{
  "id": "tar_shehnai",
  "name": "Tar shehnai (horn-amplified bowed Indian lute)",
  "family": "bowed",
  "class": "bowed_lute",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -1,
    "sustain": 2,
    "polyphony": 0,
    "harmonicity": 0,
    "register": 0,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 2,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": -1
  },
  "short": "tar shehnai",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "bowed_technique",
      "name": "Bow technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "bowed_legato_classical",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Classical legato",
          "descriptors": [
            "legato",
            "sustained"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone",
            "classical",
            "classical-trained"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "classical"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "_fromFamily": true
    },
    {
      "id": "tar_shehnai_base",
      "name": "Base instrument",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tar_shehnai_base_esraj",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Esraj body fitted with a diaphragm and flared horn",
          "descriptors": [
            "reedy",
            "nasal",
            "compressed",
            "cutting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "shruti-inflected",
            "nasal-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south_asia",
            "modern"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tar_shehnai_base_dilruba",
          "name": "Dilruba body fitted with a horn (longer neck, wider meend)",
          "descriptors": [
            "long-necked",
            "expressive",
            "singing"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "shruti-inflected",
            "microtonal-bend"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south_asia",
            "punjab"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tar_shehnai_context",
      "name": "Repertoire",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tar_shehnai_context_light_classical",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Hindustani light-classical obbligato (thumri, dadra)",
          "descriptors": [
            "lyrical",
            "vocal-shadowing",
            "ornamented",
            "plaintive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ornamented",
            "vocal-imitating"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south-asian",
            "art-music"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tar_shehnai_context_rabindra_sangeet",
          "name": "Bengali song and Rabindra Sangeet",
          "descriptors": [
            "lyrical",
            "intimate",
            "vocal-supportive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "accompaniment",
            "melodic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "bengali",
            "bengal"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tar_shehnai_context_film_studio",
          "name": "Film and studio session colour (pre-microphone loudness solution)",
          "descriptors": [
            "projecting",
            "urban",
            "twentieth-century"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "piercing",
            "modern"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "hindi-film-song",
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tar_shehnai_horn",
      "name": "Horn and capture",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tar_shehnai_horn_brass",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Brass horn with mica diaphragm, miked at the bell",
          "descriptors": [
            "brassy",
            "honking",
            "compressed",
            "nasal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "nasal-tone",
            "piercing"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tar_shehnai_horn_aluminium",
          "name": "Aluminium horn (thinner, more strident)",
          "descriptors": [
            "strident",
            "thin-toned",
            "metallic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "piercing",
            "metallic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tar_shehnai_horn_body_mic",
          "name": "Miked at the body with the sympathetics left ringing",
          "descriptors": [
            "sympathetic-halo",
            "shimmering",
            "resonant"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sympathetic-resonant",
            "resonant"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "tar_shehnai_base",
      "name": "Base instrument",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tar_shehnai_base_esraj",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Esraj body fitted with a diaphragm and flared horn",
          "descriptors": [
            "reedy",
            "nasal",
            "compressed",
            "cutting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "shruti-inflected",
            "nasal-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south_asia",
            "modern"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tar_shehnai_base_dilruba",
          "name": "Dilruba body fitted with a horn (longer neck, wider meend)",
          "descriptors": [
            "long-necked",
            "expressive",
            "singing"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "shruti-inflected",
            "microtonal-bend"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south_asia",
            "punjab"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tar_shehnai_context",
      "name": "Repertoire",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tar_shehnai_context_light_classical",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Hindustani light-classical obbligato (thumri, dadra)",
          "descriptors": [
            "lyrical",
            "vocal-shadowing",
            "ornamented",
            "plaintive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ornamented",
            "vocal-imitating"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south-asian",
            "art-music"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tar_shehnai_context_rabindra_sangeet",
          "name": "Bengali song and Rabindra Sangeet",
          "descriptors": [
            "lyrical",
            "intimate",
            "vocal-supportive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "accompaniment",
            "melodic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "bengali",
            "bengal"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tar_shehnai_context_film_studio",
          "name": "Film and studio session colour (pre-microphone loudness solution)",
          "descriptors": [
            "projecting",
            "urban",
            "twentieth-century"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "piercing",
            "modern"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "hindi-film-song",
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tar_shehnai_horn",
      "name": "Horn and capture",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tar_shehnai_horn_brass",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Brass horn with mica diaphragm, miked at the bell",
          "descriptors": [
            "brassy",
            "honking",
            "compressed",
            "nasal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "nasal-tone",
            "piercing"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tar_shehnai_horn_aluminium",
          "name": "Aluminium horn (thinner, more strident)",
          "descriptors": [
            "strident",
            "thin-toned",
            "metallic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "piercing",
            "metallic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tar_shehnai_horn_body_mic",
          "name": "Miked at the body with the sympathetics left ringing",
          "descriptors": [
            "sympathetic-halo",
            "shimmering",
            "resonant"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sympathetic-resonant",
            "resonant"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}