Very nice! It seems Sarah adapted to gravity not holding the bow on the strings. If that is even a factor.
I wasn't expecting that quality of playing. She sounds great.
As a musician and an engineer, what a dream. Can you imagine the schedule, morning standup, meeting with management, solo with John Williams, lunch, focus time, land space craft.
Fun fact, other instruments that have been in the international space station include a flute, a keyboard, a guitar, a saxophone and, get this, a didgeridoo.
I wonder if any thought was given to the natural resonance of the windows?
Noddaz said:Very nice! It seems Sarah adapted to gravity not holding the bow on the strings. If that is even a factor.
It's been a long time since I played something with a bow, but IIRC most of the pressure comes from the musician. It doesn't take a LOT of pressure but the bow is very light. Relying purely on gravity to hold the bow down leads to a very thin sound and it has a tendency to bounce. At least, that's what I recall.
It would have been fun to find out in person, that's for sure.
RX Reven' said:I wonder if any thought was given to the natural resonance of the windows?
I suspect you'll find that none of the opera singers sent into space have been sopranos. And because in pop culture, a certain television program has stolen the word from the English language, I offer a refresher for those who may have forgotten the word's original meaning:
Paris Van Gorder said:Fun fact, other instruments that have been in the international space station include a flute, a keyboard, a guitar, a saxophone and, get this, a didgeridoo.
Any piece of pipe can be a didgeridoo :) This particular video was filmed in a capsule in free orbit, they didn't get to visit the ISS. But they did get to go outside!
It's not the first music video from space. It's a great way to inspire people. I can't embed it, but here's Space Oddity by Commander Chris Hadfield.
https://youtu.be/pDyl6I6ESSw
One of the nice things about being in space--if her fellow crew members ever tire of hearing her practice, they can simply insist that she do so outside.
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