{
  "id": "yazheng",
  "name": "Yazheng (Chinese bowed board zither)",
  "family": "bowed",
  "class": "zither",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": 0,
    "sustain": 2,
    "polyphony": -1,
    "harmonicity": -1,
    "register": 0,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 1,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": -1
  },
  "short": "yazheng",
  "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": "yazheng_regional_form",
      "name": "Regional form",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "yazheng_northern_yaqin",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Northern yaqin 轧琴 (Henan / Shandong / Shanxi / Jilin folk survival)",
          "descriptors": [
            "regional",
            "archaic",
            "rasping"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "zither",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "chinese",
            "archaic"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "yazheng_wenzhenqin",
          "name": "Wenzhenqin 文枕琴 of Putian–Xianyou, Fujian (nine strings)",
          "descriptors": [
            "distinct-repertoire",
            "extended-range",
            "resonant"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "zither",
            "ensemble"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "chinese",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "yazheng_zhengni",
          "name": "Zhengni 筝尼 of the Zhuang, Guangxi (seven strings on seven bridges, half-round paulownia body)",
          "descriptors": [
            "half-round",
            "spare",
            "woody"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "zither",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "chinese",
            "folk"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "yazheng_tang_court",
          "name": "Tang-dynasty court reconstruction",
          "descriptors": [
            "courtly",
            "reconstructed",
            "archaic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "zither",
            "period-performance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "chinese",
            "historical"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "yazheng_bow",
      "name": "Bowing implement",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "yazheng_forsythia_rod",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Peeled forsythia rod, hardened and pine-rosined",
          "descriptors": [
            "raspy",
            "organic-tone",
            "dry-attack"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "rough-tone",
            "zither"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional",
            "chinese"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "yazheng_bamboo_sorghum_rod",
          "name": "Bamboo or sorghum-stalk rod (regional substitute)",
          "descriptors": [
            "bamboo",
            "thin",
            "rustic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "rough-tone",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "chinese",
            "folk"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "yazheng_horsehair_bow",
          "name": "Horsehair bow (modern and some regional forms)",
          "descriptors": [
            "horsehair",
            "smoother",
            "sustained"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone",
            "zither"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "yazheng_posture",
      "name": "Posture / performance context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "yazheng_table_chamber",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Laid on a table or across the lap (seated chamber playing)",
          "descriptors": [
            "chamber",
            "intimate",
            "sustained"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "zither",
            "ensemble"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "chinese",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "yazheng_held_processional",
          "name": "Held against the body, standing or walking in procession",
          "descriptors": [
            "held",
            "processional",
            "outdoor"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "processional",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "processional",
            "chinese"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "yazheng_ritual",
          "name": "Village ritual and ceremonial use",
          "descriptors": [
            "ritual",
            "ceremonial",
            "archaic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ritual-context",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "ritual",
            "chinese"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "yazheng_revival_concert",
          "name": "Heritage-revival concert reconstruction",
          "descriptors": [
            "revival-build",
            "preservationist",
            "concert"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "zither",
            "soloistic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "revival",
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "yazheng_strings",
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "yazheng_silk_historical",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Silk over movable bridges (historical canonical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "silk-historical",
            "warm",
            "reedy"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "silk-strung",
            "period-performance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "historical",
            "chinese"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "yazheng_steel_modern",
          "name": "Steel / wound metal (modern regional practice)",
          "descriptors": [
            "steel-modern-canonical",
            "bright",
            "projecting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "zither"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "steel",
            "modern"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "yazheng_synthetic_modern",
          "name": "Synthetic (modern alternative)",
          "descriptors": [
            "synthetic-modern-alternative",
            "stable"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "synthetic",
            "bowed",
            "zither"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "yazheng_regional_form",
      "name": "Regional form",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "yazheng_northern_yaqin",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Northern yaqin 轧琴 (Henan / Shandong / Shanxi / Jilin folk survival)",
          "descriptors": [
            "regional",
            "archaic",
            "rasping"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "zither",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "chinese",
            "archaic"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "yazheng_wenzhenqin",
          "name": "Wenzhenqin 文枕琴 of Putian–Xianyou, Fujian (nine strings)",
          "descriptors": [
            "distinct-repertoire",
            "extended-range",
            "resonant"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "zither",
            "ensemble"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "chinese",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "yazheng_zhengni",
          "name": "Zhengni 筝尼 of the Zhuang, Guangxi (seven strings on seven bridges, half-round paulownia body)",
          "descriptors": [
            "half-round",
            "spare",
            "woody"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "zither",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "chinese",
            "folk"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "yazheng_tang_court",
          "name": "Tang-dynasty court reconstruction",
          "descriptors": [
            "courtly",
            "reconstructed",
            "archaic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "zither",
            "period-performance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "chinese",
            "historical"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "yazheng_bow",
      "name": "Bowing implement",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "yazheng_forsythia_rod",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Peeled forsythia rod, hardened and pine-rosined",
          "descriptors": [
            "raspy",
            "organic-tone",
            "dry-attack"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "rough-tone",
            "zither"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional",
            "chinese"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "yazheng_bamboo_sorghum_rod",
          "name": "Bamboo or sorghum-stalk rod (regional substitute)",
          "descriptors": [
            "bamboo",
            "thin",
            "rustic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "rough-tone",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "chinese",
            "folk"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "yazheng_horsehair_bow",
          "name": "Horsehair bow (modern and some regional forms)",
          "descriptors": [
            "horsehair",
            "smoother",
            "sustained"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone",
            "zither"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "yazheng_posture",
      "name": "Posture / performance context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "yazheng_table_chamber",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Laid on a table or across the lap (seated chamber playing)",
          "descriptors": [
            "chamber",
            "intimate",
            "sustained"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "zither",
            "ensemble"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "chinese",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "yazheng_held_processional",
          "name": "Held against the body, standing or walking in procession",
          "descriptors": [
            "held",
            "processional",
            "outdoor"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "processional",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "processional",
            "chinese"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "yazheng_ritual",
          "name": "Village ritual and ceremonial use",
          "descriptors": [
            "ritual",
            "ceremonial",
            "archaic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ritual-context",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "ritual",
            "chinese"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "yazheng_revival_concert",
          "name": "Heritage-revival concert reconstruction",
          "descriptors": [
            "revival-build",
            "preservationist",
            "concert"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "zither",
            "soloistic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "revival",
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "yazheng_strings",
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "yazheng_silk_historical",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Silk over movable bridges (historical canonical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "silk-historical",
            "warm",
            "reedy"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "silk-strung",
            "period-performance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "historical",
            "chinese"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "yazheng_steel_modern",
          "name": "Steel / wound metal (modern regional practice)",
          "descriptors": [
            "steel-modern-canonical",
            "bright",
            "projecting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "zither"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "steel",
            "modern"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "yazheng_synthetic_modern",
          "name": "Synthetic (modern alternative)",
          "descriptors": [
            "synthetic-modern-alternative",
            "stable"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "synthetic",
            "bowed",
            "zither"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}