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  "id": "panchavadyam",
  "name": "Panchavadyam (Kerala temple five-instrument orchestra)",
  "family": "global",
  "lineage": "Panchavadyam ('five instruments') is a Kerala temple orchestra of four percussion instruments, the timila hourglass drum, the suddha maddalam barrel drum, the idakka and the ilathalam cymbals, with one wind instrument, the kombu horn, and a conch blown at the outset. Played at temple festivals and processions in central Kerala, a performance builds by stages from a slow, long rhythmic cycle to a fast climax; the Madathil Varavu at Thrissur Pooram is its best-known setting.",
  "recipe": "classic modern panchavadyam, carnival Processional, south Asian branch. thimila, suddha maddalam, ensemble melodic pitch bending idakka, elathalam, kombu kerala, sangu conch. field recording. ORTF stereo pair, portable field-recorder pre. 24-bit digital.",
  "recipe_chars": 254,
  "score": 16.415,
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    "traditions": [
      "panchavadyam"
    ],
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        "id": "thimila",
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          "thimila_context": "thimila_panchavadyam"
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          "thimila_context": 0.0945
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          "maddalam_context": "maddalam_panchavadyam"
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        "scores": {
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          "maddalam_context": 0.063
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      {
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          "idakka_repertoire": "idakka_repertoire_panchavadyam",
          "idakka_bend": "idakka_bend_melodic",
          "idakka_stroke": "idakka_stroke_curved_light",
          "idakka_build": "idakka_build_harmonic_canonical"
        },
        "scores": {
          "idakka_repertoire": 8.125,
          "idakka_bend": 2.3865,
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          "idakka_build": 2.2315
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "elathalam",
        "slots": {
          "elathalam_stroke": "elathalam_closed",
          "elathalam_ensemble": "elathalam_panchavadyam"
        },
        "scores": {
          "elathalam_stroke": 0.063,
          "elathalam_ensemble": 0.39
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "kombu_kerala",
        "slots": {
          "kombu_material": "kombu_brass",
          "kombu_style": "kombu_pattu"
        },
        "scores": {
          "kombu_material": 0.3315,
          "kombu_style": 0.37424999999999997
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      },
      {
        "id": "sangu_conch",
        "slots": {
          "sangu_shell": "sangu_large",
          "sangu_use": "sangu_puja"
        },
        "scores": {
          "sangu_shell": 0,
          "sangu_use": 0
        }
      }
    ],
    "pinned": {
      "thimila": [
        "thimila_tension",
        "thimila_context"
      ],
      "suddha_maddalam": [
        "maddalam_head",
        "maddalam_context"
      ],
      "idakka": [
        "idakka_repertoire",
        "idakka_bend",
        "idakka_stroke",
        "idakka_build"
      ],
      "elathalam": [
        "elathalam_stroke",
        "elathalam_ensemble"
      ],
      "kombu_kerala": [
        "kombu_material",
        "kombu_style"
      ],
      "sangu_conch": [
        "sangu_shell",
        "sangu_use"
      ]
    },
    "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": {
      "thimila_tension": "thimila_tight",
      "thimila_context": "thimila_panchavadyam",
      "maddalam_head": "maddalam_paste",
      "maddalam_context": "maddalam_panchavadyam",
      "idakka_repertoire": "idakka_repertoire_panchavadyam",
      "idakka_bend": "idakka_bend_melodic",
      "idakka_stroke": "idakka_stroke_curved_light",
      "idakka_build": "idakka_build_harmonic_canonical",
      "elathalam_stroke": "elathalam_closed",
      "elathalam_ensemble": "elathalam_panchavadyam",
      "kombu_material": "kombu_brass",
      "kombu_style": "kombu_pattu",
      "sangu_shell": "sangu_large",
      "sangu_use": "sangu_puja"
    },
    "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"
  }
}