{
  "id": "yayli_tanbur",
  "name": "Yaylı tanbur (Turkish bowed long-neck lute)",
  "family": "bowed",
  "class": "bowed_lute",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": 1,
    "sustain": 2,
    "polyphony": 0,
    "harmonicity": 1,
    "register": 0,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 1,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 0
  },
  "short": "yaylı tanbur",
  "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": "yayli_tanbur_form",
      "name": "Instrument form",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "yayli_tanbur_form_skin_endpin",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Mid-20th-century standard: skin-membrane belly on a shallow bowl, played upright on an endpin",
          "descriptors": [
            "hide-faced",
            "resonance-saturated",
            "singing",
            "long-necked"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone",
            "drone-resonance",
            "fretted"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "turkish",
            "ottoman",
            "art-music"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "yayli_tanbur_form_wooden_belly",
          "name": "Thin wooden soundboard build (drier, more focused)",
          "descriptors": [
            "wood",
            "dry",
            "refined"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone",
            "fretted"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "turkish",
            "modern"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "yayli_tanbur_form_knee_held",
          "name": "Held on the knee without an endpin (older posture)",
          "descriptors": [
            "archaic",
            "intimate",
            "soft"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone",
            "period-performance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "turkish",
            "historical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "yayli_tanbur_form_mixed_attack",
          "name": "Mixed bowed-and-plucked tanbur (bow and mızrap alternating)",
          "descriptors": [
            "expressive",
            "improvisatory",
            "virtuosic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "plucked",
            "ornamented"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "turkish",
            "art-music"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "yayli_tanbur_repertoire",
      "name": "Repertoire",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "yayli_tanbur_repertoire_taksim",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Solo improvised taksim",
          "descriptors": [
            "improvisatory",
            "free-rhythm",
            "rubato",
            "modal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "solo",
            "microtonal-bend",
            "ornamented"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "turkish",
            "makam",
            "solo"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "yayli_tanbur_repertoire_fasil",
          "name": "Fasıl ensemble line (peşrev, saz semaisi)",
          "descriptors": [
            "courtly",
            "measured",
            "ensemble-blend"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ensemble",
            "classical-trained"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "turkish",
            "ottoman",
            "art-music"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "yayli_tanbur_repertoire_mevlevi",
          "name": "Mevlevi ayin (Sufi ceremony)",
          "descriptors": [
            "sacred",
            "meditative",
            "sustained",
            "solemn"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sacred-traditional",
            "sustained-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "turkish",
            "sufi",
            "ritual"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "yayli_tanbur_repertoire_film_studio",
          "name": "Film and arabesk studio timbre",
          "descriptors": [
            "plaintive",
            "lyrical",
            "urban"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ornamented",
            "modern"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "turkish",
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "yayli_tanbur_fretting",
      "name": "Fretting and tuning",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "yayli_tanbur_fretting_comma",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Turkish makam comma fretting (48-56 tied gut frets)",
          "descriptors": [
            "microtonal",
            "modal",
            "gut"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "microtonal-bend",
            "fretted"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "turkish",
            "makam"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "yayli_tanbur_fretting_reduced",
          "name": "Reduced / near-equal-tempered fretting (crossover work)",
          "descriptors": [
            "standardized",
            "clean",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "fretted",
            "modern"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "yayli_tanbur_form",
      "name": "Instrument form",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "yayli_tanbur_form_skin_endpin",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Mid-20th-century standard: skin-membrane belly on a shallow bowl, played upright on an endpin",
          "descriptors": [
            "hide-faced",
            "resonance-saturated",
            "singing",
            "long-necked"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone",
            "drone-resonance",
            "fretted"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "turkish",
            "ottoman",
            "art-music"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "yayli_tanbur_form_wooden_belly",
          "name": "Thin wooden soundboard build (drier, more focused)",
          "descriptors": [
            "wood",
            "dry",
            "refined"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone",
            "fretted"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "turkish",
            "modern"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "yayli_tanbur_form_knee_held",
          "name": "Held on the knee without an endpin (older posture)",
          "descriptors": [
            "archaic",
            "intimate",
            "soft"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone",
            "period-performance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "turkish",
            "historical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "yayli_tanbur_form_mixed_attack",
          "name": "Mixed bowed-and-plucked tanbur (bow and mızrap alternating)",
          "descriptors": [
            "expressive",
            "improvisatory",
            "virtuosic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "plucked",
            "ornamented"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "turkish",
            "art-music"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "yayli_tanbur_repertoire",
      "name": "Repertoire",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "yayli_tanbur_repertoire_taksim",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Solo improvised taksim",
          "descriptors": [
            "improvisatory",
            "free-rhythm",
            "rubato",
            "modal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "solo",
            "microtonal-bend",
            "ornamented"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "turkish",
            "makam",
            "solo"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "yayli_tanbur_repertoire_fasil",
          "name": "Fasıl ensemble line (peşrev, saz semaisi)",
          "descriptors": [
            "courtly",
            "measured",
            "ensemble-blend"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ensemble",
            "classical-trained"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "turkish",
            "ottoman",
            "art-music"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "yayli_tanbur_repertoire_mevlevi",
          "name": "Mevlevi ayin (Sufi ceremony)",
          "descriptors": [
            "sacred",
            "meditative",
            "sustained",
            "solemn"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sacred-traditional",
            "sustained-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "turkish",
            "sufi",
            "ritual"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "yayli_tanbur_repertoire_film_studio",
          "name": "Film and arabesk studio timbre",
          "descriptors": [
            "plaintive",
            "lyrical",
            "urban"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ornamented",
            "modern"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "turkish",
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "yayli_tanbur_fretting",
      "name": "Fretting and tuning",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "yayli_tanbur_fretting_comma",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Turkish makam comma fretting (48-56 tied gut frets)",
          "descriptors": [
            "microtonal",
            "modal",
            "gut"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "microtonal-bend",
            "fretted"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "turkish",
            "makam"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "yayli_tanbur_fretting_reduced",
          "name": "Reduced / near-equal-tempered fretting (crossover work)",
          "descriptors": [
            "standardized",
            "clean",
            "modern"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "fretted",
            "modern"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}