{
  "id": "seperewa",
  "name": "Seperewa (Akan/Asante harp-lute)",
  "family": "plucked_traditional",
  "class": "harp_lute",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": 1,
    "sustain": -1,
    "polyphony": 1,
    "harmonicity": 1,
    "register": 0,
    "range": 0,
    "articulation": 1,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": -1
  },
  "short": "seperewa",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "seperewa_form",
      "name": "Regional form & size",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "seperewa_asante_six",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Asante six-string court seperewa",
          "descriptors": [
            "court",
            "archaic",
            "praise-accompaniment"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "harp-lute",
            "drone-foundation"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "akan",
            "asante",
            "ghana"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "seperewa_expanded_revival",
          "name": "Expanded revival seperewa (10-14 strings)",
          "descriptors": [
            "revival",
            "expanded-range",
            "melodic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "harp-lute",
            "chordal"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "akan",
            "ghana",
            "revival"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "seperewa_fante_sanku",
          "name": "Fante sanku",
          "descriptors": [
            "coastal",
            "folk",
            "lilting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "harp-lute"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "akan",
            "fante",
            "ghana"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "seperewa_role",
      "name": "Playing context & repertoire",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "seperewa_praise_minstrel",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Court praise-singing self-accompaniment",
          "descriptors": [
            "praise-song",
            "self-accompanied",
            "interlocking"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "drone-foundation",
            "harp-lute"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "akan",
            "court"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "seperewa_kete_ensemble",
          "name": "Royal kete / adowa ensemble",
          "descriptors": [
            "ceremonial",
            "royal",
            "ensemble"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "harp-lute"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "asante",
            "kete"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "seperewa_palmwine_lead",
          "name": "Palm-wine / highlife melodic lead",
          "descriptors": [
            "palm-wine",
            "lilting",
            "melodic-lead"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "harp-lute",
            "chordal"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "ghana",
            "highlife"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "seperewa_strings",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "seperewa_gut_strings",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Twisted gut / plant-fibre strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "gut-strung",
            "warm",
            "archaic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "seperewa_nylon_strings",
          "name": "Nylon fishing-line strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "nylon-strung",
            "bright",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "revival"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "seperewa_metal_strings",
          "name": "Metal-wound strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "metal-strung",
            "brighter",
            "sustaining"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "contemporary"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "seperewa_form",
      "name": "Regional form & size",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "seperewa_asante_six",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Asante six-string court seperewa",
          "descriptors": [
            "court",
            "archaic",
            "praise-accompaniment"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "harp-lute",
            "drone-foundation"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "akan",
            "asante",
            "ghana"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "seperewa_expanded_revival",
          "name": "Expanded revival seperewa (10-14 strings)",
          "descriptors": [
            "revival",
            "expanded-range",
            "melodic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "harp-lute",
            "chordal"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "akan",
            "ghana",
            "revival"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "seperewa_fante_sanku",
          "name": "Fante sanku",
          "descriptors": [
            "coastal",
            "folk",
            "lilting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "harp-lute"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "akan",
            "fante",
            "ghana"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "seperewa_role",
      "name": "Playing context & repertoire",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "seperewa_praise_minstrel",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Court praise-singing self-accompaniment",
          "descriptors": [
            "praise-song",
            "self-accompanied",
            "interlocking"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "drone-foundation",
            "harp-lute"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "akan",
            "court"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "seperewa_kete_ensemble",
          "name": "Royal kete / adowa ensemble",
          "descriptors": [
            "ceremonial",
            "royal",
            "ensemble"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "harp-lute"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "asante",
            "kete"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "seperewa_palmwine_lead",
          "name": "Palm-wine / highlife melodic lead",
          "descriptors": [
            "palm-wine",
            "lilting",
            "melodic-lead"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "harp-lute",
            "chordal"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "ghana",
            "highlife"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "seperewa_strings",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "seperewa_gut_strings",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Twisted gut / plant-fibre strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "gut-strung",
            "warm",
            "archaic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "seperewa_nylon_strings",
          "name": "Nylon fishing-line strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "nylon-strung",
            "bright",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "revival"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "seperewa_metal_strings",
          "name": "Metal-wound strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "metal-strung",
            "brighter",
            "sustaining"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "contemporary"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}