{
  "id": "saxophone",
  "name": "Saxophone (soprano / alto / tenor / baritone)",
  "family": "wind",
  "class": "wind_blown",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": 1,
    "sustain": 2,
    "polyphony": -2,
    "harmonicity": 1,
    "register": 0,
    "range": 2,
    "articulation": 2,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 2
  },
  "short": "saxophone",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "wind_articulation",
      "name": "Articulation / phrasing",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "wind_continuous_legato",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Continuous legato",
          "applies_to": [
            "saxophone",
            "trumpet",
            "trombone",
            "cornet",
            "clarinet",
            "flute",
            "alto_flute",
            "bass_flute",
            "piccolo",
            "oboe",
            "english_horn",
            "bassoon",
            "contrabassoon",
            "french_horn",
            "tuba",
            "euphonium",
            "flugelhorn",
            "recorder",
            "duduk",
            "mey",
            "bansuri",
            "dizi",
            "shakuhachi",
            "ney",
            "kaval",
            "quena",
            "xiao",
            "suling",
            "hichiriki_double_reed",
            "gaita_colombiana"
          ],
          "descriptors": [
            "continuous-airflow",
            "legato"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "continuous-phonation",
            "sustained-tone",
            "articulated"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "jazz-canonical",
            "classical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "wind_honking_attack",
          "name": "Honking attack",
          "applies_to": [
            "saxophone",
            "trumpet",
            "trombone"
          ],
          "descriptors": [
            "honking",
            "attack"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "honking-attack",
            "articulated"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "r&b",
            "afrobeat",
            "soul"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "wind_punchy_ensemble",
          "name": "Punchy ensemble",
          "applies_to": [
            "saxophone",
            "trumpet",
            "trombone"
          ],
          "descriptors": [
            "fast-attack-transient",
            "ensemble",
            "horn-section"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "punchy",
            "articulated"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "r&b",
            "afrobeat",
            "soul"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "wind_bebop_runs",
          "name": "Bebop fast runs",
          "applies_to": [
            "saxophone",
            "trumpet",
            "trombone",
            "clarinet",
            "flute",
            "cornet"
          ],
          "descriptors": [
            "angular"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "bebop-derived",
            "jazz-trained",
            "bebop-runs",
            "gospel-runs"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "bebop"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "wind_cool_lyrical",
          "name": "Cool lyrical",
          "applies_to": [
            "saxophone",
            "trumpet",
            "flute",
            "cornet",
            "flugelhorn"
          ],
          "descriptors": [
            "cool",
            "lyrical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "cool-lyrical",
            "articulated"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "cool-jazz"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "wind_multiphonic_avant",
          "name": "Multiphonic / avant-garde",
          "applies_to": [
            "saxophone",
            "trumpet",
            "trombone",
            "clarinet",
            "flute",
            "oboe"
          ],
          "descriptors": [
            "multiphonic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "avant-garde",
            "articulated"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "avant",
            "noise",
            "free-jazz"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "wind_split_tone_overblown",
          "name": "Split-tone / overblown",
          "applies_to": [
            "saxophone",
            "trumpet",
            "trombone",
            "clarinet"
          ],
          "descriptors": [
            "split-tone",
            "overblown"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "articulated"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "free-jazz"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "wind_breath_quiet",
          "name": "Breath-tone, low dynamic",
          "applies_to": [
            "saxophone",
            "trumpet",
            "flute",
            "clarinet",
            "cornet",
            "flugelhorn",
            "shakuhachi",
            "ney"
          ],
          "descriptors": [
            "breath-tone-airy",
            "low-dynamic-level"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "breathy",
            "breathing",
            "quiet"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "lounge",
            "cool-jazz"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "wind_ska_skank_stab",
          "name": "Ska skank stab",
          "applies_to": [
            "trumpet",
            "trombone",
            "saxophone"
          ],
          "descriptors": [
            "short"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "articulated"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "ska",
            "rocksteady"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "_fromFamily": true
    },
    {
      "id": "sax_size",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Size",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "soprano_sax",
          "name": "Soprano",
          "descriptors": [
            "nasal",
            "reedy",
            "pinched",
            "soprano"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "reed-driven"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "alto_sax",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Alto",
          "descriptors": [
            "treble-extended",
            "lyrical",
            "alto"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "reed-driven"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "bebop"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tenor_sax",
          "name": "Tenor",
          "descriptors": [
            "round",
            "husky",
            "central",
            "tenor"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "reed-driven"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "afrobeat",
            "soul",
            "r&b"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "baritone_sax",
          "name": "Baritone",
          "descriptors": [
            "deep",
            "growly",
            "low-mid-thick"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "reed-driven"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sax_reed",
      "name": "Reed strength",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "soft_reed",
          "name": "Soft",
          "descriptors": [
            "treble-extended",
            "easy-blowing",
            "buzzy"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "soft-attack",
            "reed-driven",
            "wind-driven"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "medium_reed",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Medium",
          "descriptors": [
            "balanced",
            "standard",
            "versatile"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "reed-driven",
            "wind-driven"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "hard_reed",
          "name": "Hard",
          "descriptors": [
            "focused",
            "dark",
            "projecting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "reed-driven",
            "wind-driven"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sax_body_alloy",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Body alloy",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "yellow_brass_sax",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Yellow brass (Cu/Zn 70/30, standard)",
