{
  "id": "violoncello_da_spalla",
  "name": "Violoncello da spalla (shoulder-borne small cello / viola pomposa)",
  "family": "bowed",
  "class": "bowed_string",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -2,
    "sustain": 2,
    "polyphony": 0,
    "harmonicity": 1,
    "register": -1,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 2,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 1
  },
  "short": "cello da spalla",
  "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": "violoncello_da_spalla_stringing",
      "name": "String count and tuning",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "violoncello_da_spalla_stringing_four",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Four strings C-G-d-a",
          "descriptors": [
            "sonorous",
            "foundational",
            "warm"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "four-string",
            "low-register"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "baroque",
            "period"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "violoncello_da_spalla_stringing_five",
          "name": "Five strings C-G-d-a-e' (the Suite VI tuning)",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright",
            "agile",
            "treble-extended"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "five-string",
            "treble-extended"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "baroque",
            "period"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "violoncello_da_spalla_stringing_viola_pomposa_high_e",
          "name": "Viola register plus high e″ (c–g–d′–a′–e″, the older viola pomposa reading)",
          "descriptors": [
            "five-string",
            "treble-extended",
            "leaner"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone",
            "period-performance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "baroque",
            "period"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "violoncello_da_spalla_posture",
      "name": "Posture and bow hold",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "violoncello_da_spalla_posture_shoulder_strap",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Shoulder strap across the chest, bowed near-vertically overhand (da braccio)",
          "descriptors": [
            "shoulder-held",
            "projecting",
            "agile"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "period-performance",
            "early-music-context"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "baroque",
            "revival"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "violoncello_da_spalla_posture_knee_gamba",
          "name": "Held on the knee, gamba-fashion",
          "descriptors": [
            "lap-position",
            "warm",
            "sustained"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "period-performance",
            "low-register"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "baroque",
            "historical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "violoncello_da_spalla_posture_arm_large_viola",
          "name": "Cradled on the arm like an oversize viola (viola pomposa manner)",
          "descriptors": [
            "courtly",
            "refined",
            "singing"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone",
            "classical-trained"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "baroque"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "violoncello_da_spalla_body",
      "name": "Body size / model",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "violoncello_da_spalla_body_small_revival",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Small revival body ~45-48 cm (Badiarov / Kuijken model)",
          "descriptors": [
            "agile",
            "clear",
            "reconstructed"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "modern-gut-revival",
            "period-performance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "revival",
            "hip"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "violoncello_da_spalla_body_hoffmann_1732",
          "name": "Leipzig 1732 model copy",
          "descriptors": [
            "historical",
            "warm",
            "refined"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "gut-string",
            "period-performance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "baroque",
            "germanic"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "violoncello_da_spalla_body_large_eighteen_inch",
          "name": "Large ~18-inch body",
          "descriptors": [
            "deep-bodied",
            "sonorous",
            "fuller"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "low-register",
            "gut-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "baroque",
            "historical"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "violoncello_da_spalla_role",
      "name": "Repertoire role",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "violoncello_da_spalla_role_cantata_obbligato",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Bach violoncello piccolo obbligato in the 1724-25 cantatas",
          "descriptors": [
            "featured",
            "lyrical",
            "devotional"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "soloistic",
            "period-performance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "baroque",
            "sacred"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "violoncello_da_spalla_role_cello_suites",
          "name": "The Six Suites BWV 1007-1012 (especially the five-string Suite VI)",
          "descriptors": [
            "soloistic",
            "art-music",
            "virtuoso"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "soloistic",
            "classical-trained"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "baroque",
            "solo"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "violoncello_da_spalla_role_continuo_bass",
          "name": "Mobile continuo bass line",
          "descriptors": [
            "foundational",
            "continuo",
            "blended"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "foundational-bass",
            "baroque-leaning"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "baroque",
            "chamber"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "violoncello_da_spalla_role_galant_concerto",
          "name": "Galant solo concerto voice (Graun double concerto, Lidarti, Telemann)",
          "descriptors": [
            "virtuosic",
            "singing",
