{
  "id": "sanshin",
  "name": "Sanshin (Okinawan snakeskin three-string)",
  "family": "plucked_traditional",
  "class": "plucked_string_lead",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": 1,
    "sustain": -1,
    "polyphony": 0,
    "harmonicity": 1,
    "register": 0,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 1,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 0
  },
  "short": "sanshin",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "sanshin_kata",
      "name": "Regional form (kata)",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "sanshin_makabi",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Makabi-gata (classic Okinawan)",
          "descriptors": [
            "canonical",
            "balanced",
            "refined"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sanshin_yunagushiku",
          "name": "Yunagushiku-gata (large, robust)",
          "descriptors": [
            "larger-bodied",
            "robust",
            "projecting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sanshin_kankara",
          "name": "Kankara sanshin (postwar tin-can body)",
          "descriptors": [
            "tin-can",
            "improvised",
            "postwar",
            "lo-fi"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "folk-tradition",
            "rough-tone"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sanshin_amami",
          "name": "Amami shamisen (Amami Islands)",
          "descriptors": [
            "thinner-neck",
            "bright",
            "high-tuned"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sanshin_repertoire",
      "name": "Repertoire / context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "sanshin_shimauta",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Shima-uta (Okinawan folk song)",
          "descriptors": [
            "song-accompaniment",
            "warm",
            "island"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sanshin_koten",
          "name": "Ryukyuan classical (kunkunshi court canon)",
          "descriptors": [
            "courtly",
            "measured",
            "classical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sanshin_eisa",
          "name": "Eisa festival (drum-dance accompaniment)",
          "descriptors": [
            "driving",
            "festival",
            "rhythmic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sanshin_skin",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Body skin",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "sanshin_python_hon_bari",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Python skin, hon-bari (canonical Okinawan)",
          "descriptors": [
            "python-skin-canonical",
            "round",
            "warm"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "cites-app-ii"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sanshin_kyoka_bari",
          "name": "Kyōka-bari (python over synthetic backing)",
          "descriptors": [
            "reinforced",
            "durable",
            "stable"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sanshin_jinko_bari",
          "name": "Jinkō-bari (synthetic printed skin)",
          "descriptors": [
            "synthetic",
            "student",
            "consistent"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "synthetic",
            "plucked",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sanshin_plectrum",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Plectrum (chimi / tsume)",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "sanshin_horn_tsume",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Water-buffalo horn tsume (canonical Okinawan)",
          "descriptors": [
            "horn-claw",
            "soft-attack",
            "rounded"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sanshin_plastic_tsume",
          "name": "Plastic tsume (modern student)",
          "descriptors": [
            "plastic",
            "modern",
            "consistent"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sanshin_bamboo_stick",
          "name": "Bamboo stick pick (Amami style)",
          "descriptors": [
            "bamboo-sliver",
            "bright",
            "crisp"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "sanshin_kata",
      "name": "Regional form (kata)",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "sanshin_makabi",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Makabi-gata (classic Okinawan)",
          "descriptors": [
            "canonical",
            "balanced",
            "refined"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sanshin_yunagushiku",
          "name": "Yunagushiku-gata (large, robust)",
          "descriptors": [
            "larger-bodied",
            "robust",
            "projecting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sanshin_kankara",
          "name": "Kankara sanshin (postwar tin-can body)",
          "descriptors": [
            "tin-can",
            "improvised",
            "postwar",
            "lo-fi"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "folk-tradition",
            "rough-tone"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sanshin_amami",
          "name": "Amami shamisen (Amami Islands)",
          "descriptors": [
            "thinner-neck",
            "bright",
            "high-tuned"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sanshin_repertoire",
      "name": "Repertoire / context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "sanshin_shimauta",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Shima-uta (Okinawan folk song)",
          "descriptors": [
            "song-accompaniment",
            "warm",
            "island"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sanshin_koten",
          "name": "Ryukyuan classical (kunkunshi court canon)",
          "descriptors": [
            "courtly",
            "measured",
            "classical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sanshin_eisa",
          "name": "Eisa festival (drum-dance accompaniment)",
          "descriptors": [
            "driving",
            "festival",
            "rhythmic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sanshin_skin",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Body skin",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "sanshin_python_hon_bari",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Python skin, hon-bari (canonical Okinawan)",
          "descriptors": [
            "python-skin-canonical",
            "round",
            "warm"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "cites-app-ii"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sanshin_kyoka_bari",
          "name": "Kyōka-bari (python over synthetic backing)",
          "descriptors": [
            "reinforced",
            "durable",
            "stable"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sanshin_jinko_bari",
          "name": "Jinkō-bari (synthetic printed skin)",
          "descriptors": [
            "synthetic",
            "student",
            "consistent"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "synthetic",
            "plucked",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sanshin_plectrum",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Plectrum (chimi / tsume)",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "sanshin_horn_tsume",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Water-buffalo horn tsume (canonical Okinawan)",
          "descriptors": [
            "horn-claw",
            "soft-attack",
            "rounded"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sanshin_plastic_tsume",
          "name": "Plastic tsume (modern student)",
          "descriptors": [
            "plastic",
            "modern",
            "consistent"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sanshin_bamboo_stick",
          "name": "Bamboo stick pick (Amami style)",
          "descriptors": [
            "bamboo-sliver",
            "bright",
            "crisp"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "folk-tradition"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}