{
  "id": "swarmandal",
  "name": "Swarmandal (Hindustani vocalist's box zither)",
  "family": "plucked_traditional",
  "class": "plucked_box_zither",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": 2,
    "sustain": 1,
    "polyphony": 2,
    "harmonicity": 1,
    "register": 1,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 1,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": -1
  },
  "short": "swarmandal",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "swarmandal_tuning",
      "name": "Raga tuning",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "swarmandal_raga_scale",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Tuned to the raga's scale (30-40 strings)",
          "descriptors": [
            "shimmering",
            "cascading",
            "raga-coloured"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "strummed-zither",
            "hindustani"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "swarmandal_pentatonic",
          "name": "Pentatonic / audava raga tuning",
          "descriptors": [
            "open",
            "ringing"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "strummed-zither"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "swarmandal_stroke",
      "name": "Stroke technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "swarmandal_glissando",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Thumb glissando sweep between vocal phrases",
          "descriptors": [
            "cascading",
            "glittering"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "strummed-zither",
            "ornamental"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "swarmandal_plectrum",
          "name": "Wire plectrum single-note picking",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright-attack",
            "pointed"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked-zither"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "swarmandal_strings",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "swarmandal_steel",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Steel wire strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright",
            "metallic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked-zither"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "swarmandal_brass",
          "name": "Brass wire strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "warm",
            "golden"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked-zither"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "swarmandal_tuning",
      "name": "Raga tuning",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "swarmandal_raga_scale",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Tuned to the raga's scale (30-40 strings)",
          "descriptors": [
            "shimmering",
            "cascading",
            "raga-coloured"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "strummed-zither",
            "hindustani"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "swarmandal_pentatonic",
          "name": "Pentatonic / audava raga tuning",
          "descriptors": [
            "open",
            "ringing"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "strummed-zither"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "swarmandal_stroke",
      "name": "Stroke technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "swarmandal_glissando",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Thumb glissando sweep between vocal phrases",
          "descriptors": [
            "cascading",
            "glittering"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "strummed-zither",
            "ornamental"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "swarmandal_plectrum",
          "name": "Wire plectrum single-note picking",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright-attack",
            "pointed"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked-zither"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "swarmandal_strings",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "swarmandal_steel",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Steel wire strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright",
            "metallic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked-zither"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "swarmandal_brass",
          "name": "Brass wire strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "warm",
            "golden"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked-zither"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}