{
  "id": "tanbou_ka",
  "name": "Tanbou ka (Creole hand-played goatskin ka of the léwòz ceremony)",
  "family": "percussion",
  "class": "single_headed_hand_drum",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -1,
    "sustain": -1,
    "polyphony": -2,
    "harmonicity": -1,
    "register": -1,
    "range": 0,
    "articulation": 2,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 1
  },
  "short": "tanbou ka",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "tanbou_ka_seating",
      "name": "Playing posture",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tanbou_ka_straddled",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Straddled and played seated, heels damping the head",
          "descriptors": [
            "pitch-bending",
            "muted-and-open",
            "expressive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "hand-struck",
            "gwoka",
            "creole"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tanbou_ka_strapped",
          "name": "Strapped and played standing (street processional)",
          "descriptors": [
            "projecting",
            "marching",
            "loud"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "hand-struck",
            "procession"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tanbou_ka_tuning",
      "name": "Head tuning method",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tanbou_ka_fire",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Tuned over open fire before playing",
          "descriptors": [
            "dry",
            "crisp",
            "raw"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "hand-struck",
            "fire-tuned"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tanbou_ka_rope",
          "name": "Rope-and-wedge tensioned",
          "descriptors": [
            "stable",
            "even-toned"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "hand-struck"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tanbou_ka_slack",
          "name": "Left slack for a low ritual voice",
          "descriptors": [
            "boomy",
            "dark",
            "ritual"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "hand-struck",
            "low-register"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "tanbou_ka_seating",
      "name": "Playing posture",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tanbou_ka_straddled",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Straddled and played seated, heels damping the head",
          "descriptors": [
            "pitch-bending",
            "muted-and-open",
            "expressive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "hand-struck",
            "gwoka",
            "creole"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tanbou_ka_strapped",
          "name": "Strapped and played standing (street processional)",
          "descriptors": [
            "projecting",
            "marching",
            "loud"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "hand-struck",
            "procession"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tanbou_ka_tuning",
      "name": "Head tuning method",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tanbou_ka_fire",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Tuned over open fire before playing",
          "descriptors": [
            "dry",
            "crisp",
            "raw"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "hand-struck",
            "fire-tuned"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tanbou_ka_rope",
          "name": "Rope-and-wedge tensioned",
          "descriptors": [
            "stable",
            "even-toned"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "hand-struck"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tanbou_ka_slack",
          "name": "Left slack for a low ritual voice",
          "descriptors": [
            "boomy",
            "dark",
            "ritual"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "hand-struck",
            "low-register"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}