{
  "id": "valiha",
  "name": "Valiha (Malagasy bamboo tube zither)",
  "family": "plucked_traditional",
  "class": "tube_zither",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": 2,
    "sustain": -1,
    "polyphony": 1,
    "harmonicity": 1,
    "register": 0,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 1,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": -1
  },
  "short": "valiha",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "valiha_form",
      "name": "Form / resonator",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "valiha_tube",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Bamboo tube valiha",
          "descriptors": [
            "cylindrical",
            "bright-shimmer",
            "harp-like"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tube-zither",
            "shimmering-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "madagascar",
            "highland"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "valiha_marovany",
          "name": "Marovany (rectangular box zither)",
          "descriptors": [
            "box-resonator",
            "fuller-bodied",
            "double-sided"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "box-zither",
            "resonant"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "madagascar",
            "coastal"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "valiha_repertoire",
      "name": "Playing context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "valiha_highland_song",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Highland Merina/Betsileo song accompaniment",
          "descriptors": [
            "intimate",
            "lyrical",
            "vocal-accompaniment"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "gentle",
            "shimmering-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "merina",
            "hira-gasy"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "valiha_tromba_trance",
          "name": "Coastal tromba spirit-trance",
          "descriptors": [
            "hypnotic",
            "cyclic",
            "ceremonial"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "cyclic",
            "trance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "sakalava",
            "tromba"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "valiha_salegy_lead",
          "name": "Salegy / modern Malagasy dance lead",
          "descriptors": [
            "driving",
            "syncopated",
            "interlocking"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "syncopated",
            "bright"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "salegy",
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "valiha_strings",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "valiha_metal_strings",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Metal wire strings (bicycle brake cable)",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright",
            "ringing",
            "metallic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "metallic",
            "shimmering-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "valiha_idiochord",
          "name": "Idiochordic bamboo-skin strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "archaic",
            "soft",
            "muted"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "soft",
            "archaic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional",
            "idiochord"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "valiha_form",
      "name": "Form / resonator",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "valiha_tube",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Bamboo tube valiha",
          "descriptors": [
            "cylindrical",
            "bright-shimmer",
            "harp-like"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "tube-zither",
            "shimmering-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "madagascar",
            "highland"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "valiha_marovany",
          "name": "Marovany (rectangular box zither)",
          "descriptors": [
            "box-resonator",
            "fuller-bodied",
            "double-sided"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "box-zither",
            "resonant"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "madagascar",
            "coastal"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "valiha_repertoire",
      "name": "Playing context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "valiha_highland_song",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Highland Merina/Betsileo song accompaniment",
          "descriptors": [
            "intimate",
            "lyrical",
            "vocal-accompaniment"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "gentle",
            "shimmering-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "merina",
            "hira-gasy"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "valiha_tromba_trance",
          "name": "Coastal tromba spirit-trance",
          "descriptors": [
            "hypnotic",
            "cyclic",
            "ceremonial"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "cyclic",
            "trance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "sakalava",
            "tromba"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "valiha_salegy_lead",
          "name": "Salegy / modern Malagasy dance lead",
          "descriptors": [
            "driving",
            "syncopated",
            "interlocking"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "syncopated",
            "bright"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "salegy",
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "valiha_strings",
      "surface": false,
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "valiha_metal_strings",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Metal wire strings (bicycle brake cable)",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright",
            "ringing",
            "metallic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "metallic",
            "shimmering-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "valiha_idiochord",
          "name": "Idiochordic bamboo-skin strings",
          "descriptors": [
            "archaic",
            "soft",
            "muted"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "plucked",
            "soft",
            "archaic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional",
            "idiochord"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}