{
  "id": "taus",
  "name": "Taus (Sikh peacock-bodied bowed lute)",
  "family": "bowed",
  "class": "bowed_lute",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -1,
    "sustain": 2,
    "polyphony": 0,
    "harmonicity": 1,
    "register": -1,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 2,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 0
  },
  "short": "taus",
  "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": "taus_form",
      "name": "Body form",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "taus_form_peacock_carved",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Full peacock-carved resonator with fitted plumage",
          "descriptors": [
            "carved",
            "ceremonial",
            "deep-bodied",
            "deeper"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sympathetic-resonant",
            "low-register"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "sikh-devotional",
            "punjab",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "taus_form_plain_modern",
          "name": "Plain modern revival body (no plumage, lighter to handle)",
          "descriptors": [
            "plain",
            "unadorned",
            "portable",
            "standardized"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sympathetic-resonant",
            "modern"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "sikh-devotional",
            "revival"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "taus_form_large_heirloom",
          "name": "Large heirloom gurdwara instrument (lowest-voiced)",
          "descriptors": [
            "deep-toned",
            "rounder",
            "resonant",
            "stately"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "low-register",
            "resonant"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "sikh-devotional",
            "historical"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "taus_context",
      "name": "Repertoire",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "taus_context_shabad_kirtan",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Gurmat Sangeet shabad kirtan accompaniment (Guru Granth Sahib raags)",
          "descriptors": [
            "devotional",
            "liturgical",
            "vocal-supportive",
            "measured"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "devotional",
            "sacred-traditional",
            "shruti-inflected"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "sikh-devotional",
            "kirtan"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "taus_context_solo_alap",
          "name": "Solo raag alap (slow unmetred exposition)",
          "descriptors": [
            "improvisatory",
            "meditative",
            "free-rhythm",
            "expressive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "solo",
            "microtonal-bend",
            "ornamented"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south-asian",
            "solo"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "taus_context_revival_ensemble",
          "name": "Revival ensemble and teaching context",
          "descriptors": [
            "preservationist",
            "ensemble-blend",
            "twenty-first-century"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ensemble",
            "modern"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "revival",
            "sikh-devotional"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "taus_build",
      "name": "Belly and stringing",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "taus_build_steel_full_taraf",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Skin belly, steel melody strings, full tarab bank",
          "descriptors": [
            "hide-faced",
            "steel",
            "sympathetic-halo",
            "resonance-saturated"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sympathetic-resonant",
            "shruti-inflected"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "sikh-devotional",
            "modern"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "taus_build_gut_historical",
          "name": "Gut melody strings (pre-modern Sikh canon)",
          "descriptors": [
            "gut",
            "warm",
            "mellow"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "gut-string",
            "period-performance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "historical-gut",
            "historical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "taus_build_reduced_taraf_wood",
          "name": "Reduced sympathetic bank on a wooden belly",
          "descriptors": [
            "wood",
            "spare",
            "dry",
            "clean"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "mellow-tone",
            "modern"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "taus_form",
      "name": "Body form",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "taus_form_peacock_carved",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Full peacock-carved resonator with fitted plumage",
          "descriptors": [
            "carved",
            "ceremonial",
            "deep-bodied",
            "deeper"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sympathetic-resonant",
            "low-register"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "sikh-devotional",
            "punjab",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "taus_form_plain_modern",
          "name": "Plain modern revival body (no plumage, lighter to handle)",
          "descriptors": [
            "plain",
            "unadorned",
            "portable",
            "standardized"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sympathetic-resonant",
            "modern"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "sikh-devotional",
            "revival"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "taus_form_large_heirloom",
          "name": "Large heirloom gurdwara instrument (lowest-voiced)",
          "descriptors": [
            "deep-toned",
            "rounder",
            "resonant",
            "stately"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "low-register",
            "resonant"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "sikh-devotional",
            "historical"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "taus_context",
      "name": "Repertoire",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "taus_context_shabad_kirtan",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Gurmat Sangeet shabad kirtan accompaniment (Guru Granth Sahib raags)",
          "descriptors": [
            "devotional",
            "liturgical",
            "vocal-supportive",
            "measured"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "devotional",
            "sacred-traditional",
            "shruti-inflected"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "sikh-devotional",
            "kirtan"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "taus_context_solo_alap",
          "name": "Solo raag alap (slow unmetred exposition)",
          "descriptors": [
            "improvisatory",
            "meditative",
            "free-rhythm",
            "expressive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "solo",
            "microtonal-bend",
            "ornamented"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "south-asian",
            "solo"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "taus_context_revival_ensemble",
          "name": "Revival ensemble and teaching context",
          "descriptors": [
            "preservationist",
            "ensemble-blend",
            "twenty-first-century"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ensemble",
            "modern"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "revival",
            "sikh-devotional"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "taus_build",
      "name": "Belly and stringing",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "taus_build_steel_full_taraf",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Skin belly, steel melody strings, full tarab bank",
          "descriptors": [
            "hide-faced",
            "steel",
            "sympathetic-halo",
            "resonance-saturated"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sympathetic-resonant",
            "shruti-inflected"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "sikh-devotional",
            "modern"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "taus_build_gut_historical",
          "name": "Gut melody strings (pre-modern Sikh canon)",
          "descriptors": [
            "gut",
            "warm",
            "mellow"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "gut-string",
            "period-performance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "historical-gut",
            "historical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "taus_build_reduced_taraf_wood",
          "name": "Reduced sympathetic bank on a wooden belly",
          "descriptors": [
            "wood",
            "spare",
            "dry",
            "clean"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "mellow-tone",
            "modern"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}