{
  "id": "tar_azerbaijani",
  "name": "Azerbaijani tar (Caucasian double-bowl lute)",
  "family": "plucked_traditional",
  "class": "plucked_lute",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": 1,
    "sustain": -1,
    "polyphony": 0,
    "harmonicity": 1,
    "register": 0,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 2,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 0
  },
  "short": "tar",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "tar_azerbaijani_form",
      "name": "Regional form",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tar_azerbaijani_sadigjan",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Reformed Azerbaijani tar (late 19th-century 11-string)",
          "descriptors": [
            "eleven-string",
            "chest-held",
            "reformed"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "bright-metallic",
            "drone-resonance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "azerbaijani",
            "caucasus"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tar_azerbaijani_armenian",
          "name": "Armenian tar (extended-string Caucasian form)",
          "descriptors": [
            "extended-string",
            "caucasian"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "bright-metallic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "armenian",
            "caucasus"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tar_azerbaijani_georgian",
          "name": "Georgian tar (Tbilisi urban form)",
          "descriptors": [
            "urban",
            "caucasian"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "bright-metallic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "georgian",
            "caucasus"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tar_azerbaijani_repertoire",
      "name": "Playing context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tar_azerbaijani_mugham",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Mugham dəstgah (with khananda and kamancha)",
          "descriptors": [
            "modal",
            "improvisatory",
            "microtonal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "drone-resonance",
            "bright-metallic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "mugham",
            "art-music"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tar_azerbaijani_reng",
          "name": "Rəng and dance tunes",
          "descriptors": [
            "brisk",
            "tremolo-driven",
            "dance"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "bright-metallic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "dance",
            "folk"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tar_azerbaijani_ensemble",
          "name": "Notated folk-orchestra ensemble",
          "descriptors": [
            "notated",
            "unison",
            "conservatory"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "bright-metallic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "ensemble",
            "soviet-era"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tar_azerbaijani_membrane",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Soundboard membrane",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tar_azerbaijani_heart_membrane",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Ox-pericardium (heart-membrane) soundboard on mulberry bowl",
          "descriptors": [
            "warm-ring",
            "traditional"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bright-metallic",
            "resonant-membrane"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "mulberry-body"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tar_azerbaijani_fish_skin",
          "name": "Fish-skin membrane soundboard on mulberry bowl",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright",
            "taut"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bright-metallic",
            "resonant-membrane"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "mulberry-body"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "tar_azerbaijani_form",
      "name": "Regional form",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tar_azerbaijani_sadigjan",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Reformed Azerbaijani tar (late 19th-century 11-string)",
          "descriptors": [
            "eleven-string",
            "chest-held",
            "reformed"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "bright-metallic",
            "drone-resonance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "azerbaijani",
            "caucasus"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tar_azerbaijani_armenian",
          "name": "Armenian tar (extended-string Caucasian form)",
          "descriptors": [
            "extended-string",
            "caucasian"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "bright-metallic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "armenian",
            "caucasus"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tar_azerbaijani_georgian",
          "name": "Georgian tar (Tbilisi urban form)",
          "descriptors": [
            "urban",
            "caucasian"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "bright-metallic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "georgian",
            "caucasus"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tar_azerbaijani_repertoire",
      "name": "Playing context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tar_azerbaijani_mugham",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Mugham dəstgah (with khananda and kamancha)",
          "descriptors": [
            "modal",
            "improvisatory",
            "microtonal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "drone-resonance",
            "bright-metallic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "mugham",
            "art-music"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tar_azerbaijani_reng",
          "name": "Rəng and dance tunes",
          "descriptors": [
            "brisk",
            "tremolo-driven",
            "dance"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "bright-metallic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "dance",
            "folk"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tar_azerbaijani_ensemble",
          "name": "Notated folk-orchestra ensemble",
          "descriptors": [
            "notated",
            "unison",
            "conservatory"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "bright-metallic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "ensemble",
            "soviet-era"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tar_azerbaijani_membrane",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Soundboard membrane",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tar_azerbaijani_heart_membrane",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Ox-pericardium (heart-membrane) soundboard on mulberry bowl",
          "descriptors": [
            "warm-ring",
            "traditional"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bright-metallic",
            "resonant-membrane"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "mulberry-body"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tar_azerbaijani_fish_skin",
          "name": "Fish-skin membrane soundboard on mulberry bowl",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright",
            "taut"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bright-metallic",
            "resonant-membrane"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "mulberry-body"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}