{ "id": "chau_van", "name": "Chầu văn (Mother Goddess spirit-possession song)", "family": "global", "lineage": "Ritual song of the Đạo Mẫu Mother Goddess religion of northern Vietnam, sung for lên đồng ceremonies in which a medium embodies a succession of spirits; the practices were inscribed by UNESCO in 2016, and the Phủ Dầy temples of Nam Định are a principal centre. The band of cung văn musicians is led by a singer playing the đàn nguyệt moon lute, with phách clappers, drum and small bronze percussion, and each spirit is greeted with its own melodies and tempos. Generic drum, cymbal and gong cards stand in for the drum and the small bronze percussion (cảnh, thanh la).", "recipe": "classic mid-2010s chầu văn, ritual Devotional, indigenous branch. solo with instrumental accompaniment, single lead single track no stacking. dan nguyet, membrane drum pulse resonant acoustic membrane drum, credited cymbals, gong tamtam. field recording. ORTF stereo pair, portable field-recorder pre. 24-bit digital.", "recipe_chars": 317, "score": 28.203, "config": { "traditions": [ "chau_van" ], "instruments": [ { "id": "voice", "slots": { "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_accompanied", "voice_ornament_system": "voice_ornament_system_source_unspecified", "voice_pitch_organization": "voice_pitch_tonal_language_constrained", 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"dan_nguyet_form", "dan_nguyet_technique", "dan_nguyet_strings" ], "acoustic_membrane_drum": [ "acoustic_membrane_drum_form", "acoustic_membrane_drum_gesture" ], "credited_cymbals": [ "credited_cymbals_identity" ], "gong_tamtam": [ "gong_type", "gong_striker" ] }, "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_accompanied", "voice_ornament_system": "voice_ornament_system_source_unspecified", "voice_pitch_organization": "voice_pitch_tonal_language_constrained", "voice_processing_chain": "voice_processing_unprocessed", "voice_multitrack_stack": "voice_multitrack_single_lead", "voice_tessitura": "voice_tessitura_source_unspecified", "dan_nguyet_form": "dan_nguyet_northern", "dan_nguyet_technique": "dan_nguyet_chau_van", "dan_nguyet_strings": "dutar_strings_unspecified", "acoustic_membrane_drum_form": "acoustic_membrane_drum_form_unspecified", "acoustic_membrane_drum_gesture": "acoustic_membrane_drum_gesture_resonant", "credited_cymbals_identity": "credited_cymbals_source_unspecified", "gong_type": "gong_tam_tam", "gong_striker": "gong_hard_beater" }, "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" } }