{
  "id": "shruti_box",
  "name": "Shruti box (surpeti)",
  "family": "free_reed",
  "class": "free_reed",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": 2,
    "sustain": 2,
    "polyphony": 1,
    "harmonicity": 1,
    "register": 0,
    "range": 0,
    "articulation": -1,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 0
  },
  "short": "shruti box",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "free_reed_technique",
      "name": "Playing technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "free_reed_folk_first_position",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Folk first-position straight",
          "descriptors": [
            "straight",
            "melodic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bellows-driven",
            "reed-driven",
            "folk",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "folk",
            "singer-songwriter",
            "country"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "free_reed_overblow_modern",
          "name": "Overblow modern bending",
          "descriptors": [
            "overblown",
            "fully-chromatic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bellows-driven",
            "reed-driven",
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "_fromFamily": true
    },
    {
      "id": "shruti_box_form",
      "name": "Form and size",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "shruti_box_form_standard_surpeti",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Standard portable surpeti",
          "descriptors": [
            "steady-drone",
            "reedy",
            "warm-bellows-swell"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bellows-driven",
            "reed-driven",
            "drone-foundation"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "free-reed",
            "drone"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "shruti_box_form_concert_surpeti",
          "name": "Large concert surpeti",
          "descriptors": [
            "deep-drone",
            "full-bodied",
            "rich-reed-cluster"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bellows-driven",
            "drone-foundation",
            "low"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "shruti_box_form_compact_travel",
          "name": "Compact travel box",
          "descriptors": [
            "thin-drone",
            "light-reedy",
            "airy"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bellows-driven",
            "reed-driven"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "shruti_box_role",
      "name": "Playing context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "shruti_box_role_carnatic_vocal_drone",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Carnatic vocal sruti anchor",
          "descriptors": [
            "sruti-anchor",
            "tonic-drone",
            "tanpura-like"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "drone-foundation",
            "reed-driven",
            "bellows-driven"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "carnatic",
            "drone"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "shruti_box_role_bhajan_kirtan",
          "name": "Bhajan and kirtan accompaniment",
          "descriptors": [
            "devotional-drone",
            "congregational",
            "harmonium-like-sustain"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "drone-foundation",
            "bellows-driven"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "shruti_box_role_ambient_bed",
          "name": "Ambient and world drone bed",
          "descriptors": [
            "ambient-drone",
            "meditative",
            "enveloping-pad"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "drone-foundation",
            "reed-driven"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "shruti_box_build",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Reed and body construction",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "shruti_box_build_brass_reeds_teak",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Brass free reeds in teak body",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright-brass-reed",
            "resonant-teak",
            "clear-drone"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "reed-driven",
            "free-reed"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "shruti_box_build_seasoned_mellow",
          "name": "Aged seasoned reeds, mellow voicing",
          "descriptors": [
            "mellow-reed",
            "aged-warm",
            "rounded-drone"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "reed-driven",
            "free-reed"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "shruti_box_form",
      "name": "Form and size",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "shruti_box_form_standard_surpeti",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Standard portable surpeti",
          "descriptors": [
            "steady-drone",
            "reedy",
            "warm-bellows-swell"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bellows-driven",
            "reed-driven",
            "drone-foundation"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "free-reed",
            "drone"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "shruti_box_form_concert_surpeti",
          "name": "Large concert surpeti",
          "descriptors": [
            "deep-drone",
            "full-bodied",
            "rich-reed-cluster"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bellows-driven",
            "drone-foundation",
            "low"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "shruti_box_form_compact_travel",
          "name": "Compact travel box",
          "descriptors": [
            "thin-drone",
            "light-reedy",
            "airy"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bellows-driven",
            "reed-driven"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "shruti_box_role",
      "name": "Playing context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "shruti_box_role_carnatic_vocal_drone",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Carnatic vocal sruti anchor",
          "descriptors": [
            "sruti-anchor",
            "tonic-drone",
            "tanpura-like"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "drone-foundation",
            "reed-driven",
            "bellows-driven"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "carnatic",
            "drone"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "shruti_box_role_bhajan_kirtan",
          "name": "Bhajan and kirtan accompaniment",
          "descriptors": [
            "devotional-drone",
            "congregational",
            "harmonium-like-sustain"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "drone-foundation",
            "bellows-driven"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "shruti_box_role_ambient_bed",
          "name": "Ambient and world drone bed",
          "descriptors": [
            "ambient-drone",
            "meditative",
            "enveloping-pad"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "drone-foundation",
            "reed-driven"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "shruti_box_build",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Reed and body construction",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "shruti_box_build_brass_reeds_teak",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Brass free reeds in teak body",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright-brass-reed",
            "resonant-teak",
            "clear-drone"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "reed-driven",
            "free-reed"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "shruti_box_build_seasoned_mellow",
          "name": "Aged seasoned reeds, mellow voicing",
          "descriptors": [
            "mellow-reed",
            "aged-warm",
            "rounded-drone"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "reed-driven",
            "free-reed"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}