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "metallic",
            "trance-inducing"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "qarqaba_festival",
          "name": "Festival Gnaoua / Essaouira",
          "descriptors": [
            "festive",
            "showcase"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "metallic",
            "trance-inducing"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "qarqaba_fusion",
          "name": "World-fusion / Axiom-school recording",
          "descriptors": [
            "session"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "metallic",
            "trance-inducing"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}