{
  "id": "tama_talking_drum",
  "name": "Tama (Wolof/Mandinka hourglass talking drum)",
  "family": "percussion",
  "class": "hourglass_drum",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -1,
    "sustain": -1,
    "polyphony": -2,
    "harmonicity": -1,
    "register": 1,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 2,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 0
  },
  "short": "tama",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "tama_size",
      "name": "Size",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tama_small",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Small underarm tama (high, chattering)",
          "descriptors": [
            "high-pitched",
            "chattering",
            "speech-like"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "talking-drum",
            "wolof"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tama_large",
          "name": "Larger tama / tamani (Mandinka, deeper)",
          "descriptors": [
            "mid-toned",
            "singing-glissando"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "talking-drum",
            "mande"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tama_head",
      "name": "Head and tension cords",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tama_lizard_skin",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Lizard/goat skin heads with leather tension cords",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright-attack",
            "pitch-bending"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "talking-drum"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tama_synthetic",
          "name": "Synthetic head with nylon cords",
          "descriptors": [
            "crisp",
            "projecting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "talking-drum"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tama_role",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Ensemble role",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tama_solo",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Speech-surrogate solo calls",
          "descriptors": [
            "speech-like",
            "declamatory"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "talking-drum",
            "praise-music"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tama_mbalax",
          "name": "Mbalax ensemble drive",
          "descriptors": [
            "driving",
            "interlocking"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "dance-rhythm",
            "senegal"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "tama_size",
      "name": "Size",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tama_small",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Small underarm tama (high, chattering)",
          "descriptors": [
            "high-pitched",
            "chattering",
            "speech-like"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "talking-drum",
            "wolof"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tama_large",
          "name": "Larger tama / tamani (Mandinka, deeper)",
          "descriptors": [
            "mid-toned",
            "singing-glissando"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "talking-drum",
            "mande"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tama_head",
      "name": "Head and tension cords",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tama_lizard_skin",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Lizard/goat skin heads with leather tension cords",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright-attack",
            "pitch-bending"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "talking-drum"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tama_synthetic",
          "name": "Synthetic head with nylon cords",
          "descriptors": [
            "crisp",
            "projecting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "talking-drum"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tama_role",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Ensemble role",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tama_solo",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Speech-surrogate solo calls",
          "descriptors": [
            "speech-like",
            "declamatory"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "talking-drum",
            "praise-music"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tama_mbalax",
          "name": "Mbalax ensemble drive",
          "descriptors": [
            "driving",
            "interlocking"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "dance-rhythm",
            "senegal"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}