{
  "id": "zhutiqin",
  "name": "Zhutiqin (Cantonese bamboo tiqin, hard-bow ensemble)",
  "family": "bowed",
  "class": "bowed_tube_fiddle",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -2,
    "sustain": 2,
    "polyphony": -2,
    "harmonicity": 0,
    "register": 0,
    "range": 0,
    "articulation": 1,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": -1
  },
  "short": "zhutiqin",
  "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": "zhutiqin_referent",
      "name": "Which tiqin",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "zhutiqin_referent_bamboo",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Cantonese bamboo zhutiqin - thick bamboo tube closed with a paulownia panel, no skin",
          "descriptors": [
            "bamboo-bodied",
            "paulownia",
            "nasal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "wood-body",
            "nasal-tone",
            "two-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "cantonese",
            "bamboo-tube"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "zhutiqin_referent_kunqu",
          "name": "Kunqu gourd-resonator tiqin (Wanli era - effectively a lost art)",
          "descriptors": [
            "gourd-bodied",
            "archaic",
            "mournful"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "archaic",
            "melancholic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "historical",
            "china"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "zhutiqin_referent_coconut",
          "name": "Southern coconut-bodied tiqin of Hainan, Fujian and Taiwan (tung-wood face)",
          "descriptors": [
            "coconut-shell",
            "bright",
            "rustic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "bright-tone",
            "wood-body"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "east-asia",
            "folk"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "zhutiqin_tuning",
      "name": "Tuning (a fourth apart)",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "zhutiqin_tuning_gongwu",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Zhengxian gongwu (e-a1)",
          "descriptors": [
            "warm-nasal",
            "archaic",
            "lingering"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "nasal-tone",
            "open-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "cantonese",
            "guangdong"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "zhutiqin_tuning_chiwu",
          "name": "Zhengxian chiwu (d-a1) for erhuang board-tunes",
          "descriptors": [
            "plaintive",
            "darker",
            "narrative"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "melancholic",
            "open-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "cantonese-opera",
            "cantonese"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "zhutiqin_ensemble",
      "name": "Ensemble placement",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "zhutiqin_ensemble_trio",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Saam-ga-tau hard-bow trio (erxian, zhutiqin, sanxian)",
          "descriptors": [
            "archaic",
            "interlocking",
            "chamber"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ensemble",
            "chamber-fed",
            "archaic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "cantonese",
            "guangdong"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "zhutiqin_ensemble_five",
          "name": "Hard-bow ng-ga-tau five-piece (adds yueqin and a reed pipe or flute)",
          "descriptors": [
            "stately",
            "blended",
            "silk-and-bamboo"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ensemble",
            "chamber-fed"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "guangdong",
            "cantonese"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "zhutiqin_ensemble_softbow",
          "name": "Colour instrument in the later soft-bow gaohu-led ensemble",
          "descriptors": [
            "supporting",
            "blended",
            "warm"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ensemble",
            "warm-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "cantonese",
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "zhutiqin_referent",
      "name": "Which tiqin",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "zhutiqin_referent_bamboo",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Cantonese bamboo zhutiqin - thick bamboo tube closed with a paulownia panel, no skin",
          "descriptors": [
            "bamboo-bodied",
            "paulownia",
            "nasal"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "wood-body",
            "nasal-tone",
            "two-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "cantonese",
            "bamboo-tube"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "zhutiqin_referent_kunqu",
          "name": "Kunqu gourd-resonator tiqin (Wanli era - effectively a lost art)",
          "descriptors": [
            "gourd-bodied",
            "archaic",
            "mournful"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "archaic",
            "melancholic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "historical",
            "china"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "zhutiqin_referent_coconut",
          "name": "Southern coconut-bodied tiqin of Hainan, Fujian and Taiwan (tung-wood face)",
          "descriptors": [
            "coconut-shell",
            "bright",
            "rustic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "bright-tone",
            "wood-body"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "east-asia",
            "folk"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "zhutiqin_tuning",
      "name": "Tuning (a fourth apart)",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "zhutiqin_tuning_gongwu",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Zhengxian gongwu (e-a1)",
          "descriptors": [
            "warm-nasal",
            "archaic",
            "lingering"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "nasal-tone",
            "open-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "cantonese",
            "guangdong"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "zhutiqin_tuning_chiwu",
          "name": "Zhengxian chiwu (d-a1) for erhuang board-tunes",
          "descriptors": [
            "plaintive",
            "darker",
            "narrative"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "melancholic",
            "open-string"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "cantonese-opera",
            "cantonese"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "zhutiqin_ensemble",
      "name": "Ensemble placement",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "zhutiqin_ensemble_trio",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Saam-ga-tau hard-bow trio (erxian, zhutiqin, sanxian)",
          "descriptors": [
            "archaic",
            "interlocking",
            "chamber"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ensemble",
            "chamber-fed",
            "archaic"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "cantonese",
            "guangdong"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "zhutiqin_ensemble_five",
          "name": "Hard-bow ng-ga-tau five-piece (adds yueqin and a reed pipe or flute)",
          "descriptors": [
            "stately",
            "blended",
            "silk-and-bamboo"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ensemble",
            "chamber-fed"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "guangdong",
            "cantonese"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "zhutiqin_ensemble_softbow",
          "name": "Colour instrument in the later soft-bow gaohu-led ensemble",
          "descriptors": [
            "supporting",
            "blended",
            "warm"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ensemble",
            "warm-tone"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "cantonese",
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}