{
  "id": "tihu",
  "name": "Tihu (Chaozhou xianshi mid-register fiddle)",
  "family": "bowed",
  "class": "bowed_spike_fiddle",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -2,
    "sustain": 2,
    "polyphony": -2,
    "harmonicity": 1,
    "register": 0,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 2,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 0
  },
  "short": "tihu",
  "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": "tihu_lineage",
      "name": "Derivation framing",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tihu_lineage_erhu_class",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Mid-register erhu-class fiddle (what Chaozhou players simply call erhu)",
          "descriptors": [
            "rounded-tone",
            "warm",
            "lyrical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "mellow-tone",
            "two-string",
            "ensemble"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "china",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tihu_lineage_gaohu_derived",
          "name": "Gaohu-derived reading found in English references (higher-set, brighter)",
          "descriptors": [
            "brighter",
            "cutting",
            "projecting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "bright-tone",
            "ensemble"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "guangdong",
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tihu_strings",
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tihu_strings_steel",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Steel (modern standard)",
          "descriptors": [
            "steel",
            "projecting",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "steel-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern",
            "steel"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tihu_strings_silk",
          "name": "Silk (pre-modern historical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "silk",
            "pre-modern",
            "soft-toned"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "silk-strung",
            "period-performance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "historical"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tihu_idiom",
      "name": "Ensemble idiom",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tihu_idiom_ruujia",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Ruujia yue refined chamber playing, slow and sustained under the touxian",
          "descriptors": [
            "refined",
            "sustained",
            "lyrical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "chamber-fed",
            "sustained-tone",
            "ensemble"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "chamber",
            "china"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tihu_idiom_pengding",
          "name": "Pengding yue opera-pit playing, plainer and coarser",
          "descriptors": [
            "coarse",
            "declamatory",
            "supporting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "rough-tone",
            "accompaniment"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "chinese-opera",
            "accompaniment"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tihu_idiom_heterophonic",
          "name": "Dense heterophonic elaboration against the touxian line",
          "descriptors": [
            "heterophonic",
            "ornamented",
            "interlocking"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ornamented",
            "melodic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "china",
            "traditional"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "tihu_lineage",
      "name": "Derivation framing",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tihu_lineage_erhu_class",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Mid-register erhu-class fiddle (what Chaozhou players simply call erhu)",
          "descriptors": [
            "rounded-tone",
            "warm",
            "lyrical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "mellow-tone",
            "two-string",
            "ensemble"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "china",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tihu_lineage_gaohu_derived",
          "name": "Gaohu-derived reading found in English references (higher-set, brighter)",
          "descriptors": [
            "brighter",
            "cutting",
            "projecting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "bright-tone",
            "ensemble"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "guangdong",
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tihu_strings",
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tihu_strings_steel",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Steel (modern standard)",
          "descriptors": [
            "steel",
            "projecting",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "steel-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern",
            "steel"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tihu_strings_silk",
          "name": "Silk (pre-modern historical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "silk",
            "pre-modern",
            "soft-toned"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "silk-strung",
            "period-performance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "historical"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tihu_idiom",
      "name": "Ensemble idiom",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tihu_idiom_ruujia",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Ruujia yue refined chamber playing, slow and sustained under the touxian",
          "descriptors": [
            "refined",
            "sustained",
            "lyrical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "chamber-fed",
            "sustained-tone",
            "ensemble"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "chamber",
            "china"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tihu_idiom_pengding",
          "name": "Pengding yue opera-pit playing, plainer and coarser",
          "descriptors": [
            "coarse",
            "declamatory",
            "supporting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "rough-tone",
            "accompaniment"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "chinese-opera",
            "accompaniment"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tihu_idiom_heterophonic",
          "name": "Dense heterophonic elaboration against the touxian line",
          "descriptors": [
            "heterophonic",
            "ornamented",
            "interlocking"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ornamented",
            "melodic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "china",
            "traditional"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}