[ExI] Musical instruments in space

Anders Sandberg anders at aleph.se
Sat Mar 9 14:15:05 UTC 2013


On 08/03/2013 05:12, David Lubkin wrote:
> What musical instruments would need to be altered or played
> differently in order to sound the same when played on the space
> station or a lunar colony? (Because of the lower gravity and the
> lower air pressure.)

I looked at this question for roleplaying game purposes, finding some 
interesting papers and resources (mainly about other atmospheres). See 
this thread:
http://eclipsephase.com/space-acoustics

It is hard to be heard on Mars, Titan likely has great (if odd) 
acoustics, and some instruments sound odd on Venus.

-- 
Anders Sandberg,
Future of Humanity Institute
Oxford Martin School
Faculty of Philosophy
Oxford University




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