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  "id": "mbira_tradition",
  "name": "Mbira tradition",
  "family": "global",
  "lineage": "Zimbabwean Shona spiritual mbira-dzavadzimu (ancestor-spirit lamellophone) ceremonial tradition, codified through the bira ritual context — Stella Chiweshe and Ephat Mujuru as the canonical 1970s-1980s exponents bringing Shona mbira to international audiences, with interlocking kushaura (first part) and kutsinhira (second part) patterns played at all-night ceremonies",
  "recipe": "classic North American mid-1970s mbira tradition, drone Modal, string branch, central east south African groove percussion, Afro-diasporic ritual devotional palo mayombe kongo mambo ritual chant taarab. thick, breath veiled tone, slow rate, interlocked note trading. hardwood calabash mbira, hosho. wooden barn. large-diaphragm condenser, Neve 1073 inductor pre, SSL inline console, dbx 160 VCA, SSL surgical EQ. Studer 30ips tape plate reverb digital delay.",
  "recipe_chars": 458,
  "score": 187.155,
  "config": {
    "traditions": [
      "mbira_tradition",
      "palo_mayombe_mambo",
      "taarab"
    ],
    "instruments": [
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        "slots": {
          "tine_material": "iron_forged",
          "mbira_board": "mubvamaropa",
          "mbira_resonator": "deze_calabash",
          "mbira_buzz": "metal_beads"
        },
        "scores": {
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          "mbira_board": 2.47,
          "mbira_resonator": 3.115,
          "mbira_buzz": 0.63
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      },
      {
        "id": "voice",
        "slots": {
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          "voice_quality": "aspirated_voice",
          "voice_vocal_tract": "tract_neutral",
          "voice_effort": "effort_moderate",
          "voice_vibrato": "slow_vibrato",
          "voice_articulation": "hocket_voice",
          "voice_microtone": "maqam_inflected",
          "voice_tradition": "yoruba_tonal_vocal_tradition",
          "voice_mechanism_compound": "voice_mechanism_M0_pulse_borrowed",
          "voice_estill_quality": "voice_estill_opera",
          "voice_speech_song": "voice_sprechgesang_notated",
          "voice_ensemble_config": "voice_ensemble_four_plus_polyphony",
          "voice_ornament_system": "voice_ornament_arab_maqam_mawwal",
          "voice_pitch_organization": "voice_pitch_arab_24_quartertone",
          "voice_processing_chain": "voice_processing_talkbox",
          "voice_multitrack_stack": "voice_multitrack_late_1980s_reverb_saturated_bus"
        },
        "scores": {
          "voice_register": 2.372500000000001,
          "voice_quality": 3.380000000000001,
          "voice_vocal_tract": 0,
          "voice_effort": 0,
          "voice_vibrato": 3.5425,
          "voice_articulation": 17.485,
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          "voice_tradition": 22.002499999999998,
          "voice_mechanism_compound": 4.875,
          "voice_estill_quality": 6.525,
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          "voice_ensemble_config": 16.574999999999996,
          "voice_ornament_system": 5.4399999999999995,
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          "voice_processing_chain": 6.6,
          "voice_multitrack_stack": 4.16
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      },
      {
        "id": "hosho",
        "slots": {
          "hosho_form": "hosho_matched_pair",
          "hosho_groove": "hosho_mbira_lock",
          "hosho_filler": "hosho_hota_seeds"
        },
        "scores": {
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          "hosho_groove": 21.664999999999992,
          "hosho_filler": 7.534999999999998
        }
      }
    ],
    "room": "wooden_barn",
    "archetype": "arch_80s_late_analog_majorrock",
    "inline_chain": {
      "mic": "condenser_sdc",
      "pre": "tube_pre",
      "console": "colored",
      "comp": "comp_la2a_optical",
      "eq": "eq_passive_program_pultec",
      "amp": null,
      "medium": "tape_30ips"
    },
    "tuning": "mbira_seven_tone",
    "aesthetic": null,
    "arrangement": null,
    "fx_extras": []
  },
  "source": {
    "tuning": "mbira_seven_tone",
    "room": "wooden_barn",
    "parts": {
      "voice_register": "chest_voice",
      "voice_quality": "praise_voice",
      "voice_speech_song": "voice_syllabic_singing",
      "voice_tradition": "yoruba_tonal_vocal_tradition",
      "voice_pitch_organization": "voice_pitch_equal_tempered_12",
      "voice_processing_chain": "voice_processing_unprocessed",
      "voice_ensemble_config": "voice_ensemble_solo_accompanied",
      "voice_multitrack_stack": "voice_multitrack_late_1980s_reverb_saturated_bus",
      "voice_microtone": "tempered_voice",
      "voice_ornament_system": "voice_ornament_sub_saharan_polyphonic",
      "voice_estill_quality": "voice_estill_speech",
      "voice_vibrato": "slow_vibrato",
      "voice_mechanism_compound": "voice_mechanism_single_source",
      "tine_material": "iron_forged",
      "mbira_board": "mubvamaropa",
      "mbira_resonator": "deze_calabash",
      "mbira_buzz": "bottle_caps"
    },
    "chain_mic": "condenser_sdc",
    "chain_pre": "tube_pre",
    "chain_comp": "comp_la2a_optical",
    "chain_eq": "eq_passive_program_pultec",
    "chain_medium": "tape_30ips",
    "chain_console": "colored"
  }
}