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  "id": "abkhaz_polyphonic_song",
  "name": "Apsua song (Abkhaz polyphonic singing)",
  "family": "global",
  "lineage": "Vocal music of the Abkhaz of the north-western Caucasus, in which a lead singer's melody is carried over a sustained or slowly moving bass drone sung by the group, mostly in two parts and sometimes three. Work, hero, ritual and dance songs are sung unaccompanied or with the two-string bowed aphyartsa and plucked achamgur, and were recorded by Melodiya from state and village ensembles.",
  "recipe": "classic modern apsua song, drone Modal, vocal branch. solo over vocal choral drone. drone plus voices sustained pedal under melody global traditional polyphonic choir ensemble, fingernail stopped self accompanied aphyartsa, achamgur. field recording. ORTF stereo pair, portable field-recorder pre. 24-bit digital.",
  "recipe_chars": 313,
  "score": 30.108,
  "config": {
    "traditions": [
      "abkhaz_polyphonic_song"
    ],
    "instruments": [
      {
        "id": "voice",
        "slots": {
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          "voice_quality": "voice_quality_source_unspecified",
          "voice_vocal_tract": "tract_neutral",
          "voice_effort": "effort_moderate",
          "voice_vibrato": "voice_vibrato_local_unspecified",
          "voice_articulation": "voice_articulation_source_unspecified",
          "voice_microtone": "voice_microtone_local_unspecified",
          "voice_tradition": "voice_tradition_source_unspecified",
          "voice_mechanism_compound": "voice_mechanism_compound_source_unspecified",
          "voice_estill_quality": "voice_estill_quality_source_unspecified",
          "voice_speech_song": "voice_speech_song_local_unspecified",
          "voice_ensemble_config": "voice_ensemble_solo_over_choral_drone",
          "voice_ornament_system": "voice_ornament_system_source_unspecified",
          "voice_pitch_organization": "voice_pitch_source_unspecified",
          "voice_processing_chain": "voice_processing_unprocessed",
          "voice_multitrack_stack": "voice_multitrack_live_ensemble",
          "voice_tessitura": "voice_tessitura_source_unspecified"
        },
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          "voice_estill_quality": 0,
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      },
      {
        "id": "choir_ensemble",
        "slots": {
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          "choir_polyphonic_configuration": "choir_polyphony_drone_plus_voices",
          "choir_regional_canonical_configuration": "choir_regional_none",
          "choir_ensemble_repertoire": "choir_ensemble_global_traditional"
        },
        "scores": {
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          "choir_regional_canonical_configuration": 0,
          "choir_ensemble_repertoire": 2.6
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      },
      {
        "id": "aphyartsa",
        "slots": {
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          "aphyartsa_touch": "aphyartsa_touch_nail_side",
          "aphyartsa_context": "aphyartsa_context_nart_epic",
          "aphyartsa_build": "dutar_strings_unspecified"
        },
        "scores": {
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          "aphyartsa_build": 0
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      },
      {
        "id": "achamgur",
        "slots": {
          "achamgur_form": "achamgur_two",
          "achamgur_technique": "achamgur_strum"
        },
        "scores": {
          "achamgur_form": 0.21175,
          "achamgur_technique": 0.0315
        }
      }
    ],
    "pinned": {
      "voice": [
        "voice_register",
        "voice_quality",
        "voice_vocal_tract",
        "voice_effort",
        "voice_vibrato",
        "voice_articulation",
        "voice_microtone",
        "voice_tradition",
        "voice_mechanism_compound",
        "voice_estill_quality",
        "voice_speech_song",
        "voice_ensemble_config",
        "voice_ornament_system",
        "voice_pitch_organization",
        "voice_processing_chain",
        "voice_multitrack_stack",
        "voice_tessitura"
      ],
      "choir_ensemble": [
        "choir_size",
        "choir_polyphonic_configuration",
        "choir_regional_canonical_configuration",
        "choir_ensemble_repertoire"
      ],
      "aphyartsa": [
        "bowed_technique",
        "aphyartsa_touch",
        "aphyartsa_context",
        "aphyartsa_build"
      ],
      "achamgur": [
        "achamgur_form",
        "achamgur_technique"
      ]
    },
    "room": "field_recording",
    "archetype": "arch_ethnographic_field_digital",
    "inline_chain": {
      "mic": "mic_pair_ortf",
      "pre": "pre_field_recorder_portable",
      "console": "clean",
      "comp": "comp_none",
      "eq": "eq_none",
      "amp": null,
      "medium": "digital_high"
    },
    "tuning": "aural_relative",
    "aesthetic": null,
    "arrangement": null,
    "fx_extras": []
  },
  "source": {
    "tuning": "aural_relative",
    "room": "field_recording",
    "parts": {
      "voice_register": "voice_register_source_unspecified",
      "voice_quality": "voice_quality_source_unspecified",
      "voice_vocal_tract": "tract_neutral",
      "voice_effort": "effort_moderate",
      "voice_vibrato": "voice_vibrato_local_unspecified",
      "voice_articulation": "voice_articulation_source_unspecified",
      "voice_microtone": "voice_microtone_local_unspecified",
      "voice_tradition": "voice_tradition_source_unspecified",
      "voice_mechanism_compound": "voice_mechanism_compound_source_unspecified",
      "voice_estill_quality": "voice_estill_quality_source_unspecified",
      "voice_speech_song": "voice_speech_song_local_unspecified",
      "voice_ensemble_config": "voice_ensemble_solo_over_choral_drone",
      "voice_ornament_system": "voice_ornament_system_source_unspecified",
      "voice_pitch_organization": "voice_pitch_source_unspecified",
      "voice_processing_chain": "voice_processing_unprocessed",
      "voice_multitrack_stack": "voice_multitrack_live_ensemble",
      "voice_tessitura": "voice_tessitura_source_unspecified",
      "choir_size": "mens_chorus",
      "choir_polyphonic_configuration": "choir_polyphony_drone_plus_voices",
      "choir_regional_canonical_configuration": "choir_regional_none",
      "choir_ensemble_repertoire": "choir_ensemble_global_traditional",
      "bowed_technique": "bowed_local_song_melody",
      "aphyartsa_touch": "aphyartsa_touch_nail_side",
      "aphyartsa_context": "aphyartsa_context_nart_epic",
      "aphyartsa_build": "dutar_strings_unspecified",
      "achamgur_form": "achamgur_two",
      "achamgur_technique": "achamgur_strum"
    },
    "pin_parts": true,
    "chain_mic": "mic_pair_ortf",
    "chain_pre": "pre_field_recorder_portable",
    "chain_comp": "comp_none",
    "chain_eq": "eq_none",
    "chain_medium": "digital_high",
    "chain_console": "clean"
  }
}