{
  "id": "sintir",
  "name": "Sintir / guembri (Moroccan Gnawa bass-lute)",
  "family": "plucked_traditional",
  "class": "bass",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": 1,
    "sustain": -1,
    "polyphony": 0,
    "harmonicity": 0,
    "register": -1,
    "range": 0,
    "articulation": 1,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 0
  },
  "short": "sintir",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "plucked_traditional_technique",
      "name": "Playing technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "plucked_fingerpicked",
          "name": "Fingerpicked",
          "applies_to": [
            "kora",
            "ngoni",
            "kamele_ngoni",
            "donso_ngoni",
            "xalam",
            "akonting",
            "kantele",
            "gusli",
            "dotara",
            "ektara",
            "khamak",
            "tumbi",
            "sintir",
            "banjo_5_string",
            "cavaquinho"
          ],
          "descriptors": [
            "fingerpicked",
            "lyrical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "string-attack",
            "traditional"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "folk"
          ],
          "default": true
        },
        {
          "id": "plucked_call_and_response",
          "name": "Call-and-response",
          "applies_to": [
            "kora",
            "ngoni",
            "kamele_ngoni",
            "donso_ngoni",
            "akonting",
            "banjo_5_string",
            "sintir",
            "xalam"
          ],
          "descriptors": [
            "call-and-response"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "string-attack",
            "call-response",
            "traditional"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "griot",
            "west-african"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "_fromFamily": true
    },
    {
      "id": "sintir_skin",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Soundboard skin",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "sintir_camel",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Camel-skin (traditional)",
          "descriptors": [
            "traditional",
            "thick",
            "authentic",
            "camelskin",
            "hide"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "low-register",
            "trance-inducing"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sintir_goat",
          "name": "Goat-skin",
          "descriptors": [
            "lighter",
            "regional-alternative",
            "common",
            "goatskin",
            "hide"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "low-register",
            "trance-inducing"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sintir_synthetic",
          "name": "Synthetic",
          "descriptors": [
            "modern",
            "durable",
            "commercial",
            "synthetic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "synthetic",
            "plucked",
            "low-register"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sintir_sersara",
      "name": "Sersara buzzer (non-optional)",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "sintir_sersara_present",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Galvanized-metal sersara with hanging rings",
          "descriptors": [
            "buzz",
            "sympathetic-overtones",
            "metallic-overtones",
            "sersara",
            "iron"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "low-register",
            "trance-inducing",
            "integral-buzzer"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sintir_sersara_absent",
          "name": "Without sersara (atypical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "dry",
            "untraditional"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "low-register"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sintir_strings",
      "name": "Strings",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "sintir_gut_strings",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Goat-gut strings, resin-treated",
          "descriptors": [
            "traditional",
            "organic",
            "authentic",
            "gut",
            "gut-string"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "low-register"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sintir_nylon_strings",
          "name": "Heavy monofilament nylon (modern stable)",
          "descriptors": [
            "stable",
            "modern",
            "commercial",
            "nylon"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "low-register"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sintir_body_wood",
      "name": "Body wood",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "sintir_fig_body",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Hollowed fig (traditional)",
          "descriptors": [
            "traditional",
            "organic-tone"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "low-register"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sintir_acacia_body",
          "name": "Hollowed acacia",
          "descriptors": [
            "traditional",
            "organic-tone"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "low-register"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sintir_poplar_body",
          "name": "Hollowed poplar (modern luthiery)",
          "descriptors": [
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "low-register"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sintir_neck_wood",
      "name": "Neck wood",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "sintir_neck_cedar",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Cedar stick (modern)",
          "descriptors": [
            "stable",
            "wood",
            "cedar"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sintir_neck_hardwood",
          "name": "Local hardwood (traditional)",
          "descriptors": [
            "traditional",
            "wood",
            "hardwood"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sintir_technique",
      "name": "Right-hand technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "sintir_knuckle_skin_slap",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Knuckle pluck + skin slap (Gnawa traditional)",
          "descriptors": [
            "percussive-plucked-hybrid",
            "rhythm-foundational",
            "traditional"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "low-register",
            "trance-inducing"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sintir_pick",
          "name": "Plectrum (modern fusion)",
          "descriptors": [
            "articulate",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sintir_context",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Use context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "sintir_lila",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Gnawa lila ceremony",
