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"historical-gut" ] }, { "id": "aluminum_wound_gut_violin", "name": "Aluminum-wound on gut (baroque A/D standard)", "descriptors": [ "aluminum-wound", "bright-clear", "sustained-tone" ], "match_tokens": [ "orchestral", "bowed", "classical-trained", "baroque-leaning", "period-performance" ], "canonical_tags": [ "historical-gut" ] }, { "id": "synthetic_orch", "default": true, "name": "Synthetic core", "descriptors": [ "balanced", "standard", "stable", "synthetic" ], "match_tokens": [ "synthetic", "orchestral", "bowed" ] }, { "id": "steel_orch", "name": "Steel core", "descriptors": [ "treble-extended", "projecting", "soloistic", "steel" ], "match_tokens": [ "orchestral", "bowed", "sustained-tone" ] } ] }, { "id": "orch_top_wood", "surface": false, "name": "Top wood (table / belly)", "variants": [ { "id": "norway_spruce_alpine_violin", "default": true, "name": "Norway spruce / European alpine (Picea abies)", "descriptors": [ "norway-spruce", "european-alpine", "low-altitude-growth", 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"period-performance", "baroque-leaning", "classical-trained" ], "canonical_tags": [ "baroque", "period" ] } ] }, { "id": "orch_bow", "name": "Bow tradition", "variants": [ { "id": "baroque_bow", "name": "Baroque (convex)", "descriptors": [ "articulate", "period", "dance-like" ], "match_tokens": [ "baroque-leaning", "bowed", "sustained-tone" ] }, { "id": "modern_bow", "default": true, "name": "Modern (concave)", "descriptors": [ "sustaining", "expressive", "romantic" ], "match_tokens": [ "modern", "bowed", "sustained-tone" ] } ] }, { "id": "orch_bow_stick", "surface": false, "name": "Bow stick wood / material", "variants": [ { "id": "pernambuco_stick_orch", "default": true, "name": "Pernambuco (Paubrasilia echinata, traditional canon)", "descriptors": [ "pernambuco", "paubrasilia-echinata", "tournée-friendly", "classical-canon" ], "match_tokens": [ "orchestral", "bowed", "classical-trained" ], "canonical_tags": [ "classical", "modern", "cites-app-ii" ] }, { "id": "snakewood_stick_orch", 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"modern" ], "canonical_tags": [ "modern" ] } ] }, { "id": "orch_articulation", "surface": false, "name": "Articulation", "variants": [ { "id": "arco_orch", "default": true, "name": "Arco", "descriptors": [ "sustaining", "melodic", "full" ], "match_tokens": [ "bowed", "orchestral", "sustained-tone" ] }, { "id": "pizz_orch", "name": "Pizzicato", "descriptors": [ "plucky", "percussive", "dry" ], "match_tokens": [ "orchestral", "bowed", "sustained-tone" ] }, { "id": "tremolo_orch", "name": "Tremolo (rapid bow)", "descriptors": [ "shimmering", "urgent", "atmospheric" ], "match_tokens": [ "tremolo", "rapid-tremolo", "orchestral" ] }, { "id": "sul_pont_orch", "name": "Sul ponticello", "descriptors": [ "glassy", "overtone-driven" ], "match_tokens": [ "orchestral", "bowed", "sustained-tone", "classical-trained" ] } ] }, { "id": "orch_rosin", "surface": false, "name": "Rosin", "variants": [ { "id": "pirastro_gold_rosin_orch", "default": true, "name": "Pirastro Gold / Schwarz (modern balanced)", 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"canonical_tags": [ "classical", "modern" ] }, { "id": "magic_rosin_orch", "name": "Magic Rosin (modern acrylic-base, art-printed)", "descriptors": [ "magic-rosin", "modern-acrylic-base", "art-printed" ], "match_tokens": [ "orchestral", "bowed", "classical-trained" ], "canonical_tags": [ "modern" ] } ] } ] }