{
  "id": "sihu",
  "name": "Sihu (Mongolian four-string fiddle)",
  "family": "bowed",
  "class": "bowed_fiddle",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -2,
    "sustain": 2,
    "polyphony": -1,
    "harmonicity": 0,
    "register": 0,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 2,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 0
  },
  "short": "sihu",
  "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": "sihu_size",
      "name": "Size and tuning",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "sihu_size_treble",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Treble sihu, D-D-A-A",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright",
            "soloistic",
            "singing"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "high-register",
            "virtuosic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "mongolian",
            "solo"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sihu_size_middle",
          "name": "Middle sihu, G-G-D-D",
          "descriptors": [
            "balanced",
            "warm",
            "full"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "mid-register",
            "warm-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "mongolian",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sihu_size_bass",
          "name": "Bass sihu (dasihu / holboo sihu), C-C-G-G",
          "descriptors": [
            "deep",
            "dark",
            "full-bodied"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "bass-register",
            "dark-toned"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "mongolian",
            "narrative"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sihu_role",
      "name": "Repertoire role",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "sihu_role_mongol_solo",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Mongolian solo and virtuoso repertoire",
          "descriptors": [
            "virtuosic",
            "soloistic",
            "expressive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "solo",
            "virtuosic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "mongolian",
            "solo"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sihu_role_ulger",
          "name": "Ulger and holboo narrative accompaniment",
          "descriptors": [
            "narrative",
            "declamatory",
            "supporting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "narrative",
            "song-accompaniment"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "storytelling",
            "mongolian"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sihu_role_quyi",
          "name": "Han quyi pit (errentai, Jingyun dagu, shadow theatre)",
          "descriptors": [
            "ensemble",
            "operatic",
            "voice-following"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "accompaniment",
            "chinese-traditional"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "china",
            "accompaniment"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sihu_body",
      "name": "Soundbox and membrane",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "sihu_body_wood_python",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Hardwood box, python-skin face",
          "descriptors": [
            "hardwood",
            "python-skin",
            "warm"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "wood-body",
            "warm-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "hardwood",
            "snakeskin"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sihu_body_bronze",
          "name": "Bronze box, hexagonal or octagonal",
          "descriptors": [
            "bronze",
            "metallic",
            "ringing"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "metallic",
            "bright-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "bronze"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sihu_body_hide",
          "name": "Ox- or sheep-skin face",
          "descriptors": [
            "leather",
            "soft",
            "muffled"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "soft-tone",
            "mellow-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "natural-skin",
            "traditional"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sihu_technique",
      "name": "Left-hand idiom",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "sihu_technique_mongol",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Second-joint stopping, slides and left-hand pizzicato",
          "descriptors": [
            "sliding",
            "portamento-rich",
            "expressive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ornamented",
            "glissando"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "mongolian",
            "technique"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sihu_technique_plain",
          "name": "Plain Han accompaniment fingering",
          "descriptors": [
            "restrained",
            "stable",
            "blended"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "accompaniment",
            "ornamented"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "china"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "sihu_size",
      "name": "Size and tuning",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "sihu_size_treble",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Treble sihu, D-D-A-A",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright",
            "soloistic",
            "singing"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "high-register",
            "virtuosic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "mongolian",
            "solo"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sihu_size_middle",
          "name": "Middle sihu, G-G-D-D",
          "descriptors": [
            "balanced",
            "warm",
            "full"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "mid-register",
            "warm-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "mongolian",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sihu_size_bass",
          "name": "Bass sihu (dasihu / holboo sihu), C-C-G-G",
          "descriptors": [
            "deep",
            "dark",
            "full-bodied"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "bass-register",
            "dark-toned"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "mongolian",
            "narrative"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sihu_role",
      "name": "Repertoire role",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "sihu_role_mongol_solo",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Mongolian solo and virtuoso repertoire",
          "descriptors": [
            "virtuosic",
            "soloistic",
            "expressive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "solo",
            "virtuosic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "mongolian",
            "solo"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sihu_role_ulger",
          "name": "Ulger and holboo narrative accompaniment",
          "descriptors": [
            "narrative",
            "declamatory",
            "supporting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "narrative",
            "song-accompaniment"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "storytelling",
            "mongolian"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sihu_role_quyi",
          "name": "Han quyi pit (errentai, Jingyun dagu, shadow theatre)",
          "descriptors": [
            "ensemble",
            "operatic",
            "voice-following"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "accompaniment",
            "chinese-traditional"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "china",
            "accompaniment"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sihu_body",
      "name": "Soundbox and membrane",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "sihu_body_wood_python",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Hardwood box, python-skin face",
          "descriptors": [
            "hardwood",
            "python-skin",
            "warm"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "wood-body",
            "warm-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "hardwood",
            "snakeskin"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sihu_body_bronze",
          "name": "Bronze box, hexagonal or octagonal",
          "descriptors": [
            "bronze",
            "metallic",
            "ringing"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "metallic",
            "bright-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "bronze"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sihu_body_hide",
          "name": "Ox- or sheep-skin face",
          "descriptors": [
            "leather",
            "soft",
            "muffled"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "soft-tone",
            "mellow-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "natural-skin",
            "traditional"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sihu_technique",
      "name": "Left-hand idiom",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "sihu_technique_mongol",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Second-joint stopping, slides and left-hand pizzicato",
          "descriptors": [
            "sliding",
            "portamento-rich",
            "expressive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ornamented",
            "glissando"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "mongolian",
            "technique"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sihu_technique_plain",
          "name": "Plain Han accompaniment fingering",
          "descriptors": [
            "restrained",
            "stable",
            "blended"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "accompaniment",
            "ornamented"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "china"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}