{
  "id": "ravanahatta",
  "name": "Ravanahatta (Rajasthani coconut spike fiddle)",
  "family": "bowed",
  "class": "bowed_spike_fiddle",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -1,
    "sustain": 2,
    "polyphony": 0,
    "harmonicity": -1,
    "register": 0,
    "range": -1,
    "articulation": 1,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 0
  },
  "short": "ravanahatta",
  "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": "ravanahatta_form",
      "name": "Resonator build",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "ravanahatta_form_coconut_hide",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Halved coconut shell faced with goat hide, pierced by a bamboo neck",
          "descriptors": [
            "coconut-shell",
            "hide-faced",
            "rustic",
            "buzzy"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "rough-tone",
            "bamboo"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "rajasthani",
            "south_asia"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ravanahatta_form_wooden_bowl",
          "name": "Turned wooden bowl resonator (heavier, rounder)",
          "descriptors": [
            "wood",
            "rounder",
            "woody"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "warm-tone",
            "resonant"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south_asia"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ravanahatta_form_srilankan",
          "name": "Simpler Sri Lankan counterpart (fewer strings, no sympathetics)",
          "descriptors": [
            "spare",
            "archaic",
            "thin-toned"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "rough-tone",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south-asian",
            "folk"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "ravanahatta_context",
      "name": "Repertoire",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "ravanahatta_context_pabuji",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Bhopa priest-bard overnight Pabuji ki phad epic recitation",
          "descriptors": [
            "bardic",
            "ritual",
            "narrative",
            "cyclic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "epic",
            "ritual-context",
            "drone-foundation"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "rajasthani",
            "storytelling",
            "ritual"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ravanahatta_context_bhil_street",
          "name": "Bhil and street-entertainer repertoire",
          "descriptors": [
            "rural",
            "festive",
            "handmade"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "folk-tradition",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "rajasthan",
            "folk"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ravanahatta_context_fusion",
          "name": "Modern melodic and fusion playing",
          "descriptors": [
            "lyrical",
            "expressive",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "melodic-lead",
            "modern"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern",
            "revival"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "ravanahatta_build",
      "name": "Strings and bow",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "ravanahatta_build_mixed_jingle_bow",
          "default": true,
          "name": "One steel and one horsehair main string, sympathetic row, jingle-bell bamboo bow",
          "descriptors": [
            "horsehair-strung",
            "steel",
            "jangling",
            "rattling"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "jingle",
            "rough-tone",
            "sympathetic-resonant"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "rajasthani",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ravanahatta_build_plain_bow",
          "name": "Plain horsehair bow, no bells",
          "descriptors": [
            "spare",
            "dry",
            "clean"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "melodic",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ravanahatta_build_full_sympathetic",
          "name": "Full bank of sympathetic steel strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "sympathetic-halo",
            "shimmering",
            "resonance-saturated"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sympathetic-resonant",
            "ringing"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south_asia"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "ravanahatta_form",
      "name": "Resonator build",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "ravanahatta_form_coconut_hide",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Halved coconut shell faced with goat hide, pierced by a bamboo neck",
          "descriptors": [
            "coconut-shell",
            "hide-faced",
            "rustic",
            "buzzy"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "rough-tone",
            "bamboo"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "rajasthani",
            "south_asia"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ravanahatta_form_wooden_bowl",
          "name": "Turned wooden bowl resonator (heavier, rounder)",
          "descriptors": [
            "wood",
            "rounder",
            "woody"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "warm-tone",
            "resonant"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south_asia"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ravanahatta_form_srilankan",
          "name": "Simpler Sri Lankan counterpart (fewer strings, no sympathetics)",
          "descriptors": [
            "spare",
            "archaic",
            "thin-toned"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "rough-tone",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south-asian",
            "folk"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "ravanahatta_context",
      "name": "Repertoire",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "ravanahatta_context_pabuji",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Bhopa priest-bard overnight Pabuji ki phad epic recitation",
          "descriptors": [
            "bardic",
            "ritual",
            "narrative",
            "cyclic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "epic",
            "ritual-context",
            "drone-foundation"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "rajasthani",
            "storytelling",
            "ritual"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ravanahatta_context_bhil_street",
          "name": "Bhil and street-entertainer repertoire",
          "descriptors": [
            "rural",
            "festive",
            "handmade"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "folk-tradition",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "rajasthan",
            "folk"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ravanahatta_context_fusion",
          "name": "Modern melodic and fusion playing",
          "descriptors": [
            "lyrical",
            "expressive",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "melodic-lead",
            "modern"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern",
            "revival"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "ravanahatta_build",
      "name": "Strings and bow",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "ravanahatta_build_mixed_jingle_bow",
          "default": true,
          "name": "One steel and one horsehair main string, sympathetic row, jingle-bell bamboo bow",
          "descriptors": [
            "horsehair-strung",
            "steel",
            "jangling",
            "rattling"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "jingle",
            "rough-tone",
            "sympathetic-resonant"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "rajasthani",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ravanahatta_build_plain_bow",
          "name": "Plain horsehair bow, no bells",
          "descriptors": [
            "spare",
            "dry",
            "clean"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "melodic",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ravanahatta_build_full_sympathetic",
          "name": "Full bank of sympathetic steel strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "sympathetic-halo",
            "shimmering",
            "resonance-saturated"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sympathetic-resonant",
            "ringing"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south_asia"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}