          "descriptors": [
            "yellow-brass",
            "cu-zn-70-30",
            "balanced-bright",
            "modern-standard"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "reed-driven"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern",
            "classical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "gold_brass_sax",
          "name": "Gold brass (Cu/Zn 85/15, warmer)",
          "descriptors": [
            "gold-brass",
            "cu-zn-85-15",
            "warmer-tone"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "reed-driven"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "classical",
            "modern"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "rose_brass_sax",
          "name": "Rose brass (Cu/Zn 90/10, darker)",
          "descriptors": [
            "rose-brass",
            "cu-zn-90-10",
            "darker-warmer"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "reed-driven"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "classical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "phosphor_bronze_sax",
          "name": "Phosphor bronze (boutique dark)",
          "descriptors": [
            "phosphor-bronze",
            "cu-sn-p",
            "darker-dense"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "reed-driven"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "jazz"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "nickel_silver_sax",
          "name": "Nickel silver (Cu-Ni-Zn, bright projection)",
          "descriptors": [
            "nickel-silver",
            "cu-ni-zn",
            "bright-projecting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "reed-driven"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "jazz",
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sax_mouthpiece",
      "name": "Mouthpiece material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "hard_rubber_mp",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Hard rubber",
          "descriptors": [
            "low-overtone-rich",
            "traditional",
            "rubber"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "reed-driven"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "metal_mp",
          "name": "Metal",
          "descriptors": [
            "treble-extended",
            "projecting",
            "cutting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "metal-context",
            "wind-driven",
            "reed-driven"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ebonite_vintage",
          "name": "Vintage ebonite",
          "descriptors": [
            "low-onset-attack",
            "dark",
            "mellow",
            "ebonite"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "reed-driven"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sax_technique",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Playing approach",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "sax_honking_attack",
          "name": "Honking attack",
          "descriptors": [
            "honking",
            "attack"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "honking-attack",
            "wind-driven",
            "reed-driven"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "r&b",
            "afrobeat",
            "soul"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sax_continuous_legato",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Continuous legato",
          "descriptors": [
            "continuous-airflow",
            "legato"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "continuous-phonation",
            "sustained-tone",
            "wind-driven",
            "reed-driven"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "jazz"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sax_bebop_runs",
          "name": "Bebop runs",
          "descriptors": [
            "angular"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bebop-derived",
            "jazz-trained",
            "bebop-runs",
            "gospel-runs",
            "wind-driven"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "bebop"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sax_multiphonic_avant",
          "name": "Multiphonic avant",
          "descriptors": [
            "multiphonic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "avant-garde",
            "wind-driven",
            "reed-driven"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "avant",
            "noise"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sax_cool_lyrical",
          "name": "Cool lyrical",
          "descriptors": [
            "cool",
            "lyrical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "cool-lyrical",
            "wind-driven",
            "reed-driven"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "cool-jazz"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sax_split_tone_overblown",
          "name": "Split-tone overblown",
          "descriptors": [
            "split-tone",
            "overblown"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "reed-driven"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "free-jazz"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sax_maker_school",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Maker / school",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "sax_selmer_mark_vi",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Selmer Mark VI (canonical 1954-1974 jazz — Paris)",
          "descriptors": [
            "selmer-mark-vi-canonical-1954-1974-jazz-paris"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "reed-driven"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "vintage",
            "jazz"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sax_selmer_balanced_action",
          "name": "Selmer Balanced Action (pre-1954 vintage)",
          "descriptors": [
            "selmer-balanced-action-pre-1954-vintage"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "reed-driven"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "vintage"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sax_yamaha_custom",
          "name": "Yamaha Custom 875EX (modern Japanese premium)",
          "descriptors": [
            "yamaha-custom-875ex-modern-japanese-premium"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "reed-driven"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sax_yanagisawa_premium",
          "name": "Yanagisawa (modern Japanese boutique)",
          "descriptors": [
            "yanagisawa-modern-japanese-boutique"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "reed-driven"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sax_keilwerth_german",
          "name": "Keilwerth (German boutique)",
          "descriptors": [
            "keilwerth-german-boutique"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "reed-driven"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "sax_size",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Size",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "soprano_sax",
          "name": "Soprano",
          "descriptors": [
            "nasal",
            "reedy",
            "pinched",
            "soprano"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "reed-driven"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "alto_sax",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Alto",
          "descriptors": [
            "treble-extended",
            "lyrical",
            "alto"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "reed-driven"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "bebop"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tenor_sax",
          "name": "Tenor",
          "descriptors": [
            "round",
            "husky",
            "central",
            "tenor"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "reed-driven"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "afrobeat",
            "soul",
            "r&b"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "baritone_sax",
          "name": "Baritone",
          "descriptors": [
            "deep",
            "growly",
