{
  "id": "thayambaka",
  "name": "Thayambaka (Kerala solo chenda improvisation)",
  "family": "classical",
  "lineage": "Thayambaka is a virtuoso chenda genre of Kerala temples in which a lead drummer improvises on the uruttu chenda against a group of accompanists who keep a steady beat on the veekku chenda and ilathalam cymbals. Usually performed in the evening at temple festivals, it moves through set stages of increasing tempo from a slow opening to fast improvised passages, and double and triple thayambaka share the lead between two or three drummers.",
  "recipe": "classic modern thayambaka, improv On Frame, indian classical improv branch. jackwood shell layered cowhide canonical kerala chenda, elathalam. field recording. ORTF stereo pair, portable field-recorder pre. 24-bit digital.",
  "recipe_chars": 222,
  "score": 6.781,
  "config": {
    "traditions": [
      "thayambaka"
    ],
    "instruments": [
      {
        "id": "chenda",
        "slots": {
          "chenda_form": "chenda_uruttu",
          "chenda_repertoire": "chenda_thayambaka",
          "chenda_construction": "chenda_jackwood_cowhide"
        },
        "scores": {
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          "chenda_repertoire": 0.95,
          "chenda_construction": 1.95
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      },
      {
        "id": "elathalam",
        "slots": {
          "elathalam_stroke": "elathalam_closed",
          "elathalam_ensemble": "elathalam_melam"
        },
        "scores": {
          "elathalam_stroke": 0,
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        }
      }
    ],
    "pinned": {
      "chenda": [
        "chenda_form",
        "chenda_repertoire",
        "chenda_construction"
      ],
      "elathalam": [
        "elathalam_stroke",
        "elathalam_ensemble"
      ]
    },
    "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": {
      "chenda_form": "chenda_uruttu",
      "chenda_repertoire": "chenda_thayambaka",
      "chenda_construction": "chenda_jackwood_cowhide",
      "elathalam_stroke": "elathalam_closed",
      "elathalam_ensemble": "elathalam_melam"
    },
    "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"
  }
}