{
  "id": "chaozhou_xianshi",
  "name": "Chaozhou xianshi (Teochew string ensemble)",
  "family": "global",
  "lineage": "String-ensemble branch of Chaozhou (Teochew) music of eastern Guangdong, played by amateur music clubs at home and in the Teochew diaspora of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, and written in the local ersi notation. The high, hard-bowed touxian fiddle leads the Chaozhou zheng (here the guzheng card), yangqin, pipa, sanxian and lower fiddles such as the yehu and tihu, in modes such as qing sanliu, zhong sanliu and huowu that inflect particular scale degrees.",
  "recipe": "classic modern chaozhou xianshi, art Music, east Asian branch. ensemble lead driving lead melodic touxian, wutong paulownia guzheng, traditional bamboo yangqin, pipa, sanxian, yehu. field recording. ORTF stereo pair, portable field-recorder pre. 24-bit digital.",
  "recipe_chars": 261,
  "score": 11.797,
  "config": {
    "traditions": [
      "chaozhou_xianshi"
    ],
    "instruments": [
      {
        "id": "touxian",
        "slots": {
          "bowed_technique": "bowed_legato_classical",
          "touxian_role": "touxian_role_xianshi",
          "touxian_strings": "dutar_strings_unspecified",
          "touxian_idiom": "touxian_idiom_driving"
        },
        "scores": {
          "bowed_technique": -0.035,
          "touxian_role": 4.8100000000000005,
          "touxian_strings": 0,
          "touxian_idiom": 1.2999999999999998
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "guzheng",
        "slots": {
          "plucked_traditional_technique": "plucked_classical_idiom",
          "guzheng_strings": "guzheng_18",
          "guzheng_picks": "guzheng_tortoise",
          "guzheng_top_wood": "guzheng_wutong_paulownia",
          "guzheng_frame": "guzheng_rosewood_frame",
          "guzheng_string_material": "dutar_strings_unspecified"
        },
        "scores": {
          "plucked_traditional_technique": -0.035,
          "guzheng_strings": 0.0315,
          "guzheng_picks": -0.035,
          "guzheng_top_wood": 1.4389285714285713,
          "guzheng_frame": -0.035,
          "guzheng_string_material": 0
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "yangqin",
        "slots": {
          "yangqin_courses": "yangqin_traditional_smaller",
          "yangqin_technique": "yangqin_bamboo_mallets"
        },
        "scores": {
          "yangqin_courses": 0.2152142857142857,
          "yangqin_technique": 1.0813392857142856
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "pipa",
        "slots": {
          "plucked_traditional_technique": "plucked_classical_idiom",
          "pipa_frets": "pipa_modern_frets",
          "pipa_strings": "dutar_strings_unspecified",
          "pipa_pick": "pipa_fingerpicks",
          "pipa_body_wood": "pipa_red_sandalwood"
        },
        "scores": {
          "plucked_traditional_technique": -0.035,
          "pipa_frets": 0.2342142857142857,
          "pipa_strings": 0,
          "pipa_pick": 0,
          "pipa_body_wood": -0.035
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "sanxian",
        "slots": {
          "plucked_traditional_technique": "plucked_classical_idiom",
          "sanxian_size": "sanxian_da",
          "sanxian_context": "sanxian_shuochang",
          "sanxian_head": "sanxian_python_skin",
          "sanxian_strings": "dutar_strings_unspecified",
          "sanxian_body_wood": "sanxian_red_sandalwood"
        },
        "scores": {
          "plucked_traditional_technique": -0.035,
          "sanxian_size": 0.105,
          "sanxian_context": 0.12921428571428573,
          "sanxian_head": -0.035,
          "sanxian_strings": 0,
          "sanxian_body_wood": -0.05
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "yehu",
        "slots": {
          "bowed_technique": "bowed_legato_classical",
          "yehu_form": "yehu_form_cantonese",
          "yehu_setting": "yehu_setting_xianshi",
          "yehu_strings": "dutar_strings_unspecified",
          "yehu_tuning": "yehu_tuning_g_d"
        },
        "scores": {
          "bowed_technique": -0.035,
          "yehu_form": 2.5865,
          "yehu_setting": -0.07,
          "yehu_strings": 0,
          "yehu_tuning": -0.05
        }
      }
    ],
    "pinned": {
      "touxian": [
        "bowed_technique",
        "touxian_role",
        "touxian_strings",
        "touxian_idiom"
      ],
      "guzheng": [
        "plucked_traditional_technique",
        "guzheng_strings",
        "guzheng_picks",
        "guzheng_top_wood",
        "guzheng_frame",
        "guzheng_string_material"
      ],
      "yangqin": [
        "yangqin_courses",
        "yangqin_technique"
      ],
      "pipa": [
        "plucked_traditional_technique",
        "pipa_frets",
        "pipa_strings",
        "pipa_pick",
        "pipa_body_wood"
      ],
      "sanxian": [
        "plucked_traditional_technique",
        "sanxian_size",
        "sanxian_context",
        "sanxian_head",
        "sanxian_strings",
        "sanxian_body_wood"
      ],
      "yehu": [
        "bowed_technique",
        "yehu_form",
        "yehu_setting",
        "yehu_strings",
        "yehu_tuning"
      ]
    },
    "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": "chinese_pentatonic_gong",
    "aesthetic": null,
    "arrangement": null,
    "fx_extras": []
  },
  "source": {
    "tuning": "chinese_pentatonic_gong",
    "room": "field_recording",
    "parts": {
      "bowed_technique": "bowed_legato_classical",
      "touxian_role": "touxian_role_xianshi",
      "touxian_strings": "dutar_strings_unspecified",
      "touxian_idiom": "touxian_idiom_driving",
      "plucked_traditional_technique": "plucked_classical_idiom",
      "guzheng_strings": "guzheng_18",
      "guzheng_picks": "guzheng_tortoise",
      "guzheng_top_wood": "guzheng_wutong_paulownia",
      "guzheng_frame": "guzheng_rosewood_frame",
      "guzheng_string_material": "dutar_strings_unspecified",
      "yangqin_courses": "yangqin_traditional_smaller",
      "yangqin_technique": "yangqin_bamboo_mallets",
      "pipa_frets": "pipa_modern_frets",
      "pipa_strings": "dutar_strings_unspecified",
      "pipa_pick": "pipa_fingerpicks",
      "pipa_body_wood": "pipa_red_sandalwood",
      "sanxian_size": "sanxian_da",
      "sanxian_context": "sanxian_shuochang",
      "sanxian_head": "sanxian_python_skin",
      "sanxian_strings": "dutar_strings_unspecified",
      "sanxian_body_wood": "sanxian_red_sandalwood",
      "yehu_form": "yehu_form_cantonese",
      "yehu_setting": "yehu_setting_xianshi",
      "yehu_strings": "dutar_strings_unspecified",
      "yehu_tuning": "yehu_tuning_g_d"
    },
    "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"
  }
}