Space Odyssey Wind Chime - 140CM

Don't miss the unique acoustic effect of this chime. Sit quietly… the movie begins!

The Space Odyssey wind chime is tuned to the intervals of the first notes of the famous symphonic poem Thus Spoke Zaratustra by Richard Strauss. It was the piece Stanley Kubrick chose in 1968 as the opening for his 2001 masterpiece: A Space Odyssey. The special design of this double chime allows the notes to be duplicated over four octaves. The result is impressive, as was the film when it was released in theaters: the octave splitting effect is quadrupled for a powerful and unequaled sound reproduction!

This wind chime is part of the Magical Mystery Chimes series which follows a musical phenomenon called octave splitting. What does it consist of ? You probably know the Do-Re-Mi-Fa-Sol-La-Si-Do range; the "C" notes that appear at the beginning and end of the scale are actually the same note, but separated by an octave. Notes that are one octave apart are considered harmonic equivalents; when played together, the sound is extraordinarily beautiful. In the series of chimes of the Magical Mysteries, this concept is taken to the extreme since each note is combined with the corresponding double octave. This is the first time that a tuning of this type has been used in wind chimes. Do you find it hard to believe? Just listen to it!

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