{
  "family": "percussion",
  "class": "hand_percussion",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": 0,
    "sustain": -2,
    "polyphony": 0,
    "harmonicity": 0,
    "register": 0,
    "range": 0,
    "articulation": 2,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 1
  },
  "id": "timbales_stick_played",
  "name": "Timbales (stick-played model)",
  "short": "Stick-played timbales",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "timbales_playing",
      "name": "Authored playing approach",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "timbales_stick_pattern",
          "name": "Stick-played rhythmic pattern; exact performer strokes unspecified",
          "default": true,
          "descriptors": [
            "sticks",
            "struck",
            "rhythmic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "sticks",
            "struck",
            "rhythmic"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "timbales_shell",
      "name": "Shell metal",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "timbales_brass",
          "name": "Brass (warm, vintage)",
          "descriptors": [
            "pre-modern",
            "classic-salsa",
            "mellow",
            "brass"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "sticks"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "timbales_steel",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Steel (sharp, canonical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "standard",
            "cutting",
            "professional",
            "steel"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "sticks"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "timbales_bronze",
          "name": "Bronze (variant)",
          "descriptors": [
            "low-fundamental-tuning",
            "alternative",
            "jazz-leaning",
            "bronze"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "sticks"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "timbales_context",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Stylistic use",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "timbales_son",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Son montuno traditional",
          "descriptors": [
            "paila-pattern",
            "foundational"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "sticks"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "timbales_salsa",
          "name": "Salsa big-band",
          "descriptors": [
            "driving",
            "mambo-bell-emphasis",
            "orchestral"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "sticks"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "timbales_descarga",
          "name": "Latin jazz / descarga",
          "descriptors": [
            "virtuosic",
            "soloistic",
            "jam"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "sticks"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "exclude_family_parts": [
    "percussion_technique"
  ],
  "description": "Ola Fresca credits Gabriel Machado on timbales. The original timbales owner imports only hand-layered/open-slap percussion techniques; this isolated owner supplies physically appropriate stick playing while preserving original shell/context parts. LP manufacturer documentation supports stick-played steel timbales as the authored model, not the exact performer brand, sizes or session setup.",
  "sources": [
    "https://olafresca.bandcamp.com/album/elixir",
    "https://www.lpmusic.com/products/lp256ny-city-series-13-14-timbales/"
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "timbales_playing",
      "name": "Authored playing approach",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "timbales_stick_pattern",
          "name": "Stick-played rhythmic pattern; exact performer strokes unspecified",
          "default": true,
          "descriptors": [
            "sticks",
            "struck",
            "rhythmic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "sticks",
            "struck",
            "rhythmic"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "timbales_shell",
      "name": "Shell metal",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "timbales_brass",
          "name": "Brass (warm, vintage)",
          "descriptors": [
            "pre-modern",
            "classic-salsa",
            "mellow",
            "brass"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "sticks"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "timbales_steel",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Steel (sharp, canonical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "standard",
            "cutting",
            "professional",
            "steel"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "sticks"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "timbales_bronze",
          "name": "Bronze (variant)",
          "descriptors": [
            "low-fundamental-tuning",
            "alternative",
            "jazz-leaning",
            "bronze"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "sticks"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "timbales_context",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Stylistic use",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "timbales_son",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Son montuno traditional",
          "descriptors": [
            "paila-pattern",
            "foundational"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "sticks"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "timbales_salsa",
          "name": "Salsa big-band",
          "descriptors": [
            "driving",
            "mambo-bell-emphasis",
            "orchestral"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "sticks"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "timbales_descarga",
          "name": "Latin jazz / descarga",
          "descriptors": [
            "virtuosic",
            "soloistic",
            "jam"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "percussive-attack",
            "sticks"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}