{
  "id": "segankuru",
  "name": "Segankuru (Tswana bowed monochord, a.k.a. segaba / serankure)",
  "family": "bowed",
  "class": "bowed_string",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -1,
    "sustain": 1,
    "polyphony": -2,
    "harmonicity": -1,
    "register": 0,
    "range": 0,
    "articulation": 2,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": -1
  },
  "short": "segankuru",
  "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": "segankuru_resonator",
      "name": "Resonator",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "segankuru_resonator_tin",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Crushed paraffin tin flattened on the stick end (canonical Botswana build)",
          "descriptors": [
            "tin-can",
            "tinny",
            "metallic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "one-string",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "african",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "segankuru_resonator_mouth",
          "name": "Mouth-cavity resonance (older bowed-bow practice)",
          "descriptors": [
            "overtone-rich",
            "archaic",
            "intimate"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "one-string",
            "overtone-series"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "african",
            "pre-modern"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "segankuru_resonator_box",
          "name": "Modern wooden box resonator",
          "descriptors": [
            "woody",
            "warm",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "one-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern",
            "wood"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "segankuru_string",
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "segankuru_string_wire",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Twisted wire or bicycle brake cable",
          "descriptors": [
            "wire-strung",
            "cutting",
            "biting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "metal-string",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "segankuru_string_steel",
          "name": "Modern steel guitar string",
          "descriptors": [
            "steel-strung",
            "brighter",
            "ringing"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "steel-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "segankuru_string_gut",
          "name": "Gut or sinew (pre-modern)",
          "descriptors": [
            "gut-strung",
            "mellow",
            "archaic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "gut-string",
            "period-performance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "historical-gut"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "segankuru_technique",
      "name": "Pitch technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "segankuru_technique_finger_stopped",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Finger-stopping along the hollowed trough",
          "descriptors": [
            "gliding",
            "expressive",
            "sliding"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "microtonal-bend",
            "one-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "african"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "segankuru_technique_thumb_tension",
          "name": "Thumb tension-bending (very wide pitch sweep)",
          "descriptors": [
            "pitch-bending",
            "wide-range",
            "swooping"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "bending",
            "slide"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "african"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "segankuru_technique_overtone",
          "name": "Overtone emphasis, part-strummed and part-bowed",
          "descriptors": [
            "overtone-rich",
            "harmonic-rich",
            "shimmering"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "natural-harmonics",
            "overtone-series"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "african"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "segankuru_context",
      "name": "Repertoire context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "segankuru_context_herding",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Lone herdboys' and young men's self-accompanied song",
          "descriptors": [
            "lone",
            "pastoral",
            "herding"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "solo",
            "vocal-accompaniment"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "herding",
            "african"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "segankuru_context_commentary",
          "name": "Topical and praise commentary song",
          "descriptors": [
            "narrative",
            "declamatory",
            "conversational"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "vocal-accompaniment",
            "speech-derived"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "praise-song",
            "storytelling"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "segankuru_context_setapa",
          "name": "Setapa / borankana dance and folk-revival stage work",
          "descriptors": [
            "danced",
            "festive",
            "folk-revival"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "dance-driving",
            "ensemble"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "dance",
            "folkloric-stage"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "segankuru_resonator",
      "name": "Resonator",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "segankuru_resonator_tin",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Crushed paraffin tin flattened on the stick end (canonical Botswana build)",
          "descriptors": [
            "tin-can",
            "tinny",
            "metallic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "one-string",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "african",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "segankuru_resonator_mouth",
          "name": "Mouth-cavity resonance (older bowed-bow practice)",
          "descriptors": [
            "overtone-rich",
            "archaic",
            "intimate"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "one-string",
            "overtone-series"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "african",
            "pre-modern"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "segankuru_resonator_box",
          "name": "Modern wooden box resonator",
          "descriptors": [
            "woody",
            "warm",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "one-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern",
            "wood"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "segankuru_string",
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "segankuru_string_wire",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Twisted wire or bicycle brake cable",
          "descriptors": [
            "wire-strung",
            "cutting",
            "biting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "metal-string",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "segankuru_string_steel",
          "name": "Modern steel guitar string",
          "descriptors": [
            "steel-strung",
            "brighter",
            "ringing"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "steel-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "segankuru_string_gut",
          "name": "Gut or sinew (pre-modern)",
          "descriptors": [
            "gut-strung",
            "mellow",
            "archaic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "gut-string",
            "period-performance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "historical-gut"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "segankuru_technique",
      "name": "Pitch technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "segankuru_technique_finger_stopped",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Finger-stopping along the hollowed trough",
          "descriptors": [
            "gliding",
            "expressive",
            "sliding"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "microtonal-bend",
            "one-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "african"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "segankuru_technique_thumb_tension",
          "name": "Thumb tension-bending (very wide pitch sweep)",
          "descriptors": [
            "pitch-bending",
            "wide-range",
            "swooping"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "bending",
            "slide"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "african"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "segankuru_technique_overtone",
          "name": "Overtone emphasis, part-strummed and part-bowed",
          "descriptors": [
            "overtone-rich",
            "harmonic-rich",
            "shimmering"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "natural-harmonics",
            "overtone-series"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "african"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "segankuru_context",
      "name": "Repertoire context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "segankuru_context_herding",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Lone herdboys' and young men's self-accompanied song",
          "descriptors": [
            "lone",
            "pastoral",
            "herding"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "solo",
            "vocal-accompaniment"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "herding",
            "african"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "segankuru_context_commentary",
          "name": "Topical and praise commentary song",
          "descriptors": [
            "narrative",
            "declamatory",
            "conversational"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "vocal-accompaniment",
            "speech-derived"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "praise-song",
            "storytelling"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "segankuru_context_setapa",
          "name": "Setapa / borankana dance and folk-revival stage work",
          "descriptors": [
            "danced",
            "festive",
            "folk-revival"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "dance-driving",
            "ensemble"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "dance",
            "folkloric-stage"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}