{
  "id": "santur",
  "name": "Santūr (Persian hammered dulcimer)",
  "family": "plucked_traditional",
  "class": "plucked_string_lead",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": 1,
    "sustain": -1,
    "polyphony": 1,
    "harmonicity": 1,
    "register": 0,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 0,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 0
  },
  "short": "santur",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "plucked_traditional_technique",
      "name": "Playing technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "plucked_classical_idiom",
          "name": "Classical / art-music idiom",
          "applies_to": [
            "lute_renaissance",
            "theorbo",
            "oud",
            "qanun",
            "kanun",
            "tar_persian",
            "setar_persian",
            "tanbur_persian",
            "santur",
            "santoor",
            "saz_baglama",
            "sitar",
            "sarod",
            "veena",
            "rudra_veena",
            "tanpura",
            "koto",
            "biwa_lute",
            "pipa",
            "guqin",
            "gayageum",
            "geomungo",
            "sanxian",
            "ruan",
            "dan_tranh",
            "guzheng",
            "yueqin",
            "shamisen"
          ],
          "descriptors": [
            "ornamented",
            "sustained"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "string-attack",
            "classical",
            "classical-trained"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "classical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "plucked_drone_modal",
          "name": "Drone-modal",
          "applies_to": [
            "sitar",
            "sarod",
            "tanpura",
            "rudra_veena",
            "veena",
            "dotara",
            "tumbi",
            "oud",
            "qanun",
            "kanun",
            "santur",
            "santoor",
            "tar_persian",
            "tanbur_persian",
            "setar_persian",
            "saz_baglama",
            "cumbus",
            "baglamas",
            "bouzouki"
          ],
          "descriptors": [
            "drone-like",
            "modal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "string-attack",
            "drone-foundation",
            "traditional"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "raga",
            "maqam"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "plucked_ornamented_melodic",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Ornamented melodic",
          "applies_to": [
            "sitar",
            "sarod",
            "tanpura",
            "tar_persian",
            "tanbur_persian",
            "setar_persian",
            "saz_baglama",
            "cumbus",
            "baglamas",
            "bouzouki",
            "oud",
            "qanun",
            "kanun",
            "santur",
            "santoor",
            "rudra_veena",
            "veena",
            "dotara",
            "tumbi",
            "ektara",
            "khamak",
            "tambura_balkan"
          ],
          "descriptors": [
            "ornamented",
            "microtonal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "string-attack",
            "ornament-heavy",
            "melodic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "middle-eastern",
            "south-asian",
            "central-asian"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "_fromFamily": true
    },
    {
      "id": "santur_school",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Tradition / school",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "santur_persian",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Persian classical",
          "descriptors": [
            "dastgah",
            "court"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "santur_iraqi",
          "name": "Iraqi maqam",
          "descriptors": [
            "Mesopotamian",
            "distinct-tuning",
            "art-music"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "santur_indian_santoor",
          "name": "Indian santoor variant",
          "descriptors": [
            "Hindustani-adopted",
            "Kashmir-derived",
            "late-20th-century"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "santur_technique",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Striking technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "santur_mizrab",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Mizrab strike (canonical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "standard",
            "tight-rhythmic-articulation"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "santur_damped",
          "name": "Damped / muted",
          "descriptors": [
            "ornamental",
            "expressive",
            "colour"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "santur_sustained",
          "name": "Sustained tremolo",
          "descriptors": [
            "modern",
            "extended",
            "expressive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "sustained",
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "santur_school",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Tradition / school",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "santur_persian",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Persian classical",
          "descriptors": [
            "dastgah",
            "court"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "santur_iraqi",
          "name": "Iraqi maqam",
          "descriptors": [
            "Mesopotamian",
            "distinct-tuning",
            "art-music"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "santur_indian_santoor",
          "name": "Indian santoor variant",
          "descriptors": [
            "Hindustani-adopted",
            "Kashmir-derived",
            "late-20th-century"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "santur_technique",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Striking technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "santur_mizrab",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Mizrab strike (canonical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "standard",
            "tight-rhythmic-articulation"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "santur_damped",
          "name": "Damped / muted",
          "descriptors": [
            "ornamental",
            "expressive",
            "colour"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "santur_sustained",
          "name": "Sustained tremolo",
          "descriptors": [
            "modern",
            "extended",
            "expressive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "sustained",
            "plucked",
            "classical-trained"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}