{
  "id": "karakalpak_zhyraw_baqsy",
  "name": "Zhyraw and baqsy (Karakalpak epic and lyric singers)",
  "family": "global",
  "lineage": "Two singer traditions of the Karakalpaks of the lower Amu Darya: the zhyraw, who chants heroic epics such as Qyrq Qyz to the bowed qobyz in a strained, guttural voice, and the baqsy, who sings lyric and epic songs to the dutar, often joined by the ghirjek spike fiddle, for which the gijjak card stands; the dutar card is set to its Khorezm and Turkmen forms, the neighbouring schools nearest to the Karakalpak dutar. Both were recorded by Melodiya and in field collections from Karakalpakstan.",
  "recipe": "classic modern zhyraw and baqsy, ballad Poetry. solo with instrumental accompaniment. epic accompaniment qobyz, apricot wood khorezm variant turkmen bagshy song accompaniment dutar, gijjak spike fiddle. field recording. ORTF stereo pair, portable field-recorder pre. 24-bit digital.",
  "recipe_chars": 282,
  "score": 12.076,
  "config": {
    "traditions": [
      "karakalpak_zhyraw_baqsy"
    ],
    "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_source_unspecified",
          "voice_processing_chain": "voice_processing_unprocessed",
          "voice_multitrack_stack": "voice_multitrack_single_lead",
          "voice_tessitura": "voice_tessitura_source_unspecified"
        },
        "scores": {
          "voice_register": 0,
          "voice_quality": 0,
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          "voice_effort": 0,
          "voice_vibrato": 0,
          "voice_articulation": 0,
          "voice_microtone": 0,
          "voice_tradition": 0,
          "voice_mechanism_compound": 0,
          "voice_estill_quality": 0,
          "voice_speech_song": 0,
          "voice_ensemble_config": 0.8905000000000001,
          "voice_ornament_system": 0,
          "voice_pitch_organization": 0,
          "voice_processing_chain": 0,
          "voice_multitrack_stack": 0,
          "voice_tessitura": 0
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "qobyz",
        "slots": {
          "bowed_technique": "bowed_local_song_melody",
          "qobyz_form": "qobyz_form_archaic_kyl",
          "qobyz_repertoire": "qobyz_repertoire_zhyrau",
          "qobyz_build": "dutar_strings_unspecified"
        },
        "scores": {
          "bowed_technique": 1.3,
          "qobyz_form": -0.15000000000000002,
          "qobyz_repertoire": 6.0855,
          "qobyz_build": 0
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "dutar",
        "slots": {
          "dutar_body": "dutar_apricot_khorezm",
          "dutar_strings": "dutar_strings_unspecified",
          "dutar_tradition": "dutar_tradition_turkmen_bagshy"
        },
        "scores": {
          "dutar_body": 1,
          "dutar_strings": 0,
          "dutar_tradition": 1.3
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "gijjak_spike_fiddle",
        "slots": {
          "bowed_technique": "bowed_local_song_melody",
          "gijjak_body": "gijjak_gourd",
          "gijjak_strings": "dutar_strings_unspecified"
        },
        "scores": {
          "bowed_technique": 1.3,
          "gijjak_body": 0,
          "gijjak_strings": 0
        }
      }
    ],
    "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"
      ],
      "qobyz": [
        "bowed_technique",
        "qobyz_form",
        "qobyz_repertoire",
        "qobyz_build"
      ],
      "dutar": [
        "dutar_body",
        "dutar_strings",
        "dutar_tradition"
      ],
      "gijjak_spike_fiddle": [
        "bowed_technique",
        "gijjak_body",
        "gijjak_strings"
      ]
    },
    "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_source_unspecified",
      "voice_processing_chain": "voice_processing_unprocessed",
      "voice_multitrack_stack": "voice_multitrack_single_lead",
      "voice_tessitura": "voice_tessitura_source_unspecified",
      "bowed_technique": "bowed_local_song_melody",
      "qobyz_form": "qobyz_form_archaic_kyl",
      "qobyz_repertoire": "qobyz_repertoire_zhyrau",
      "qobyz_build": "dutar_strings_unspecified",
      "dutar_body": "dutar_apricot_khorezm",
      "dutar_strings": "dutar_strings_unspecified",
      "dutar_tradition": "dutar_tradition_turkmen_bagshy",
      "gijjak_body": "gijjak_gourd",
      "gijjak_strings": "dutar_strings_unspecified"
    },
    "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"
  }
}