The theremin - A short introduction to a unique instrument
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.พ. 2025
- For all of you, who don't know the theremin very well yet. This video gives a short description on how it works and how to play it. Basic information for a better understanding of this remarkable instrument.
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The Theremin is the coolest instrument in the world , and thinking this electronic marvel was created in the 1910s is amazing .
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No, this is still the coolest. The marble machine is just a gimmick and cannot be used in actual concerts, just something to say “hey that looks cool” at.
SunED MMX disagrees.
@@yk10yk No i don't like the marble machine and don't think it is cooler than the Theremin.
Terrible sound imho. I do not like to listen to it period.
No it’s not the coolest. Are you for real. If this relatively new instrument was actually liked by most people who heard it then it would have been used much more by musicians in solo, bands, and to create sound effects. It’s definitely an interesting, unique, and educational instrument. It’s just not inherently appealing like many mainstream instruments.
I love my theremin but I haven't touched it in years.
Good one
Now is a great time to pick it back up, considering the Covid19 quarantine.
@@kellybramlet7996 Is that a woosh?
@@kellybramlet7996 U PLAY BY NOT TOUCHING IT
This is gold
I couldn’t remember the name of the instrument, but I absolutely love that TH-cam knew _exactly_ what I wanted when I searched “Alien instrument hands” lmfao
Big mood
😂😂😂😂😂😂
I looked up weird instrument
That's actually amazing. I never knew such an instrument existed. Quite beautiful.
I know you posted long ago. I first heard this instrument in the opening music for some old Dr. Who episodes, but I didn't know what it was.
I feel like a kid learning about something new!!!!
Amazing instrument!
12 Dec 2024 I’m 75 and today I am a student learning about a “new” instrument! Beautifully melodic!
I need one of these so that I can act like I'm playing the world's tiniest violin.
is that a RESERVOIR DOGS reference ~!?? I would love to see that KEEP MUSIC ALIVE!!
ImBlueOnPiano damn okay Mr Krabs I see you 😂
Before the appetizer finds you
Sure its good to show off. The sound remains terrible. Who cares
@@auttark9815 bruh 💀
I just watched the 1951 movie "The Day The Earth Stood Still" and this was the instrument used to create the sound of the spaceship. The spokesperson for the movie said that the producer had a very difficult time finding someone who knew how to play one.
How old are you?
I didn't know there was a instrument like that, just fantastic, just fantastic, i love it.
❤
This would be the creepiest thing ever if it played itself in a horror film.
wow yeah
I agree, but since i only found out about its existance as well, the overwhelming majority of people would probably not get what's going on, thus it will probably never happen in any mainstream horror movie. Would be a great scene tho!
"Look! The theremin is playing, but no one is touching it!"
*Audience yawns*
Check out “The Haunted Carousel” here on TH-cam, the theremin is used in a very Mario-esque creepy manner (so not super creepy, but spooky nonetheless). It’s actual notated for an iPad theremin, but actually my school band is using a real one.
The theremin is actually played in some episodes of the creepy TV series ''Hannibal''
1:27 *_BRO SHE GOT US LIKE 30 TIMES IN THIS VIDEO_*
The theramin is alt-right Nazi instrument confirmed
this is the funniest comment I've ever seen in my life lmaoooooo
I'm pretty sure a lot of people didn't get it but I salute to those who did
Hahahahahahah.
Really i dont get it
Wow this is incredible! I never even KNEW this existed, and to think it was created so long ago is really mind boggling.
Such an amazing instrument. I just discovered it and the word "theremin" today while watching a TH-cam video on Danny Elfman concert. I saw a man moving his hands in eerie movements. I was looking for a string but I could not see one. I assumed a string was there; I just couldn't see it because of the darkness of the room. I could see myself experimenting with the theremin all day. Love the creepy sounds it can make.
I never thought about it until just a few years ago but I had no idea what made that eerie music in 1950's sci-fi movies that scared the bejesus out of me when I was a kid. I asked a friend who was a musician and he told me about the theremin. What a clever device!
WOW! I have yet to see one of these played like this. It is so beautiful.
Absolutely incredible, the world of music and science never cease to be exciting, eye-opening and awe-inspiring. A compliment to the ingenious creator and a compliment to Carolina who expresses the ingenuity of this marvel of an instrument. The book the 'Disguise' by Hugo Hamilton has brought me here.
I feel like this would've been Nikola Tesla's instrument of choice had he played...
Haha AGREED🔥
That is unbelievable, Im 65 always loved music and never heard of this!!!
Wow. That is some amazingly proficient playing. She's hitting an amazing level of control with the pitch, and using the shape of her hand for tones and semitones... so cool.
You can put it next to a wall and put tape to mark where to put your hand when beginning (similar to violin)
1:27 I see what you did there. Well played, Carolina. Well played.
Haha when you expect it the least 👌😂
Agree with HAC. This woman is AMAZING! Please teach your children how to play this instrument!
Interesting explanation. I've always been fascinated by the music produced using this instrument. 🤩
Amazing, only just learnt about this from a book by Dean Koontz: 'The Taking'. Hard to imagine how long it would take to learn to play this instrument!
Absolutely amazing! Thank you for the video.
I would love to play this , every instrument that I have played I've nailed because my instructors kept telling me that I am really good at hearing an out of tune note or wrong note and I adjust it pretty fast and this seems fun and cool to play
Now you just need to work on your grammar.
Theremin turned 100 years old this year. :)
Just like Biden.
Narrator: "The musician moves his hands"
Girl on screen: 🤨
Edit: guys chill out gender is allowed to be a little silly. This is not supposed to be political plus the channel description has "she" used to describe the person in question.
