{
  "id": "rabab_maghribi",
  "name": "Rabāb (Arab/Maghrebi bowed lute)",
  "family": "bowed",
  "class": "bowed_lute",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -2,
    "sustain": 2,
    "polyphony": -1,
    "harmonicity": 0,
    "register": 0,
    "range": 0,
    "articulation": 1,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 0
  },
  "short": "rabab",
  "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": "rabab_maghribi_form",
      "name": "Regional form",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "rabab_maghribi_andalusi",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Andalusi nūba rabāb (Moroccan al-āla / Algerian gharnāṭī)",
          "descriptors": [
            "boat-bodied",
            "courtly",
            "modal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "fretless",
            "two-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "andalusi",
            "maghreb"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "rabab_maghribi_maluf",
          "name": "Tunisian/Libyan malūf rabāb",
          "descriptors": [
            "reedy",
            "stately",
            "heterophonic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "reedy-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "maghreb",
            "tunisia"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "rabab_maghribi_folk",
          "name": "Rural/Berber folk rabāb",
          "descriptors": [
            "rough-tone",
            "rustic",
            "droning"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "rough-tone",
            "drone-foundation"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "maghreb",
            "folk"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "rabab_maghribi_role",
      "name": "Playing context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "rabab_maghribi_nuba",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Nūba lead (heterophonic doubling of the sung line)",
          "descriptors": [
            "heterophonic",
            "melodic-lead",
            "ornamented"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "melodic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "nuba"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "rabab_maghribi_istikhbar",
          "name": "Istikhbār / taqsīm solo (unmeasured modal exposition)",
          "descriptors": [
            "improvisatory",
            "free-rhythm",
            "modal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sustained"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "taqsim"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "rabab_maghribi_takht",
          "name": "Takht ensemble accompaniment (Levantine)",
          "descriptors": [
            "accompanying",
            "interlocking",
            "supportive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ensemble"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "takht",
            "levant"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "rabab_maghribi_strings",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "rabab_maghribi_gut",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Twisted gut strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "warm",
            "traditional",
            "nasal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "gut-string",
            "warm-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "gut"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "rabab_maghribi_metal",
          "name": "Metal strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright",
            "penetrating",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "metal-string",
            "bright-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "metal"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "rabab_maghribi_form",
      "name": "Regional form",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "rabab_maghribi_andalusi",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Andalusi nūba rabāb (Moroccan al-āla / Algerian gharnāṭī)",
          "descriptors": [
            "boat-bodied",
            "courtly",
            "modal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "fretless",
            "two-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "andalusi",
            "maghreb"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "rabab_maghribi_maluf",
          "name": "Tunisian/Libyan malūf rabāb",
          "descriptors": [
            "reedy",
            "stately",
            "heterophonic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "reedy-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "maghreb",
            "tunisia"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "rabab_maghribi_folk",
          "name": "Rural/Berber folk rabāb",
          "descriptors": [
            "rough-tone",
            "rustic",
            "droning"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "rough-tone",
            "drone-foundation"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "maghreb",
            "folk"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "rabab_maghribi_role",
      "name": "Playing context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "rabab_maghribi_nuba",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Nūba lead (heterophonic doubling of the sung line)",
          "descriptors": [
            "heterophonic",
            "melodic-lead",
            "ornamented"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "melodic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "nuba"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "rabab_maghribi_istikhbar",
          "name": "Istikhbār / taqsīm solo (unmeasured modal exposition)",
          "descriptors": [
            "improvisatory",
            "free-rhythm",
            "modal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sustained"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "taqsim"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "rabab_maghribi_takht",
          "name": "Takht ensemble accompaniment (Levantine)",
          "descriptors": [
            "accompanying",
            "interlocking",
            "supportive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ensemble"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "takht",
            "levant"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "rabab_maghribi_strings",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "rabab_maghribi_gut",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Twisted gut strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "warm",
            "traditional",
            "nasal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "gut-string",
            "warm-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "gut"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "rabab_maghribi_metal",
          "name": "Metal strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright",
            "penetrating",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "metal-string",
            "bright-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "metal"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}