{
  "id": "udu",
  "name": "Udu (Igbo clay pot drum)",
  "family": "percussion",
  "class": "clay_pot_drum",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": 0,
    "sustain": -2,
    "polyphony": -2,
    "harmonicity": 0,
    "register": -1,
    "range": 0,
    "articulation": 1,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 0
  },
  "short": "udu",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "udu_form",
      "name": "Pot form",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "udu_abang",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Abang (traditional Igbo water-jar udu)",
          "descriptors": [
            "earthy",
            "jar-bodied",
            "deep-voiced"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "clay-pot",
            "bass-whoomp"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "igbo",
            "west_african"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "udu_kim_kim",
          "name": "Kim kim (small high-pitched pot)",
          "descriptors": [
            "compact",
            "bright",
            "high-toned"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "clay-pot",
            "hand-struck"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "igbo"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "udu_double_chamber",
          "name": "Double-chambered concert udu",
          "descriptors": [
            "twin-voiced",
            "wide-ranging",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "clay-pot",
            "bass-whoomp"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "world-percussion"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "udu_technique",
      "name": "Playing context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "udu_hole_bass",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Hole-and-palm bass 'whoomp'",
          "descriptors": [
            "booming",
            "bendy-bass",
            "resonant"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "bass-whoomp",
            "hand-struck"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "vessel-drum"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "udu_igbo_ceremony",
          "name": "Igbo women's ceremonial ensemble",
          "descriptors": [
            "communal",
            "interlocking",
            "ancestral"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "hand-struck",
            "interlocking"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "igbo",
            "ceremonial"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "udu_ambient_solo",
          "name": "Meditative world-percussion solo",
          "descriptors": [
            "ambient",
            "meditative",
            "spacious"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "hand-struck",
            "resonant"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "world-percussion",
            "ambient"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "udu_clay",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Clay body material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "udu_terracotta",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Low-fired terracotta earthenware",
          "descriptors": [
            "warm",
            "earthen",
            "boomy"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "clay-pot",
            "struck",
            "resonant"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "terracotta"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "udu_stoneware",
          "name": "High-fired stoneware ceramic",
          "descriptors": [
            "hard-toned",
            "bright",
            "ringing"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "clay-pot",
            "struck",
            "resonant"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "stoneware"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "udu_burnished",
          "name": "Burnished blackware clay",
          "descriptors": [
            "smooth",
            "dark",
            "sustained"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "clay-pot",
            "struck",
            "bass-whoomp"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "burnished"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "udu_form",
      "name": "Pot form",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "udu_abang",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Abang (traditional Igbo water-jar udu)",
          "descriptors": [
            "earthy",
            "jar-bodied",
            "deep-voiced"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "clay-pot",
            "bass-whoomp"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "igbo",
            "west_african"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "udu_kim_kim",
          "name": "Kim kim (small high-pitched pot)",
          "descriptors": [
            "compact",
            "bright",
            "high-toned"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "clay-pot",
            "hand-struck"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "igbo"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "udu_double_chamber",
          "name": "Double-chambered concert udu",
          "descriptors": [
            "twin-voiced",
            "wide-ranging",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "clay-pot",
            "bass-whoomp"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "world-percussion"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "udu_technique",
      "name": "Playing context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "udu_hole_bass",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Hole-and-palm bass 'whoomp'",
          "descriptors": [
            "booming",
            "bendy-bass",
            "resonant"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "bass-whoomp",
            "hand-struck"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "vessel-drum"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "udu_igbo_ceremony",
          "name": "Igbo women's ceremonial ensemble",
          "descriptors": [
            "communal",
            "interlocking",
            "ancestral"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "hand-struck",
            "interlocking"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "igbo",
            "ceremonial"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "udu_ambient_solo",
          "name": "Meditative world-percussion solo",
          "descriptors": [
            "ambient",
            "meditative",
            "spacious"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "struck",
            "hand-struck",
            "resonant"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "world-percussion",
            "ambient"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "udu_clay",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "Clay body material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "udu_terracotta",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Low-fired terracotta earthenware",
          "descriptors": [
            "warm",
            "earthen",
            "boomy"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "clay-pot",
            "struck",
            "resonant"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "terracotta"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "udu_stoneware",
          "name": "High-fired stoneware ceramic",
          "descriptors": [
            "hard-toned",
            "bright",
            "ringing"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "clay-pot",
            "struck",
            "resonant"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "stoneware"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "udu_burnished",
          "name": "Burnished blackware clay",
          "descriptors": [
            "smooth",
            "dark",
            "sustained"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "clay-pot",
            "struck",
            "bass-whoomp"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "burnished"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}