{
  "id": "saw_bang",
  "name": "Saw bang (Isan Phu Thai bamboo-tube fiddle)",
  "family": "bowed",
  "class": "bowed_string",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -2,
    "sustain": 1,
    "polyphony": -1,
    "harmonicity": -1,
    "register": 0,
    "range": 0,
    "articulation": 1,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": -1
  },
  "short": "saw bang",
  "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": "saw_bang_strings",
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "saw_bang_brake_cable",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Bicycle brake cable (classic improvised stringing)",
          "descriptors": [
            "recycled-steel",
            "wire-strung",
            "rough-toned"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "metal-strung",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "isan",
            "steel"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "saw_bang_steel_wire",
          "name": "Drawn steel wire",
          "descriptors": [
            "steel",
            "wire-strung",
            "brighter"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "metal-strung"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "isan",
            "steel"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "saw_bang_silk_gut",
          "name": "Silk or gut (older village stringing)",
          "descriptors": [
            "silk-historical",
            "mellow",
            "soft"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "isan",
            "historical"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "saw_bang_tube",
      "name": "Bamboo tube",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "saw_bang_narrow_tube",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Narrow sun-dried mai ku tube",
          "descriptors": [
            "bamboo",
            "buzzy",
            "nasal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "bamboo",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "isan",
            "bamboo-tube"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "saw_bang_wide_tube",
          "name": "Wide, longer tube",
          "descriptors": [
            "bamboo",
            "deep-toned",
            "round"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "bamboo",
            "low-register"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "isan",
            "bamboo-tube"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "saw_bang_style",
      "name": "Local playing style",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "saw_bang_traditional",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Traditional style: two main strings plus a secondary drone-type string",
          "descriptors": [
            "drone-under-melody",
            "archaic",
            "village-rooted"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "drone-foundation",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "isan",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "saw_bang_general",
          "name": "General style: plain two-string playing",
          "descriptors": [
            "two-string",
            "melodic",
            "folk-rustic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "folk-tradition",
            "melodic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "isan"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "saw_bang_context",
      "name": "Function",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "saw_bang_village_solo",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Solo village fiddling",
          "descriptors": [
            "village-rooted",
            "improvisatory",
            "rough-toned"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "folk-tradition",
            "solo"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "isan",
            "folk"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "saw_bang_molam",
          "name": "Backing lam / molam singing with hand drums and finger cymbals",
          "descriptors": [
            "vocal-supportive",
            "folk-song",
            "rough-toned"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "song-accompaniment",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "isan",
            "molam"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "saw_bang_strings",
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "saw_bang_brake_cable",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Bicycle brake cable (classic improvised stringing)",
          "descriptors": [
            "recycled-steel",
            "wire-strung",
            "rough-toned"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "metal-strung",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "isan",
            "steel"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "saw_bang_steel_wire",
          "name": "Drawn steel wire",
          "descriptors": [
            "steel",
            "wire-strung",
            "brighter"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "metal-strung"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "isan",
            "steel"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "saw_bang_silk_gut",
          "name": "Silk or gut (older village stringing)",
          "descriptors": [
            "silk-historical",
            "mellow",
            "soft"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "isan",
            "historical"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "saw_bang_tube",
      "name": "Bamboo tube",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "saw_bang_narrow_tube",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Narrow sun-dried mai ku tube",
          "descriptors": [
            "bamboo",
            "buzzy",
            "nasal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "bamboo",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "isan",
            "bamboo-tube"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "saw_bang_wide_tube",
          "name": "Wide, longer tube",
          "descriptors": [
            "bamboo",
            "deep-toned",
            "round"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "bamboo",
            "low-register"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "isan",
            "bamboo-tube"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "saw_bang_style",
      "name": "Local playing style",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "saw_bang_traditional",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Traditional style: two main strings plus a secondary drone-type string",
          "descriptors": [
            "drone-under-melody",
            "archaic",
            "village-rooted"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "drone-foundation",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "isan",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "saw_bang_general",
          "name": "General style: plain two-string playing",
          "descriptors": [
            "two-string",
            "melodic",
            "folk-rustic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "folk-tradition",
            "melodic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "isan"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "saw_bang_context",
      "name": "Function",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "saw_bang_village_solo",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Solo village fiddling",
          "descriptors": [
            "village-rooted",
            "improvisatory",
            "rough-toned"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "folk-tradition",
            "solo"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "isan",
            "folk"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "saw_bang_molam",
          "name": "Backing lam / molam singing with hand drums and finger cymbals",
          "descriptors": [
            "vocal-supportive",
            "folk-song",
            "rough-toned"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "song-accompaniment",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "isan",
            "molam"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}