{
  "id": "tro_khmer",
  "name": "Tro Khmer (Cambodian three-string ritual fiddle)",
  "family": "bowed",
  "class": "bowed_string",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -2,
    "sustain": 2,
    "polyphony": -1,
    "harmonicity": 0,
    "register": 0,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 2,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": -1
  },
  "short": "tro khmer",
  "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": "tro_khmer_strings",
      "name": "String material / era",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tro_khmer_metal",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Metal strings (from about the 1960s — sharper and brighter)",
          "descriptors": [
            "steel-modern",
            "bright-cutting",
            "projecting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "metal-strung"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "khmer",
            "metal"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tro_khmer_silk",
          "name": "Silk strings (pre-1960s — softer and darker)",
          "descriptors": [
            "silk-historical",
            "soft",
            "dark-tone"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "silk-strung",
            "period-performance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "khmer",
            "historical"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tro_khmer_body",
      "name": "Coconut selection and skin tension",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tro_khmer_tight_snakeskin",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Elephant-head coconut silhouette, tightly stretched snakeskin",
          "descriptors": [
            "coconut-shell",
            "snake-skin",
            "nasal-bright"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "nasal-tone",
            "resonator"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "khmer",
            "snakeskin"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tro_khmer_loose_skin",
          "name": "Looser skin, rounder chamber tone",
          "descriptors": [
            "round",
            "warm",
            "mellow"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "warm-tone",
            "resonator"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "khmer",
            "chamber"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tro_khmer_tuning",
      "name": "Tuning scheme",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tro_khmer_fourth_fourth",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Stacked fourths across the three strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "three-string",
            "modal",
            "singing"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ornamented"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "khmer"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tro_khmer_fifth_fourth",
          "name": "Fifth between low and middle, fourth above",
          "descriptors": [
            "three-string",
            "open-fifths",
            "resonant"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ornamented",
            "open-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "khmer"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tro_khmer_context",
      "name": "Ritual context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tro_khmer_arak",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Phleng arak spirit-invocation and healing ceremony",
          "descriptors": [
            "healing-rite",
            "trance-inducing",
            "ritual"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ritual-context",
            "trance-inducing"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "shamanic",
            "khmer"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tro_khmer_wedding",
          "name": "Phleng kar / areak ka wedding orchestra",
          "descriptors": [
            "wedding-context",
            "vocal-supportive",
            "ceremonial"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "wedding-tradition",
            "cambodian-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "wedding",
            "khmer"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tro_khmer_mahori",
          "name": "Mahori chamber ensemble",
          "descriptors": [
            "intimate-chamber",
            "blended",
            "refined"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ensemble",
            "cambodian-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "mahori",
            "khmer"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "tro_khmer_strings",
      "name": "String material / era",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tro_khmer_metal",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Metal strings (from about the 1960s — sharper and brighter)",
          "descriptors": [
            "steel-modern",
            "bright-cutting",
            "projecting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "metal-strung"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "khmer",
            "metal"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tro_khmer_silk",
          "name": "Silk strings (pre-1960s — softer and darker)",
          "descriptors": [
            "silk-historical",
            "soft",
            "dark-tone"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "silk-strung",
            "period-performance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "khmer",
            "historical"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tro_khmer_body",
      "name": "Coconut selection and skin tension",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tro_khmer_tight_snakeskin",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Elephant-head coconut silhouette, tightly stretched snakeskin",
          "descriptors": [
            "coconut-shell",
            "snake-skin",
            "nasal-bright"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "nasal-tone",
            "resonator"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "khmer",
            "snakeskin"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tro_khmer_loose_skin",
          "name": "Looser skin, rounder chamber tone",
          "descriptors": [
            "round",
            "warm",
            "mellow"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "warm-tone",
            "resonator"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "khmer",
            "chamber"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tro_khmer_tuning",
      "name": "Tuning scheme",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tro_khmer_fourth_fourth",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Stacked fourths across the three strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "three-string",
            "modal",
            "singing"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ornamented"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "khmer"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tro_khmer_fifth_fourth",
          "name": "Fifth between low and middle, fourth above",
          "descriptors": [
            "three-string",
            "open-fifths",
            "resonant"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ornamented",
            "open-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "khmer"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tro_khmer_context",
      "name": "Ritual context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tro_khmer_arak",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Phleng arak spirit-invocation and healing ceremony",
          "descriptors": [
            "healing-rite",
            "trance-inducing",
            "ritual"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ritual-context",
            "trance-inducing"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "shamanic",
            "khmer"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tro_khmer_wedding",
          "name": "Phleng kar / areak ka wedding orchestra",
          "descriptors": [
            "wedding-context",
            "vocal-supportive",
            "ceremonial"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "wedding-tradition",
            "cambodian-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "wedding",
            "khmer"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tro_khmer_mahori",
          "name": "Mahori chamber ensemble",
          "descriptors": [
            "intimate-chamber",
            "blended",
            "refined"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ensemble",
            "cambodian-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "mahori",
            "khmer"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}