{
  "id": "zhonghu",
  "name": "Zhonghu (Chinese alto fiddle)",
  "family": "bowed",
  "class": "bowed_string",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -2,
    "sustain": 2,
    "polyphony": -2,
    "harmonicity": 1,
    "register": -1,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 2,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 0
  },
  "short": "zhonghu",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "bowed_technique",
      "name": "Bow technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "bowed_legato_classical",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Classical legato",
          "descriptors": [
            "legato",
            "sustained"
          ],
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            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone",
            "classical",
            "classical-trained"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "classical"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "_fromFamily": true
    },
    {
      "id": "zhonghu_tuning",
      "name": "Tuning",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "zhonghu_g_d_fifth_below",
          "default": true,
          "name": "G3-D4, a fifth below the erhu (modern standard)",
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            "warm",
            "rounded"
          ],
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            "bowed",
            "low-register",
            "sustained-tone"
          ],
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            "chinese-orchestra",
            "modern"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "zhonghu_a_e_fourth_below",
          "name": "A3-E4, a fourth below the erhu",
          "descriptors": [
            "alto",
            "bright-tone",
            "ensemble-blend"
          ],
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            "bowed",
            "ensemble",
            "sustained-tone"
          ],
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            "chinese-orchestra"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "zhonghu_role",
      "name": "Playing context / repertoire",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "zhonghu_orchestral_alto",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Alto inner voice of the modern Chinese orchestra",
          "descriptors": [
            "inner-voice",
            "pad",
            "ensemble-blend"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "orchestral",
            "ensemble"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "chinese-orchestra",
            "orchestral"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "zhonghu_grassland",
          "name": "Grassland style ('Cao Yuan Shang'), imitating the morin khuur",
          "descriptors": [
            "morin",
            "khuur",
            "imitative",
            "sliding"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "expressive",
            "vibrato-rich"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "china",
            "mongolian"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "zhonghu_concerto_solo",
          "name": "Exposed solo cantabile ('Su Wu' concerto, 1962)",
          "descriptors": [
            "lyrical",
            "expressive",
            "virtuoso"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "soloistic",
            "concert"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "china",
            "solo",
            "concert"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "zhonghu_box",
      "name": "Soundbox shape",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "zhonghu_hexagonal_box",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Hexagonal hardwood box (scaled-up erhu, canonical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "hardwood",
            "carved-hardwood-body",
            "focused"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "acoustic-only",
            "woody"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "china",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "zhonghu_round_box",
          "name": "Round box (looser skin, boomier)",
          "descriptors": [
            "rounded",
            "boomy",
            "warm"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "mellow-tone",
            "body-resonance-low-mid"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "china"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "zhonghu_octagonal_box",
          "name": "Octagonal box",
          "descriptors": [
            "thick",
            "resonant",
            "blending"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ensemble-blend",
            "sustained-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "china"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "zhonghu_membrane",
      "name": "Resonator skin",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "zhonghu_python_skin",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Python skin (traditional)",
          "descriptors": [
            "python-skin",
            "snake-skin",
            "hide"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ornamented",
            "body-resonance-low-mid"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "snakeskin",
            "cites-app-ii"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "zhonghu_synthetic_membrane",
          "name": "Synthetic membrane",
          "descriptors": [
            "synthetic",
            "stable",
            "consistent"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "synthetic",
            "modern"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "synthetic",
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "id": "zhonghu_tuning",
      "name": "Tuning",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "zhonghu_g_d_fifth_below",
          "default": true,
          "name": "G3-D4, a fifth below the erhu (modern standard)",
          "descriptors": [
            "alto",
            "warm",
            "rounded"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "low-register",
            "sustained-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "chinese-orchestra",
            "modern"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "zhonghu_a_e_fourth_below",
          "name": "A3-E4, a fourth below the erhu",
          "descriptors": [
            "alto",
            "bright-tone",
            "ensemble-blend"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ensemble",
            "sustained-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "chinese-orchestra"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "zhonghu_role",
      "name": "Playing context / repertoire",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "zhonghu_orchestral_alto",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Alto inner voice of the modern Chinese orchestra",
          "descriptors": [
            "inner-voice",
            "pad",
            "ensemble-blend"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "orchestral",
            "ensemble"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "chinese-orchestra",
            "orchestral"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "zhonghu_grassland",
          "name": "Grassland style ('Cao Yuan Shang'), imitating the morin khuur",
          "descriptors": [
            "morin",
            "khuur",
            "imitative",
            "sliding"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "expressive",
            "vibrato-rich"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "china",
            "mongolian"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "zhonghu_concerto_solo",
          "name": "Exposed solo cantabile ('Su Wu' concerto, 1962)",
          "descriptors": [
            "lyrical",
            "expressive",
            "virtuoso"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "soloistic",
            "concert"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "china",
            "solo",
            "concert"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "zhonghu_box",
      "name": "Soundbox shape",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "zhonghu_hexagonal_box",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Hexagonal hardwood box (scaled-up erhu, canonical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "hardwood",
            "carved-hardwood-body",
            "focused"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "acoustic-only",
            "woody"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "china",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "zhonghu_round_box",
          "name": "Round box (looser skin, boomier)",
          "descriptors": [
            "rounded",
            "boomy",
            "warm"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "mellow-tone",
            "body-resonance-low-mid"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "china"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "zhonghu_octagonal_box",
          "name": "Octagonal box",
          "descriptors": [
            "thick",
            "resonant",
            "blending"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ensemble-blend",
            "sustained-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "china"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "zhonghu_membrane",
      "name": "Resonator skin",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "zhonghu_python_skin",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Python skin (traditional)",
          "descriptors": [
            "python-skin",
            "snake-skin",
            "hide"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ornamented",
            "body-resonance-low-mid"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "snakeskin",
            "cites-app-ii"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "zhonghu_synthetic_membrane",
          "name": "Synthetic membrane",
          "descriptors": [
            "synthetic",
            "stable",
            "consistent"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "synthetic",
            "modern"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "synthetic",
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}