{
  "id": "sneng",
  "name": "Sneng (Khmer buffalo-horn free reed)",
  "family": "free_reed",
  "class": "free_reed",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": 2,
    "sustain": 1,
    "polyphony": -2,
    "harmonicity": 0,
    "register": 0,
    "range": -2,
    "articulation": -1,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": -1
  },
  "short": "sneng",
  "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": "sneng_type",
      "name": "Type / build",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "sneng_side_blown",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Side-blown ox or buffalo horn, bamboo free reed waxed into a side aperture",
          "descriptors": [
            "raucous",
            "loud",
            "penetrating"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "free-reed",
            "wind-driven",
            "ritual-horn",
            "loud-projection"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "khmer",
            "southeast-asian"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sneng_end_blown",
          "name": "End-blown reedless horn (tip cut off, lip-blown)",
          "descriptors": [
            "raw",
            "archaic",
            "signalling"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "ritual-horn",
            "signal"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "khmer",
            "signal"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sneng_regional_cognate",
          "name": "Regional cognate build (kwai, Myanmar / tödiap, Vietnam)",
          "descriptors": [
            "traditional",
            "rustic",
            "raucous"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "free-reed",
            "wind-driven",
            "ritual-horn"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "southeast-asian",
            "traditional"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sneng_breath",
      "name": "Breath direction",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "sneng_blown",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Blown breath",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright",
            "penetrating",
            "sharp"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "free-reed",
            "wind-driven",
            "loud-projection"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "khmer"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sneng_drawn",
          "name": "Drawn breath (the free reed speaks on the draw as well)",
          "descriptors": [
            "soft",
            "rounded",
            "nasal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "free-reed",
            "wind-driven",
            "nasal"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "khmer"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sneng_alternating",
          "name": "Alternating blow-and-draw pulse",
          "descriptors": [
            "rhythmic",
            "cyclic",
            "continuous"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "free-reed",
            "wind-driven",
            "sustained"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "khmer"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sneng_stopping",
      "name": "Hand-stopping pattern",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "sneng_fourth_alternation",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Alternating the two notes a fourth apart (index at the tip, palm at the wide end)",
          "descriptors": [
            "two-pitched",
            "rhythmic",
            "calling"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "free-reed",
            "two-tone",
            "signal"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "khmer",
            "signal"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sneng_single_held",
          "name": "Both ends stopped — one held note",
          "descriptors": [
            "sustained",
            "droning",
            "continuous"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "free-reed",
            "sustained",
            "drone-like"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "khmer"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sneng_rapid_call",
          "name": "Rapid stopped rhythmic call figure",
          "descriptors": [
            "call-driving",
            "rhythmic",
            "declamatory"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "free-reed",
            "signal",
            "call-response"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "signal"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sneng_setting",
      "name": "Function / setting",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "sneng_distance_signal",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Long-distance signal call across open country",
          "descriptors": [
            "outdoor",
            "distant",
            "signalling"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "free-reed",
            "open-air",
            "signal"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "khmer",
            "signal"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sneng_elephant",
          "name": "Elephant summons by the mahout riding between villages",
          "descriptors": [
            "calling",
            "herding",
            "outdoor"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "free-reed",
            "outdoor-field",
            "signal"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "khmer",
            "southeast-asian"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sneng_ritual",
          "name": "Agricultural blessing rite and arak spirit-invocation",
          "descriptors": [
            "ceremonial",
            "ritual",
            "devotional"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "free-reed",
            "ritual",
            "ceremonial"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "khmer",
            "ritual"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sneng_hunting",
          "name": "Hunter-to-hunter communication in forest country",
          "descriptors": [
            "calling",
            "outdoor",
            "sharp"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "free-reed",
            "outdoor-field",
            "call-response"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "southeast-asian"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "sneng_type",
      "name": "Type / build",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "sneng_side_blown",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Side-blown ox or buffalo horn, bamboo free reed waxed into a side aperture",
          "descriptors": [
            "raucous",
            "loud",
            "penetrating"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "free-reed",
            "wind-driven",
            "ritual-horn",
            "loud-projection"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "khmer",
            "southeast-asian"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sneng_end_blown",
          "name": "End-blown reedless horn (tip cut off, lip-blown)",
          "descriptors": [
            "raw",
            "archaic",
            "signalling"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "wind-driven",
            "ritual-horn",
            "signal"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "khmer",
            "signal"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sneng_regional_cognate",
          "name": "Regional cognate build (kwai, Myanmar / tödiap, Vietnam)",
          "descriptors": [
            "traditional",
            "rustic",
            "raucous"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "free-reed",
            "wind-driven",
            "ritual-horn"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "southeast-asian",
            "traditional"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sneng_breath",
      "name": "Breath direction",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "sneng_blown",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Blown breath",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright",
            "penetrating",
            "sharp"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "free-reed",
            "wind-driven",
            "loud-projection"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "khmer"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sneng_drawn",
          "name": "Drawn breath (the free reed speaks on the draw as well)",
          "descriptors": [
            "soft",
            "rounded",
            "nasal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "free-reed",
            "wind-driven",
            "nasal"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "khmer"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sneng_alternating",
          "name": "Alternating blow-and-draw pulse",
          "descriptors": [
            "rhythmic",
            "cyclic",
            "continuous"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "free-reed",
            "wind-driven",
            "sustained"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "khmer"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sneng_stopping",
      "name": "Hand-stopping pattern",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "sneng_fourth_alternation",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Alternating the two notes a fourth apart (index at the tip, palm at the wide end)",
          "descriptors": [
            "two-pitched",
            "rhythmic",
            "calling"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "free-reed",
            "two-tone",
            "signal"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "khmer",
            "signal"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sneng_single_held",
          "name": "Both ends stopped — one held note",
          "descriptors": [
            "sustained",
            "droning",
            "continuous"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "free-reed",
            "sustained",
            "drone-like"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "khmer"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sneng_rapid_call",
          "name": "Rapid stopped rhythmic call figure",
          "descriptors": [
            "call-driving",
            "rhythmic",
            "declamatory"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "free-reed",
            "signal",
            "call-response"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "signal"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sneng_setting",
      "name": "Function / setting",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "sneng_distance_signal",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Long-distance signal call across open country",
          "descriptors": [
            "outdoor",
            "distant",
            "signalling"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "free-reed",
            "open-air",
            "signal"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "khmer",
            "signal"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sneng_elephant",
          "name": "Elephant summons by the mahout riding between villages",
          "descriptors": [
            "calling",
            "herding",
            "outdoor"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "free-reed",
            "outdoor-field",
            "signal"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "khmer",
            "southeast-asian"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sneng_ritual",
          "name": "Agricultural blessing rite and arak spirit-invocation",
          "descriptors": [
            "ceremonial",
            "ritual",
            "devotional"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "free-reed",
            "ritual",
            "ceremonial"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "khmer",
            "ritual"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "sneng_hunting",
          "name": "Hunter-to-hunter communication in forest country",
          "descriptors": [
            "calling",
            "outdoor",
            "sharp"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "free-reed",
            "outdoor-field",
            "call-response"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "southeast-asian"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}