{
  "id": "saw_sam_sai",
  "name": "Saw sam sai (Thai three-string court fiddle)",
  "family": "bowed",
  "class": "bowed_string",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -2,
    "sustain": 2,
    "polyphony": -1,
    "harmonicity": 1,
    "register": 0,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 2,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": -1
  },
  "short": "saw sam sai",
  "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_sam_sai_build",
      "name": "Neck and fittings",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "saw_sam_sai_hardwood_court",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Hardwood neck with silver and mother-of-pearl fittings (standard classical build)",
          "descriptors": [
            "hardwood",
            "refined",
            "court-classical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "classical-trained"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "thai-classical",
            "hardwood"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "saw_sam_sai_ivory_royal",
          "name": "Ivory-necked royal instrument (Siamese court heirloom)",
          "descriptors": [
            "ivory-court-heirloom",
            "refined",
            "glassy"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "classical-trained",
            "period-performance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "thai-classical",
            "court",
            "cites-app-i"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "saw_sam_sai_plain_folk",
          "name": "Plain hardwood folk build",
          "descriptors": [
            "hardwood",
            "folk-rustic",
            "warm"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "thai",
            "folk"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "saw_sam_sai_strings",
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "saw_sam_sai_silk",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Silk strings tuned in fourths, crossed with an unattached bow (canonical, essential to the classic tone)",
          "descriptors": [
            "silk-canonical-thai-court",
            "warm",
            "soft"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "silk-strung",
            "classical-trained"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "thai-classical",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "saw_sam_sai_synthetic",
          "name": "Modern synthetic strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "synthetic",
            "stable",
            "brighter"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "synthetic",
            "bowed"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern",
            "nylon"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "saw_sam_sai_body",
      "name": "Coconut lobes and skin tension",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "saw_sam_sai_deep_lobe_tight",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Deep three-lobed coconut, tightly stretched goat or calf skin",
          "descriptors": [
            "coconut-shell",
            "calfskin",
            "nasal-bright"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "nasal-tone",
            "resonator"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "thai-classical",
            "natural-skin"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "saw_sam_sai_shallow_loose",
          "name": "Shallower lobes, looser skin",
          "descriptors": [
            "round",
            "warm",
            "mellow"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "warm-tone",
            "resonator"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "thai",
            "natural-skin"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "saw_sam_sai_role",
      "name": "Role",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "saw_sam_sai_vocal_shadow",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Shadowing the solo voice in mahori and khap mai",
          "descriptors": [
            "vocal-shadowing",
            "sustained",
            "plaintive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "vocal-accompaniment",
            "sustained-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "mahori",
            "thai-classical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "saw_sam_sai_royal_ritual",
          "name": "Royal and ceremonial solo",
          "descriptors": [
            "court-ceremonial",
            "solemn",
            "refined"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ceremonial",
            "soloistic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "court",
            "thai-classical"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "saw_sam_sai_build",
      "name": "Neck and fittings",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "saw_sam_sai_hardwood_court",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Hardwood neck with silver and mother-of-pearl fittings (standard classical build)",
          "descriptors": [
            "hardwood",
            "refined",
            "court-classical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "classical-trained"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "thai-classical",
            "hardwood"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "saw_sam_sai_ivory_royal",
          "name": "Ivory-necked royal instrument (Siamese court heirloom)",
          "descriptors": [
            "ivory-court-heirloom",
            "refined",
            "glassy"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "classical-trained",
            "period-performance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "thai-classical",
            "court",
            "cites-app-i"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "saw_sam_sai_plain_folk",
          "name": "Plain hardwood folk build",
          "descriptors": [
            "hardwood",
            "folk-rustic",
            "warm"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "thai",
            "folk"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "saw_sam_sai_strings",
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "saw_sam_sai_silk",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Silk strings tuned in fourths, crossed with an unattached bow (canonical, essential to the classic tone)",
          "descriptors": [
            "silk-canonical-thai-court",
            "warm",
            "soft"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "silk-strung",
            "classical-trained"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "thai-classical",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "saw_sam_sai_synthetic",
          "name": "Modern synthetic strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "synthetic",
            "stable",
            "brighter"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "synthetic",
            "bowed"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern",
            "nylon"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "saw_sam_sai_body",
      "name": "Coconut lobes and skin tension",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "saw_sam_sai_deep_lobe_tight",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Deep three-lobed coconut, tightly stretched goat or calf skin",
          "descriptors": [
            "coconut-shell",
            "calfskin",
            "nasal-bright"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "nasal-tone",
            "resonator"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "thai-classical",
            "natural-skin"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "saw_sam_sai_shallow_loose",
          "name": "Shallower lobes, looser skin",
          "descriptors": [
            "round",
            "warm",
            "mellow"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "warm-tone",
            "resonator"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "thai",
            "natural-skin"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "saw_sam_sai_role",
      "name": "Role",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "saw_sam_sai_vocal_shadow",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Shadowing the solo voice in mahori and khap mai",
          "descriptors": [
            "vocal-shadowing",
            "sustained",
            "plaintive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "vocal-accompaniment",
            "sustained-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "mahori",
            "thai-classical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "saw_sam_sai_royal_ritual",
          "name": "Royal and ceremonial solo",
          "descriptors": [
            "court-ceremonial",
            "solemn",
            "refined"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ceremonial",
            "soloistic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "court",
            "thai-classical"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}