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  "id": "old_time_fiddle",
  "name": "Old-time fiddle",
  "family": "vernacular",
  "lineage": "Southern American dance-fiddle tradition crystallized in the 19th century and preserved in regional strains — Round Peak (Galax-Mount Airy, NC), West Virginia's Hammons family, Missouri and Texas breakdown styles — built on short repeated AABB tunes at 110-130 BPM for square dances, cross-tunings such as AEae and GDgd for open-string drone, a short shuffle bowstroke with doubled notes and heavy bow rhythm rather than long slurs, and a strict unvarying groove designed for dancers rather than solos.",
  "recipe": "classic early-1940s old-time fiddle, drone Modal, appalachian branch, bluegrass improv on frame, string drone modal, Celtic traditional improv on frame instrumental bluegrass neo-traditional bluegrass. plain gut sheep gut double stops fiddle, bronze block rim maple boutique bluegrass bluegrass canon banjo 5 string, open e tuning coated nanoweb flatpicked parlor acoustic guitar, foot tap. wooden barn. small-diaphragm pencil condenser, portable field-recorder pre. tape 15ips.",
  "recipe_chars": 478,
  "score": 159.888,
  "config": {
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      "old_time_fiddle",
      "instrumental_bluegrass",
      "neo_traditional_bluegrass"
    ],
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          "fiddle_strings": "plain_sheep_gut_fiddle",
          "fiddle_bow": "light_rosin",
          "fiddle_mute": "no_mute",
          "fiddle_articulation": "sul_tasto"
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          "fiddle_mute": 0.9099999999999999,
          "fiddle_articulation": 1.3
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      },
      {
        "id": "banjo_5_string",
        "slots": {
          "banjo_back": "open_back",
          "tone_ring": "flathead",
          "banjo_head": "fiberskyn",
          "banjo_pot": "pot_11",
          "banjo_play": "three_finger",
          "banjo_rim_wood": "banjo_block_rim_maple",
          "banjo_neck_wood": "banjo_maple_neck",
          "banjo_strings": "banjo_medium_bluegrass",
          "banjo_bridge": "banjo_maple_ebony_bridge",
          "banjo_setup_period": "banjo_scruggs_bluegrass_setup"
        },
        "scores": {
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          "tone_ring": 9.375,
          "banjo_head": 19.109999999999996,
          "banjo_pot": 1.56,
          "banjo_play": 4.875,
          "banjo_rim_wood": 12.1875,
          "banjo_neck_wood": 12.1875,
          "banjo_strings": 12.1875,
          "banjo_bridge": 12.1875,
          "banjo_setup_period": 32.3375
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "acoustic_guitar_parlor",
        "slots": {
          "acoustic_technique": "acoustic_flatpicked",
          "string_tuning": "open_e",
          "top_wood_parlor": "mahogany_top_p",
          "back_sides_parlor": "rosewood_bs_p",
          "string_acoustic_parlor": "coated_nano_p"
        },
        "scores": {
          "acoustic_technique": 11.96,
          "string_tuning": 3.2300000000000004,
          "top_wood_parlor": 0.9099999999999999,
          "back_sides_parlor": 0.12999999999999998,
          "string_acoustic_parlor": 2.19
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      },
      {
        "id": "foot_tap",
        "slots": {
          "tap_striker": "tap_hard_shoe_leather",
          "tap_surface": "tap_sprung_wood_floor"
        },
        "scores": {
          "tap_striker": 0.9099999999999999,
          "tap_surface": 0
        }
      }
    ],
    "room": "wooden_barn",
    "archetype": "arch_nagra_ethnographic_field",
    "inline_chain": {
      "mic": "ribbon_passive",
      "pre": "pre_field_recorder_portable",
      "console": "clean",
      "comp": null,
      "eq": null,
      "amp": null,
      "medium": "tape_15ips"
    },
    "tuning": "cross_tuning_fiddle",
    "aesthetic": null,
    "arrangement": null,
    "fx_extras": []
  },
  "source": {
    "tuning": "cross_tuning_fiddle",
    "room": "wooden_barn",
    "chain_mic": "ribbon_passive",
    "chain_pre": "pre_field_recorder_portable",
    "chain_medium": "tape_15ips",
    "chain_console": "clean"
  }
}