{
  "id": "tympanum_ancient",
  "name": "Tympanum (ancient Greco-Roman ritual frame drum)",
  "family": "percussion",
  "class": "frame_drum",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -1,
    "sustain": -1,
    "polyphony": -2,
    "harmonicity": -1,
    "register": -1,
    "range": -1,
    "articulation": 2,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 1
  },
  "short": "tympanum",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "tympanum_form",
      "name": "Frame form",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tympanum_plain",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Plain single-headed wooden hoop",
          "descriptors": [
            "dull-thud",
            "deep-toned",
            "earthy"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "frame-drum",
            "hand-struck",
            "ancient-greek"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tympanum_jingled",
          "name": "Hoop with bronze jingles or pellets",
          "descriptors": [
            "rattling",
            "shimmering",
            "buzzing-timbre"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "frame-drum",
            "jingles"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tympanum_large",
          "name": "Large Cybele processional tympanum",
          "descriptors": [
            "booming",
            "cavernous",
            "imposing"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "frame-drum",
            "low-register",
            "ritual"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tympanum_technique",
      "name": "Striking technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tympanum_hand",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Open-hand slaps held upright",
          "descriptors": [
            "slapping",
            "insistent"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "hand-struck",
            "dance-rhythm"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tympanum_finger",
          "name": "Fingertip rolls near rim",
          "descriptors": [
            "rustling",
            "light",
            "fast"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "hand-struck"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "tympanum_form",
      "name": "Frame form",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tympanum_plain",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Plain single-headed wooden hoop",
          "descriptors": [
            "dull-thud",
            "deep-toned",
            "earthy"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "frame-drum",
            "hand-struck",
            "ancient-greek"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tympanum_jingled",
          "name": "Hoop with bronze jingles or pellets",
          "descriptors": [
            "rattling",
            "shimmering",
            "buzzing-timbre"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "frame-drum",
            "jingles"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tympanum_large",
          "name": "Large Cybele processional tympanum",
          "descriptors": [
            "booming",
            "cavernous",
            "imposing"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "frame-drum",
            "low-register",
            "ritual"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tympanum_technique",
      "name": "Striking technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tympanum_hand",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Open-hand slaps held upright",
          "descriptors": [
            "slapping",
            "insistent"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "hand-struck",
            "dance-rhythm"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tympanum_finger",
          "name": "Fingertip rolls near rim",
          "descriptors": [
            "rustling",
            "light",
            "fast"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "hand-struck"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}