{
  "id": "saraswati_veena",
  "name": "Saraswati veena (South Indian fretted concert veena)",
  "family": "plucked_traditional",
  "class": "plucked_lute",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": 1,
    "sustain": 1,
    "polyphony": 1,
    "harmonicity": 1,
    "register": 0,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 1,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 0
  },
  "short": "saraswati veena",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "saraswati_construction",
      "name": "Construction",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "saraswati_ekanda",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Ekanda veena (carved from single jackwood block)",
          "descriptors": [
            "rich",
            "even-sustain",
            "full-bodied"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "fretted-veena",
            "carnatic"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "saraswati_jointed",
          "name": "Jointed (sada) veena",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright",
            "articulate"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "fretted-veena"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "saraswati_tanjore",
          "name": "Tanjore-style with fiberglass resonator",
          "descriptors": [
            "projecting",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "fretted-veena",
            "concert"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "saraswati_style",
      "name": "Playing style (bani)",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "saraswati_thanjavur",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Thanjavur bani (gamaka-heavy pulling)",
          "descriptors": [
            "gamaka-rich",
            "vocal",
            "sinuous"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "ornamental"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "saraswati_mysore",
          "name": "Mysore bani (clean plucking, less pulling)",
          "descriptors": [
            "clear",
            "crisp-attack"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "saraswati_frets",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Fret and string setup",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "saraswati_24_fret",
          "default": true,
          "name": "24 brass frets in wax",
          "descriptors": [
            "metallic-ring",
            "precise"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "fretted-veena"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "saraswati_steel_top",
          "name": "Heavier steel-gauge main strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "deep-toned",
            "powerful"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "low-register"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "saraswati_construction",
      "name": "Construction",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "saraswati_ekanda",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Ekanda veena (carved from single jackwood block)",
          "descriptors": [
            "rich",
            "even-sustain",
            "full-bodied"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "fretted-veena",
            "carnatic"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "saraswati_jointed",
          "name": "Jointed (sada) veena",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright",
            "articulate"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "fretted-veena"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "saraswati_tanjore",
          "name": "Tanjore-style with fiberglass resonator",
          "descriptors": [
            "projecting",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "fretted-veena",
            "concert"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "saraswati_style",
      "name": "Playing style (bani)",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "saraswati_thanjavur",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Thanjavur bani (gamaka-heavy pulling)",
          "descriptors": [
            "gamaka-rich",
            "vocal",
            "sinuous"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "ornamental"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "saraswati_mysore",
          "name": "Mysore bani (clean plucking, less pulling)",
          "descriptors": [
            "clear",
            "crisp-attack"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "saraswati_frets",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Fret and string setup",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "saraswati_24_fret",
          "default": true,
          "name": "24 brass frets in wax",
          "descriptors": [
            "metallic-ring",
            "precise"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "fretted-veena"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "saraswati_steel_top",
          "name": "Heavier steel-gauge main strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "deep-toned",
            "powerful"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "low-register"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}