{
  "id": "tar_persian",
  "name": "Tār (Persian double-bowl lute)",
  "family": "plucked_traditional",
  "class": "plucked_string_lead",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": 1,
    "sustain": -1,
    "polyphony": 0,
    "harmonicity": 1,
    "register": 0,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 1,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 0
  },
  "short": "tār",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "plucked_traditional_technique",
      "name": "Playing technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "plucked_classical_idiom",
          "name": "Classical / art-music idiom",
          "applies_to": [
            "lute_renaissance",
            "theorbo",
            "oud",
            "qanun",
            "kanun",
            "tar_persian",
            "setar_persian",
            "tanbur_persian",
            "santur",
            "santoor",
            "saz_baglama",
            "sitar",
            "sarod",
            "veena",
            "rudra_veena",
            "tanpura",
            "koto",
            "biwa_lute",
            "pipa",
            "guqin",
            "gayageum",
            "geomungo",
            "sanxian",
            "ruan",
            "dan_tranh",
            "guzheng",
            "yueqin",
            "shamisen"
          ],
          "descriptors": [
            "ornamented",
            "sustained"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "string-attack",
            "classical",
            "classical-trained"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "classical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "plucked_drone_modal",
          "name": "Drone-modal",
          "applies_to": [
            "sitar",
            "sarod",
            "tanpura",
            "rudra_veena",
            "veena",
            "dotara",
            "tumbi",
            "oud",
            "qanun",
            "kanun",
            "santur",
            "santoor",
            "tar_persian",
            "tanbur_persian",
            "setar_persian",
            "saz_baglama",
            "cumbus",
            "baglamas",
            "bouzouki"
          ],
          "descriptors": [
            "drone-like",
            "modal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "string-attack",
            "drone-foundation",
            "traditional"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "raga",
            "maqam"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "plucked_ornamented_melodic",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Ornamented melodic",
          "applies_to": [
            "sitar",
            "sarod",
            "tanpura",
            "tar_persian",
            "tanbur_persian",
            "setar_persian",
            "saz_baglama",
            "cumbus",
            "baglamas",
            "bouzouki",
            "oud",
            "qanun",
            "kanun",
            "santur",
            "santoor",
            "rudra_veena",
            "veena",
            "dotara",
            "tumbi",
            "ektara",
            "khamak",
            "tambura_balkan"
          ],
          "descriptors": [
            "ornamented",
            "microtonal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "string-attack",
            "ornament-heavy",
            "melodic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "middle-eastern",
            "south-asian",
            "central-asian"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "_fromFamily": true
    },
    {
      "id": "tar_belly",
      "name": "Belly skin",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tar_lamb_skin",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Lamb skin",
          "descriptors": [
            "low-mid-rich-spectrum",
            "traditional",
            "breathing",
            "lambskin",
            "hide"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "ornamented"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tar_synthetic",
          "name": "Synthetic membrane",
          "descriptors": [
            "consistent",
            "modern",
            "stable",
            "synthetic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "synthetic",
            "plucked",
            "ornamented"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tar_pick",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Pick (mizrab)",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tar_brass_mizrab",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Brass mizrab",
          "descriptors": [
            "biting",
            "classical",
            "brass"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "ornamented"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "dastgah"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tar_body_wood",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Body / bowl wood",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tar_mulberry_body",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Mulberry (canonical double-bowl)",
          "descriptors": [
            "mulberry-bowl",
            "canonical-double-bowl"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "ornamented"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tar_walnut_body",
          "name": "Walnut (premium alternative)",
          "descriptors": [
            "walnut-bowl",
            "premium-alternative"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "ornamented"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tar_string_material",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tar_steel_bronze",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Steel + bronze (modern canonical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "steel-bronze-mix",
            "modern-canonical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "ornamented"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tar_gut_historical",
          "name": "Gut (pre-modern Qajar canon)",
          "descriptors": [
            "gut-historical",
            "pre-modern-qajar"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "ornamented",
            "period-performance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "historical-gut"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tar_tradition",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Tradition / lineage",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tar_radif_canonical",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Radif canonical (Qajar-to-20th-century master lineage)",
          "descriptors": [
            "radif-canonical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "ornamented"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "dastgah"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tar_modern_concert",
          "name": "Modern concert (contemporary composed lineage)",
          "descriptors": [
            "modern-concert"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "ornamented"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "tar_belly",
      "name": "Belly skin",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tar_lamb_skin",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Lamb skin",
          "descriptors": [
            "low-mid-rich-spectrum",
            "traditional",
            "breathing",
            "lambskin",
            "hide"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "ornamented"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tar_synthetic",
          "name": "Synthetic membrane",
          "descriptors": [
            "consistent",
            "modern",
            "stable",
            "synthetic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "synthetic",
            "plucked",
            "ornamented"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tar_pick",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Pick (mizrab)",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tar_brass_mizrab",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Brass mizrab",
          "descriptors": [
            "biting",
            "classical",
            "brass"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "ornamented"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "dastgah"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tar_body_wood",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Body / bowl wood",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tar_mulberry_body",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Mulberry (canonical double-bowl)",
          "descriptors": [
            "mulberry-bowl",
            "canonical-double-bowl"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "ornamented"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tar_walnut_body",
          "name": "Walnut (premium alternative)",
          "descriptors": [
            "walnut-bowl",
            "premium-alternative"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "ornamented"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tar_string_material",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tar_steel_bronze",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Steel + bronze (modern canonical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "steel-bronze-mix",
            "modern-canonical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "ornamented"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tar_gut_historical",
          "name": "Gut (pre-modern Qajar canon)",
          "descriptors": [
            "gut-historical",
            "pre-modern-qajar"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "ornamented",
            "period-performance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "historical-gut"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tar_tradition",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Tradition / lineage",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tar_radif_canonical",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Radif canonical (Qajar-to-20th-century master lineage)",
          "descriptors": [
            "radif-canonical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "ornamented"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "dastgah"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tar_modern_concert",
          "name": "Modern concert (contemporary composed lineage)",
          "descriptors": [
            "modern-concert"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "ornamented"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}