            "low-mid-thick"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "reed-driven"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sax_reed",
      "name": "Reed strength",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "soft_reed",
          "name": "Soft",
          "descriptors": [
            "treble-extended",
            "easy-blowing",
            "buzzy"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "soft-attack",
            "reed-driven",
            "wind-driven"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "medium_reed",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Medium",
          "descriptors": [
            "balanced",
            "standard",
            "versatile"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "reed-driven",
            "wind-driven"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "hard_reed",
          "name": "Hard",
          "descriptors": [
            "focused",
            "dark",
            "projecting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "reed-driven",
            "wind-driven"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sax_body_alloy",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Body alloy",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "yellow_brass_sax",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Yellow brass (Cu/Zn 70/30, standard)",
          "descriptors": [
            "yellow-brass",
            "cu-zn-70-30",
            "balanced-bright",
            "modern-standard"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "reed-driven"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern",
            "classical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "gold_brass_sax",
          "name": "Gold brass (Cu/Zn 85/15, warmer)",
          "descriptors": [
            "gold-brass",
            "cu-zn-85-15",
            "warmer-tone"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "reed-driven"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "classical",
            "modern"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "rose_brass_sax",
          "name": "Rose brass (Cu/Zn 90/10, darker)",
          "descriptors": [
            "rose-brass",
            "cu-zn-90-10",
            "darker-warmer"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "reed-driven"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "classical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "phosphor_bronze_sax",
          "name": "Phosphor bronze (boutique dark)",
          "descriptors": [
            "phosphor-bronze",
            "cu-sn-p",
            "darker-dense"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "reed-driven"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "jazz"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "nickel_silver_sax",
          "name": "Nickel silver (Cu-Ni-Zn, bright projection)",
          "descriptors": [
            "nickel-silver",
            "cu-ni-zn",
            "bright-projecting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "reed-driven"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "jazz",
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sax_mouthpiece",
      "name": "Mouthpiece material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "hard_rubber_mp",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Hard rubber",
          "descriptors": [
            "low-overtone-rich",
            "traditional",
            "rubber"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "reed-driven"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "metal_mp",
          "name": "Metal",
          "descriptors": [
            "treble-extended",
            "projecting",
            "cutting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "metal-context",
            "wind-driven",
            "reed-driven"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ebonite_vintage",
          "name": "Vintage ebonite",
          "descriptors": [
            "low-onset-attack",
            "dark",
            "mellow",
            "ebonite"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "reed-driven"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sax_technique",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Playing approach",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "sax_honking_attack",
          "name": "Honking attack",
          "descriptors": [
            "honking",
            "attack"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "honking-attack",
            "wind-driven",
            "reed-driven"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "r&b",
            "afrobeat",
            "soul"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sax_continuous_legato",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Continuous legato",
          "descriptors": [
            "continuous-airflow",
            "legato"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "continuous-phonation",
            "sustained-tone",
            "wind-driven",
            "reed-driven"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "jazz"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sax_bebop_runs",
          "name": "Bebop runs",
          "descriptors": [
            "angular"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bebop-derived",
            "jazz-trained",
            "bebop-runs",
            "gospel-runs",
            "wind-driven"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "bebop"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sax_multiphonic_avant",
          "name": "Multiphonic avant",
          "descriptors": [
            "multiphonic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "avant-garde",
            "wind-driven",
            "reed-driven"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "avant",
            "noise"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sax_cool_lyrical",
          "name": "Cool lyrical",
          "descriptors": [
            "cool",
            "lyrical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "cool-lyrical",
            "wind-driven",
            "reed-driven"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "cool-jazz"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sax_split_tone_overblown",
          "name": "Split-tone overblown",
          "descriptors": [
            "split-tone",
            "overblown"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "reed-driven"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "free-jazz"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sax_maker_school",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Maker / school",
      "variants": [
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          "id": "sax_selmer_mark_vi",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Selmer Mark VI (canonical 1954-1974 jazz — Paris)",
          "descriptors": [
            "selmer-mark-vi-canonical-1954-1974-jazz-paris"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "reed-driven"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "vintage",
            "jazz"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sax_selmer_balanced_action",
          "name": "Selmer Balanced Action (pre-1954 vintage)",
          "descriptors": [
            "selmer-balanced-action-pre-1954-vintage"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "reed-driven"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "vintage"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sax_yamaha_custom",
          "name": "Yamaha Custom 875EX (modern Japanese premium)",
          "descriptors": [
            "yamaha-custom-875ex-modern-japanese-premium"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "reed-driven"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sax_yanagisawa_premium",
          "name": "Yanagisawa (modern Japanese boutique)",
          "descriptors": [
            "yanagisawa-modern-japanese-boutique"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "reed-driven"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sax_keilwerth_german",
          "name": "Keilwerth (German boutique)",
          "descriptors": [
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            "wind-driven",
            "reed-driven"
          ]
        }
      ]
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}