            "courtly"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "soloistic",
            "classical-trained"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "classical",
            "concert"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "violoncello_da_spalla_stringing",
      "name": "String count and tuning",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "violoncello_da_spalla_stringing_four",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Four strings C-G-d-a",
          "descriptors": [
            "sonorous",
            "foundational",
            "warm"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "four-string",
            "low-register"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "baroque",
            "period"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "violoncello_da_spalla_stringing_five",
          "name": "Five strings C-G-d-a-e' (the Suite VI tuning)",
          "descriptors": [
            "bright",
            "agile",
            "treble-extended"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "five-string",
            "treble-extended"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "baroque",
            "period"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "violoncello_da_spalla_stringing_viola_pomposa_high_e",
          "name": "Viola register plus high e″ (c–g–d′–a′–e″, the older viola pomposa reading)",
          "descriptors": [
            "five-string",
            "treble-extended",
            "leaner"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone",
            "period-performance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "baroque",
            "period"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "violoncello_da_spalla_posture",
      "name": "Posture and bow hold",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "violoncello_da_spalla_posture_shoulder_strap",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Shoulder strap across the chest, bowed near-vertically overhand (da braccio)",
          "descriptors": [
            "shoulder-held",
            "projecting",
            "agile"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "period-performance",
            "early-music-context"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "baroque",
            "revival"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "violoncello_da_spalla_posture_knee_gamba",
          "name": "Held on the knee, gamba-fashion",
          "descriptors": [
            "lap-position",
            "warm",
            "sustained"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "period-performance",
            "low-register"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "baroque",
            "historical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "violoncello_da_spalla_posture_arm_large_viola",
          "name": "Cradled on the arm like an oversize viola (viola pomposa manner)",
          "descriptors": [
            "courtly",
            "refined",
            "singing"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone",
            "classical-trained"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "baroque"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "violoncello_da_spalla_body",
      "name": "Body size / model",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "violoncello_da_spalla_body_small_revival",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Small revival body ~45-48 cm (Badiarov / Kuijken model)",
          "descriptors": [
            "agile",
            "clear",
            "reconstructed"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "modern-gut-revival",
            "period-performance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "revival",
            "hip"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "violoncello_da_spalla_body_hoffmann_1732",
          "name": "Leipzig 1732 model copy",
          "descriptors": [
            "historical",
            "warm",
            "refined"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "gut-string",
            "period-performance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "baroque",
            "germanic"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "violoncello_da_spalla_body_large_eighteen_inch",
          "name": "Large ~18-inch body",
          "descriptors": [
            "deep-bodied",
            "sonorous",
            "fuller"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "low-register",
            "gut-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "baroque",
            "historical"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "violoncello_da_spalla_role",
      "name": "Repertoire role",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "violoncello_da_spalla_role_cantata_obbligato",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Bach violoncello piccolo obbligato in the 1724-25 cantatas",
          "descriptors": [
            "featured",
            "lyrical",
            "devotional"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "soloistic",
            "period-performance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "baroque",
            "sacred"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "violoncello_da_spalla_role_cello_suites",
          "name": "The Six Suites BWV 1007-1012 (especially the five-string Suite VI)",
          "descriptors": [
            "soloistic",
            "art-music",
            "virtuoso"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "soloistic",
            "classical-trained"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "baroque",
            "solo"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "violoncello_da_spalla_role_continuo_bass",
          "name": "Mobile continuo bass line",
          "descriptors": [
            "foundational",
            "continuo",
            "blended"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "foundational-bass",
            "baroque-leaning"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "baroque",
            "chamber"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "violoncello_da_spalla_role_galant_concerto",
          "name": "Galant solo concerto voice (Graun double concerto, Lidarti, Telemann)",
          "descriptors": [
            "virtuosic",
            "singing",
            "courtly"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "soloistic",
            "classical-trained"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "classical",
            "concert"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}