{
  "id": "saw_u",
  "name": "Saw u (Thai low coconut-body fiddle)",
  "family": "bowed",
  "class": "bowed_string",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -2,
    "sustain": 2,
    "polyphony": -2,
    "harmonicity": 1,
    "register": -1,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 2,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": -1
  },
  "short": "saw u",
  "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_u_membrane",
      "name": "Membrane",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "saw_u_cowhide",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Cowhide face at moderate tension (canonical warm oo, bow threaded between the strings)",
          "descriptors": [
            "cowhide-canonical",
            "warm",
            "round",
            "threaded-between-strings-canonical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "nasal-tone",
            "resonator"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "thai-classical",
            "natural-skin"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "saw_u_calfskin_tight",
          "name": "Calfskin, tightly stretched",
          "descriptors": [
            "calfskin",
            "brighter",
            "focused"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "warm-tone",
            "resonator"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "thai",
            "natural-skin"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "saw_u_strings",
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "saw_u_silk",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Silk (canonical Thai court)",
          "descriptors": [
            "silk-canonical-thai-court",
            "warm",
            "mellow"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "silk-strung",
            "classical-trained"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "thai-classical",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "saw_u_steel",
          "name": "Steel (modern standard)",
          "descriptors": [
            "steel-modern",
            "projecting",
            "brighter"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "metal-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "steel",
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "saw_u_ensemble",
      "name": "Ensemble slot",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "saw_u_khrueang_sai",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Khrueang sai low fiddle (with jakhe, khlui and ching)",
          "descriptors": [
            "heterophonic",
            "ensemble-blend",
            "deep-toned"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ensemble",
            "low-register"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "thai-classical",
            "ensemble"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "saw_u_pi_phat_mai_nuam",
          "name": "Pi phat mai nuam / duekdamban (soft-mallet piphat)",
          "descriptors": [
            "soft",
            "blended",
            "sustained"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ensemble",
            "sustained-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "piphat-mahori",
            "thai-classical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "saw_u_duo_saw_duang",
          "name": "High/low duo with the saw duang",
          "descriptors": [
            "heterophonic",
            "supportive",
            "round"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "duet",
            "low-register"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "thai-classical"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "saw_u_ornament",
      "name": "Ornament density",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "saw_u_heavy_elaboration",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Heavy slide-and-turn lower elaboration",
          "descriptors": [
            "densely-ornamented",
            "portamento-rich",
            "singing-legato"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ornamented",
            "microtonal-bend"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "thai-classical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "saw_u_sparse_sustained",
          "name": "Sparse sustained lines",
          "descriptors": [
            "long-bowed",
            "sustained-line",
            "spacious"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "thai-classical"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "saw_u_membrane",
      "name": "Membrane",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "saw_u_cowhide",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Cowhide face at moderate tension (canonical warm oo, bow threaded between the strings)",
          "descriptors": [
            "cowhide-canonical",
            "warm",
            "round",
            "threaded-between-strings-canonical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "nasal-tone",
            "resonator"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "thai-classical",
            "natural-skin"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "saw_u_calfskin_tight",
          "name": "Calfskin, tightly stretched",
          "descriptors": [
            "calfskin",
            "brighter",
            "focused"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "warm-tone",
            "resonator"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "thai",
            "natural-skin"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "saw_u_strings",
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "saw_u_silk",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Silk (canonical Thai court)",
          "descriptors": [
            "silk-canonical-thai-court",
            "warm",
            "mellow"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "silk-strung",
            "classical-trained"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "thai-classical",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "saw_u_steel",
          "name": "Steel (modern standard)",
          "descriptors": [
            "steel-modern",
            "projecting",
            "brighter"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "metal-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "steel",
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "saw_u_ensemble",
      "name": "Ensemble slot",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "saw_u_khrueang_sai",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Khrueang sai low fiddle (with jakhe, khlui and ching)",
          "descriptors": [
            "heterophonic",
            "ensemble-blend",
            "deep-toned"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ensemble",
            "low-register"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "thai-classical",
            "ensemble"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "saw_u_pi_phat_mai_nuam",
          "name": "Pi phat mai nuam / duekdamban (soft-mallet piphat)",
          "descriptors": [
            "soft",
            "blended",
            "sustained"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ensemble",
            "sustained-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "piphat-mahori",
            "thai-classical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "saw_u_duo_saw_duang",
          "name": "High/low duo with the saw duang",
          "descriptors": [
            "heterophonic",
            "supportive",
            "round"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "duet",
            "low-register"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "thai-classical"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "saw_u_ornament",
      "name": "Ornament density",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "saw_u_heavy_elaboration",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Heavy slide-and-turn lower elaboration",
          "descriptors": [
            "densely-ornamented",
            "portamento-rich",
            "singing-legato"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ornamented",
            "microtonal-bend"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "thai-classical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "saw_u_sparse_sustained",
          "name": "Sparse sustained lines",
          "descriptors": [
            "long-bowed",
            "sustained-line",
            "spacious"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "thai-classical"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}