{
  "id": "xiqin",
  "name": "Xiqin (Tang-Song ancestral two-string fiddle)",
  "family": "bowed",
  "class": "bowed_spike_fiddle",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -2,
    "sustain": 2,
    "polyphony": -2,
    "harmonicity": -1,
    "register": 0,
    "range": 0,
    "articulation": 1,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": -1
  },
  "short": "xiqin",
  "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": "xiqin_sounding",
      "name": "Sounding method",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "xiqin_sounding_bamboo_slip",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Bamboo slip scraped between the strings (Tang archaic, per Song-era treatise)",
          "descriptors": [
            "archaic",
            "raspy",
            "bamboo-sliver"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "scraped",
            "rough-tone",
            "archaic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "archaic",
            "china"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "xiqin_sounding_horsehair",
          "name": "Horsehair bow threaded between the strings (Song onward - the huqin principle)",
          "descriptors": [
            "horsehair",
            "sustaining",
            "smoother"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "horsehair-string",
            "sustained-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "historical",
            "china"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "xiqin_strings",
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "xiqin_strings_silk",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Silk (historical canonical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "silk",
            "pre-modern",
            "soft-toned"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "silk-strung",
            "period-performance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "historical",
            "period"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "xiqin_strings_modern",
          "name": "Modern strings on a reconstruction instrument",
          "descriptors": [
            "reconstructed",
            "brighter",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "steel-string",
            "modern"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "revival",
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "xiqin_format",
      "name": "String format",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "xiqin_format_two_string",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Two strings over a small resonator, held vertically",
          "descriptors": [
            "two-string",
            "archaic",
            "measured"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "two-string",
            "archaic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "archaic",
            "china"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "xiqin_format_one_string",
          "name": "One-string jiqin showpiece (broken-string performance legend)",
          "descriptors": [
            "virtuoso",
            "narrow",
            "expressive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "one-string",
            "soloistic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "solo",
            "historical"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "xiqin_framing",
      "name": "Framing",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "xiqin_framing_court",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Tang and Song court-orchestra reconstruction",
          "descriptors": [
            "courtly",
            "reconstructed",
            "stately"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "period-performance",
            "ensemble"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "court",
            "historical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "xiqin_framing_haegeum",
          "name": "Korean haegeum continuation (the surviving living descendant)",
          "descriptors": [
            "traditional",
            "sustained",
            "refined"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "gugak-tradition",
            "sustained-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "east-asia",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "xiqin_framing_ancestor",
          "name": "Speculative folk ancestor of erhu, jinghu, banhu and the morin khuur",
          "descriptors": [
            "archaic",
            "rustic",
            "folk"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "folk-tradition",
            "archaic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "archaic",
            "folk"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "xiqin_sounding",
      "name": "Sounding method",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "xiqin_sounding_bamboo_slip",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Bamboo slip scraped between the strings (Tang archaic, per Song-era treatise)",
          "descriptors": [
            "archaic",
            "raspy",
            "bamboo-sliver"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "scraped",
            "rough-tone",
            "archaic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "archaic",
            "china"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "xiqin_sounding_horsehair",
          "name": "Horsehair bow threaded between the strings (Song onward - the huqin principle)",
          "descriptors": [
            "horsehair",
            "sustaining",
            "smoother"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "horsehair-string",
            "sustained-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "historical",
            "china"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "xiqin_strings",
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "xiqin_strings_silk",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Silk (historical canonical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "silk",
            "pre-modern",
            "soft-toned"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "silk-strung",
            "period-performance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "historical",
            "period"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "xiqin_strings_modern",
          "name": "Modern strings on a reconstruction instrument",
          "descriptors": [
            "reconstructed",
            "brighter",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "steel-string",
            "modern"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "revival",
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "xiqin_format",
      "name": "String format",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "xiqin_format_two_string",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Two strings over a small resonator, held vertically",
          "descriptors": [
            "two-string",
            "archaic",
            "measured"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "two-string",
            "archaic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "archaic",
            "china"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "xiqin_format_one_string",
          "name": "One-string jiqin showpiece (broken-string performance legend)",
          "descriptors": [
            "virtuoso",
            "narrow",
            "expressive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "one-string",
            "soloistic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "solo",
            "historical"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "xiqin_framing",
      "name": "Framing",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "xiqin_framing_court",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Tang and Song court-orchestra reconstruction",
          "descriptors": [
            "courtly",
            "reconstructed",
            "stately"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "period-performance",
            "ensemble"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "court",
            "historical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "xiqin_framing_haegeum",
          "name": "Korean haegeum continuation (the surviving living descendant)",
          "descriptors": [
            "traditional",
            "sustained",
            "refined"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "gugak-tradition",
            "sustained-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "east-asia",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "xiqin_framing_ancestor",
          "name": "Speculative folk ancestor of erhu, jinghu, banhu and the morin khuur",
          "descriptors": [
            "archaic",
            "rustic",
            "folk"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "folk-tradition",
            "archaic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "archaic",
            "folk"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}