          "descriptors": [
            "all-night-trance",
            "ritual"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "low-register",
            "trance-inducing"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sintir_festival",
          "name": "Festival Gnaoua / Essaouira",
          "descriptors": [
            "celebratory",
            "showcase"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "low-register",
            "trance-inducing"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sintir_fusion",
          "name": "World-fusion / Axiom-school recording",
          "descriptors": [
            "session",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "low-register",
            "trance-inducing"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "plucked_traditional_technique",
      "default_variant": "plucked_fingerpicked"
    },
    {
      "id": "sintir_skin",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Soundboard skin",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "sintir_camel",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Camel-skin (traditional)",
          "descriptors": [
            "traditional",
            "thick",
            "authentic",
            "camelskin",
            "hide"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "low-register",
            "trance-inducing"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sintir_goat",
          "name": "Goat-skin",
          "descriptors": [
            "lighter",
            "regional-alternative",
            "common",
            "goatskin",
            "hide"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "low-register",
            "trance-inducing"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sintir_synthetic",
          "name": "Synthetic",
          "descriptors": [
            "modern",
            "durable",
            "commercial",
            "synthetic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "synthetic",
            "plucked",
            "low-register"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sintir_sersara",
      "name": "Sersara buzzer (non-optional)",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "sintir_sersara_present",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Galvanized-metal sersara with hanging rings",
          "descriptors": [
            "buzz",
            "sympathetic-overtones",
            "metallic-overtones",
            "sersara",
            "iron"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "low-register",
            "trance-inducing",
            "integral-buzzer"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sintir_sersara_absent",
          "name": "Without sersara (atypical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "dry",
            "untraditional"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "low-register"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sintir_strings",
      "name": "Strings",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "sintir_gut_strings",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Goat-gut strings, resin-treated",
          "descriptors": [
            "traditional",
            "organic",
            "authentic",
            "gut",
            "gut-string"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "low-register"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sintir_nylon_strings",
          "name": "Heavy monofilament nylon (modern stable)",
          "descriptors": [
            "stable",
            "modern",
            "commercial",
            "nylon"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "low-register"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sintir_body_wood",
      "name": "Body wood",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "sintir_fig_body",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Hollowed fig (traditional)",
          "descriptors": [
            "traditional",
            "organic-tone"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "low-register"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sintir_acacia_body",
          "name": "Hollowed acacia",
          "descriptors": [
            "traditional",
            "organic-tone"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "low-register"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sintir_poplar_body",
          "name": "Hollowed poplar (modern luthiery)",
          "descriptors": [
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "low-register"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sintir_neck_wood",
      "name": "Neck wood",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "sintir_neck_cedar",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Cedar stick (modern)",
          "descriptors": [
            "stable",
            "wood",
            "cedar"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sintir_neck_hardwood",
          "name": "Local hardwood (traditional)",
          "descriptors": [
            "traditional",
            "wood",
            "hardwood"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sintir_technique",
      "name": "Right-hand technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "sintir_knuckle_skin_slap",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Knuckle pluck + skin slap (Gnawa traditional)",
          "descriptors": [
            "percussive-plucked-hybrid",
            "rhythm-foundational",
            "traditional"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "low-register",
            "trance-inducing"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sintir_pick",
          "name": "Plectrum (modern fusion)",
          "descriptors": [
            "articulate",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sintir_context",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Use context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "sintir_lila",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Gnawa lila ceremony",
          "descriptors": [
            "all-night-trance",
            "ritual"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "low-register",
            "trance-inducing"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sintir_festival",
          "name": "Festival Gnaoua / Essaouira",
          "descriptors": [
            "celebratory",
            "showcase"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "low-register",
            "trance-inducing"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sintir_fusion",
          "name": "World-fusion / Axiom-school recording",
          "descriptors": [
            "session",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "low-register",
            "trance-inducing"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}