{
  "id": "tanbura_kisir",
  "name": "Tanbura (Sudanese/Nubian six-string bowl lyre)",
  "family": "plucked_traditional",
  "class": "plucked_lyre",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": 1,
    "sustain": -1,
    "polyphony": 0,
    "harmonicity": 0,
    "register": 0,
    "range": -1,
    "articulation": 1,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 0
  },
  "short": "tanbura",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "tanbura_kisir_form",
      "name": "Regional form & size",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tanbura_kisir_sudanese_zar",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Large Sudanese tanbura (six-string zar lyre)",
          "descriptors": [
            "six-string",
            "deep-bodied",
            "skin-topped",
            "ceremonial"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "lyre",
            "drone-foundation"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "sudanese",
            "zar",
            "nile_valley"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tanbura_kisir_nubian_kisir",
          "name": "Nubian kisir (compact five-string song lyre)",
          "descriptors": [
            "five-string",
            "compact",
            "bright",
            "pentatonic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "lyre"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "nubian",
            "nile_valley"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tanbura_kisir_gulf_fann",
          "name": "Gulf tanbura (fann at-tanbura, East African diaspora)",
          "descriptors": [
            "tall-framed",
            "processional",
            "diaspora",
            "resonant"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "lyre",
            "drone-foundation"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "gulf",
            "diaspora",
            "zar"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tanbura_kisir_context",
      "name": "Playing context & technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tanbura_kisir_song_strum",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Nubian song accompaniment (strum-and-damp)",
          "descriptors": [
            "strum-and-damp",
            "cyclic-ostinato",
            "call-and-response",
            "pentatonic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "cyclic-ostinato",
            "rhythmic-drive"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "nubian",
            "song"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tanbura_kisir_zar_trance",
          "name": "Zar ceremony trance-leading",
          "descriptors": [
            "trance-inducing",
            "incantatory",
            "ritual",
            "hypnotic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "drone-foundation",
            "rhythmic-drive"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "zar",
            "ritual"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tanbura_kisir_wedding_dalluka",
          "name": "Wedding festivity with dalluka drum line",
          "descriptors": [
            "festive",
            "danceable",
            "interlocking",
            "driving"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "rhythmic-drive"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "sudanese",
            "celebration"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tanbura_kisir_strings",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tanbura_kisir_strings_gut",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Gut / sinew strings (traditional)",
          "descriptors": [
            "gut",
            "warm",
            "buzzy",
            "traditional"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tanbura_kisir_strings_nylon",
          "name": "Nylon / fishing-line strings (modern)",
          "descriptors": [
            "nylon",
            "clean",
            "bright",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tanbura_kisir_bowl",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Bowl resonator",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tanbura_kisir_bowl_wood_hide",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Carved wooden bowl with cattle-hide soundtable",
          "descriptors": [
            "wood",
            "hide",
            "warm",
            "organic-tone"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "lyre"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tanbura_kisir_bowl_gourd",
          "name": "Gourd / calabash bowl",
          "descriptors": [
            "gourd",
            "light",
            "airy",
            "organic-tone"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "lyre"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tanbura_kisir_bowl_metal_basin",
          "name": "Metal basin bowl (modern urban improvised)",
          "descriptors": [
            "metallic",
            "ringing",
            "cutting",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "tanbura_kisir_form",
      "name": "Regional form & size",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tanbura_kisir_sudanese_zar",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Large Sudanese tanbura (six-string zar lyre)",
          "descriptors": [
            "six-string",
            "deep-bodied",
            "skin-topped",
            "ceremonial"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "lyre",
            "drone-foundation"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "sudanese",
            "zar",
            "nile_valley"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tanbura_kisir_nubian_kisir",
          "name": "Nubian kisir (compact five-string song lyre)",
          "descriptors": [
            "five-string",
            "compact",
            "bright",
            "pentatonic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "lyre"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "nubian",
            "nile_valley"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tanbura_kisir_gulf_fann",
          "name": "Gulf tanbura (fann at-tanbura, East African diaspora)",
          "descriptors": [
            "tall-framed",
            "processional",
            "diaspora",
            "resonant"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "lyre",
            "drone-foundation"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "gulf",
            "diaspora",
            "zar"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tanbura_kisir_context",
      "name": "Playing context & technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tanbura_kisir_song_strum",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Nubian song accompaniment (strum-and-damp)",
          "descriptors": [
            "strum-and-damp",
            "cyclic-ostinato",
            "call-and-response",
            "pentatonic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "cyclic-ostinato",
            "rhythmic-drive"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "nubian",
            "song"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tanbura_kisir_zar_trance",
          "name": "Zar ceremony trance-leading",
          "descriptors": [
            "trance-inducing",
            "incantatory",
            "ritual",
            "hypnotic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "drone-foundation",
            "rhythmic-drive"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "zar",
            "ritual"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tanbura_kisir_wedding_dalluka",
          "name": "Wedding festivity with dalluka drum line",
          "descriptors": [
            "festive",
            "danceable",
            "interlocking",
            "driving"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "rhythmic-drive"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "sudanese",
            "celebration"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tanbura_kisir_strings",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tanbura_kisir_strings_gut",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Gut / sinew strings (traditional)",
          "descriptors": [
            "gut",
            "warm",
            "buzzy",
            "traditional"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tanbura_kisir_strings_nylon",
          "name": "Nylon / fishing-line strings (modern)",
          "descriptors": [
            "nylon",
            "clean",
            "bright",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tanbura_kisir_bowl",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Bowl resonator",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tanbura_kisir_bowl_wood_hide",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Carved wooden bowl with cattle-hide soundtable",
          "descriptors": [
            "wood",
            "hide",
            "warm",
            "organic-tone"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "lyre"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tanbura_kisir_bowl_gourd",
          "name": "Gourd / calabash bowl",
          "descriptors": [
            "gourd",
            "light",
            "airy",
            "organic-tone"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "lyre"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tanbura_kisir_bowl_metal_basin",
          "name": "Metal basin bowl (modern urban improvised)",
          "descriptors": [
            "metallic",
            "ringing",
            "cutting",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "rough-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}