{
  "id": "timbila",
  "name": "Timbila (Chopi gourd-resonated xylophone)",
  "family": "percussion",
  "class": "tuned_idiophone",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": 2,
    "sustain": 0,
    "polyphony": 1,
    "harmonicity": 0,
    "register": 0,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 2,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 0
  },
  "short": "timbila",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "timbila_register",
      "name": "Orchestra register",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "timbila_sanje",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Sanje (lead treble timbila)",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright-attack",
            "virtuosic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "xylophone",
            "chopi"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "timbila_dole",
          "name": "Dole (tenor/bass timbila)",
          "descriptors": [
            "deep-toned",
            "grounding"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "xylophone",
            "low-register"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "timbila_chinzumana",
          "name": "Chinzumana (contrabass timbila)",
          "descriptors": [
            "subsonic",
            "booming"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "xylophone",
            "bass"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "timbila_resonator",
      "name": "Gourd resonator membranes",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "timbila_mirliton",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Gourd resonators with spider-nest mirliton membranes",
          "descriptors": [
            "buzzing-timbre",
            "nasal-buzz"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "gourd-resonator",
            "buzz-timbre"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "timbila_plain_gourd",
          "name": "Unmembraned gourd resonators",
          "descriptors": [
            "round-toned",
            "clean"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "gourd-resonator"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "timbila_mallets",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Mallets",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "timbila_rubber",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Rubber-headed mallets",
          "descriptors": [
            "warm-attack",
            "full"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "timbila_hard",
          "name": "Hard wooden mallets",
          "descriptors": [
            "sharp-attack",
            "clacky"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "timbila_register",
      "name": "Orchestra register",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "timbila_sanje",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Sanje (lead treble timbila)",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright-attack",
            "virtuosic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "xylophone",
            "chopi"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "timbila_dole",
          "name": "Dole (tenor/bass timbila)",
          "descriptors": [
            "deep-toned",
            "grounding"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "xylophone",
            "low-register"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "timbila_chinzumana",
          "name": "Chinzumana (contrabass timbila)",
          "descriptors": [
            "subsonic",
            "booming"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "xylophone",
            "bass"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "timbila_resonator",
      "name": "Gourd resonator membranes",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "timbila_mirliton",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Gourd resonators with spider-nest mirliton membranes",
          "descriptors": [
            "buzzing-timbre",
            "nasal-buzz"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "gourd-resonator",
            "buzz-timbre"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "timbila_plain_gourd",
          "name": "Unmembraned gourd resonators",
          "descriptors": [
            "round-toned",
            "clean"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "gourd-resonator"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "timbila_mallets",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Mallets",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "timbila_rubber",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Rubber-headed mallets",
          "descriptors": [
            "warm-attack",
            "full"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "timbila_hard",
          "name": "Hard wooden mallets",
          "descriptors": [
            "sharp-attack",
            "clacky"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}