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carpathian spruce European maple bosnian source flamed figure oil varnish violin orchestral, metal finger picks maple body Turkish school goat skin bridge plate drone like qanun, juniper bent frame canonical Maghrebi synthetic remo modern world music bendir, goat skin Turkish darbuka regional Egyptian sombaty canonical mid east darbuka, roland jupiter lineage canonical jupiter 8 1981 osaka lead analog poly synth. casablanca and marrakech recording 1970-present indie-commercial casablanca chaabi moroccan studio. large-diaphragm condenser, German V72 tube pre, German tube console. tape 15ips.", "recipe_chars": 996, "score": 345.555, "config": { "traditions": [ "maghreb", "khaleeji_iraqi", "azeri_traditional" ], "instruments": [ { "id": "mandole", "slots": { "mandole_form": "mandole_chaabi", "mandole_role": "mandole_melodic", "mandole_strings": "mandole_steel" }, "scores": { "mandole_form": 10.92, "mandole_role": 1.805, "mandole_strings": -0.05 } }, { "id": "oud", "slots": { 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