Hey dumb fuck, the channel owner is likely the broad in the video which means she provided her own examples over audio from an informative video about the instrument.
@@jamesdean3521 it’s not that deep...geez
@@jamesdean3521 Damn James chill tf u so pressed about damn
It’s 2020. Standard labels are going extinct 😂😂
Great catch. That was critical to me understanding the instrument.
(that's sarcasm, in case you're not quick enough to get it)
Thank You Carolina - It's definitely on my bucket list to master this device. I will let you know soon and hopefully release a new composition with the instrument featured. Awesome Homecoming Instrument.
Scales. Lots and lots of practicing scales. That's how you get good at it.
I play violin, that's another instrument where you have to learn how to play the actual notes themselves before you start connecting them together into a tune.
"Nobody knows, the trouble I've seen,
Nobody knows, my sorrow"
Sheldon!
🤣🤣🤣best comment hands down lol
Penny with her shoe app.
Amazing! I'd love to try this unique instrument out.
That is the best theremin playing I've ever seen. I'm used to just seeing it used for silly sci-fi noises. I have the use of a digital theremin in Virtual Reality, I'm going to have to try a few things out on it now.
I especially like her technique. I've never seen this 'fingering' style of approach. She is very likely also a string player. I'm impressed!!
It sure would be nice if the narrator would have not kept saying ‘his hands’, ‘his ear’ when it is Ms. Eyck playing. It must be “a man’s world”… there you go! Your next hit can be James Brown.
The theremin is amazing.
Now that is one unique instrument. I'd love to try it.
Yes indeed !~ I have MANY Rare 45 Theremin songs on my channel because of this ! So unique, & used in SO many Movies, & no one knows !
This is insane!!!! This woman is very valuable to rest of the world :)
Love it. Wonderful sound.
I admit I have never ever heard of this musical instrument before. 👁👁❤🎼
What a strange device but wonderful. 😃🎶
I went to a Lord Huron concert and they used one of these during Way Out There and I had to find out what the heck this thing was.
My dad had one for a little bit when I was 7 and I wish go in and actually was ok on it. I would play with it almost every day and kinda miss it
wild and amazing
Wow, what a fascinating instrument.
Searching for the instruments used in the Score for "The Day The Earth Stood Still".. WOW...!
A theramin was used in Led Zeppelin's song "A Whole Lotta Love" 💘
Also the 1960s Dark Shadows soap opera
A lifelong passion of Robert Moog, whose company began by building and selling theremins in the mid 1950s before he developed his modular synth. After losing control of his original company in the 70s to people who ran it into the ground eventually, Bob returned to the theremin, and the Moog Company continues to sell the instrument to this day alongside its synth lines. I see Carolina's instrument here is a Moog. It's a thing of beauty when played well as here.
this is one of the coolest instruments ever
This is excellent! Thank you.
Whoa this is the coolest thing I've ever seen .you pluck frequency waves like strings .
Beautiful sound
this is it bro, this is what humanity needs to do
Fascinating!
Thanks for this! I never knew about this until I looked up Midsomer Murders. 💕
I’m seriously considering buying one, I watched the Ted talk and feel like I need to try one myself at least once in this life!
got an open theremin v3 which works with arduino, gonna play and practice it well enough that encourages me to buy a proper one
I need this.
Amazing😮
I am going to play store and download this 😁☀
Now I understand Theremind from My Singing Monsters
This is the ultimate trombone
Fascinating!!!
This is amazing
🔥🔥🔥
I love theremin 💕
SO COOL
Fascinating.
This instrument is very unique 😍😍😍❤️
I had always wondered how one judged the pitches. Now I see,it has to be mostly muscle memory. Couldn't you mark the rod at the base? I'm a guitar player so I'm pretty spoiled. I really thought because of this imprecision it was only good for simple atmospheric stuff,but here you are playing classical on the thing,you are SO good.
Thanks for the video, we definitely owe you, and your player, a beer! Well done old boy!
She is incredible!
Big Bang theory show got me here, (season4, ep 12)
Marvellous instrument
exactly what happened to me tonight lol
blows me away
Very cool 😎
This is Sound Bending
Fantastic!
Mind Blown!!! 😱
It's really amazing 🐝🙏
How come I never knew about this until now?! Farout!
Amazing!
I love the theremin on Portishead’s ‘Mysterons’
Severance brought me here
Amazimg instrument
This is so cool omg
Human technology never cease to amaze me
amazing 🙂
No touch technique is excellent during this pandemic.
Whose here after watching Severence? 😂
I came to know about this instrument because of those Amazing facts written at the last page of Registers..😁
I love this instrument, but is very expressive, like all the instruments
Quantico instrument. Amazing
Thank you.
It was amazing, and as my teacher said it was « immatérielle », ou « la voix des anges »
How am I just now hearing about the theramin?? This thing is _incredible_
Heard it in a 1930s movie, but it was invented 8 years before television.
Now, guitars exist that fingers of both hands can play separate notes, and i still can't whistle spaghetti western whistling tunes.
Possibly pressing wet lips on electric cord wires makes the most modern instrument, or missing a conga drum beat when your legs are wrapped around it.
Be the FIRST to try!
Smiling Friends (TV Show on Adult Swim) Brought me here with a reference to a Theremin.
a theremin is a transdermal device inserted into the base of the neck and is used by the salipsi ray for telepathic communication between other species including humans, its a pretty old device but it gets the job done, its also used by many other trans galactic entities.
Most unique instrument ever.
very impressive!
Justin Hurwitz played it very well in “First Man”.
Amazing
Is she playing autumn leaves at the beginning?
Crazy Legs Stampede sounds like it
does it come right handed?
do you get a shock if you touch either antenna it or does it just act normal
Normally no shocks at all!