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  "id": "mek_mulung",
  "name": "Mek mulung (Kedah folk theatre)",
  "family": "global",
  "lineage": "Malay folk dance-drama of northwest Kedah, kept chiefly by the troupe of Kampung Wang Tepus near Jitra. Its largely percussive orchestra of rebana frame drums (the kompang card stands in), gong and kecerek concussion sticks is led melodically by a small serunai, and performances open with the bertabuh ritual in which all instruments sound together. Mek mulung was inscribed on UNESCO's Urgent Safeguarding List in 2023.",
  "recipe": "classic early-2020s mek mulung, art Music, southeast Asian branch. serunai shawm, round open toned kompang frame drum, gong tamtam. field recording. ORTF stereo pair, portable field-recorder pre. 24-bit digital.",
  "recipe_chars": 211,
  "score": 3.26,
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      "mek_mulung"
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          "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_call_response_leader_group",
          "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": {
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          "voice_speech_song": 0,
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        }
      },
      {
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        "slots": {
          "serunai_form": "serunai_kelantan",
          "serunai_bell": "serunai_bell_wood"
        },
        "scores": {
          "serunai_form": 0.38549999999999995,
          "serunai_bell": 0.03899999999999999
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      },
      {
        "id": "kompang_frame_drum",
        "slots": {
          "kompang_stroke": "kompang_bung",
          "kompang_size": "kompang_standard"
        },
        "scores": {
          "kompang_stroke": 1,
          "kompang_size": 0
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "gong_tamtam",
        "slots": {
          "gong_type": "gong_nipple_pitched",
          "gong_striker": "gong_soft_mallet"
        },
        "scores": {
          "gong_type": 0.5395000000000001,
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        }
      }
    ],
    "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"
      ],
      "serunai_shawm": [
        "serunai_form",
        "serunai_bell"
      ],
      "kompang_frame_drum": [
        "kompang_stroke",
        "kompang_size"
      ],
      "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_call_response_leader_group",
      "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",
      "serunai_form": "serunai_kelantan",
      "serunai_bell": "serunai_bell_wood",
      "kompang_stroke": "kompang_bung",
      "kompang_size": "kompang_standard",
      "gong_type": "gong_nipple_pitched",
      "gong_striker": "gong_soft_mallet"
    },
    "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"
  }
}