{
  "id": "saung_gauk",
  "name": "Saung-gauk (Burmese arched harp)",
  "family": "acoustic_strings",
  "class": "arched_harp",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": 0,
    "sustain": 0,
    "polyphony": 1,
    "harmonicity": 1,
    "register": 0,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 1,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": -1
  },
  "short": "saung",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "saung_gauk_form",
      "name": "Form / string count",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "saung_gauk_sixteen_string",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Sixteen-string modern concert saung",
          "descriptors": [
            "full-compass",
            "concert-standard",
            "refined"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "harp"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "burmese",
            "mahagita"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "saung_gauk_thirteen_string",
          "name": "Thirteen/fourteen-string classical saung",
          "descriptors": [
            "archaic",
            "narrow-compass",
            "court-classical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "harp"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "burmese"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "saung_gauk_role",
      "name": "Playing role",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "saung_gauk_mahagita_accompaniment",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Mahagita song accompaniment",
          "descriptors": [
            "vocal-doubling",
            "pitch-bent-ornaments",
            "gentle"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "harp",
            "melody-lead"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "burmese",
            "mahagita"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "saung_gauk_solo_display",
          "name": "Solo instrumental display",
          "descriptors": [
            "florid",
            "melodic",
            "virtuosic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "harp"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "burmese"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "saung_gauk_chamber_ensemble",
          "name": "Chamber ensemble with pattala and voice",
          "descriptors": [
            "interlocking",
            "chamber",
            "intimate"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "harp"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "burmese"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "saung_gauk_strings",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "saung_gauk_silk_strings",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Twisted silk strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "mellow",
            "traditional",
            "soft-decay"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "silk-strung"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "burmese"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "saung_gauk_nylon_strings",
          "name": "Modern nylon strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright",
            "modern",
            "durable"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "saung_gauk_form",
      "name": "Form / string count",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "saung_gauk_sixteen_string",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Sixteen-string modern concert saung",
          "descriptors": [
            "full-compass",
            "concert-standard",
            "refined"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "harp"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "burmese",
            "mahagita"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "saung_gauk_thirteen_string",
          "name": "Thirteen/fourteen-string classical saung",
          "descriptors": [
            "archaic",
            "narrow-compass",
            "court-classical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "harp"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "burmese"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "saung_gauk_role",
      "name": "Playing role",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "saung_gauk_mahagita_accompaniment",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Mahagita song accompaniment",
          "descriptors": [
            "vocal-doubling",
            "pitch-bent-ornaments",
            "gentle"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "harp",
            "melody-lead"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "burmese",
            "mahagita"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "saung_gauk_solo_display",
          "name": "Solo instrumental display",
          "descriptors": [
            "florid",
            "melodic",
            "virtuosic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "harp"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "burmese"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "saung_gauk_chamber_ensemble",
          "name": "Chamber ensemble with pattala and voice",
          "descriptors": [
            "interlocking",
            "chamber",
            "intimate"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "harp"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "burmese"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "saung_gauk_strings",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "saung_gauk_silk_strings",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Twisted silk strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "mellow",
            "traditional",
            "soft-decay"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "silk-strung"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "burmese"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "saung_gauk_nylon_strings",
          "name": "Modern nylon strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright",
            "modern",
            "durable"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}