I'm so fascinated by your talent. I've only seen this done a few times and they were not close to the way you play. Now I want to give it a try. I've seen how much they cost but I don't care. If I could only get a small amount of the talent you have, it would be a definite possibility. You've definitely got my attention. Thank you for sharing this video. I now have a definite new interest 😁. You are in a class all by yourself. Thank you for making this evening awesome!
People who said the Theramin could never be played accurately or consistantly enough for it to ever be considered a serious instrument are so clearly proven wrong here by the maestro. Now THAT is dedication.
you can see that her shoulder and whole upper arm are very still, so developing muscle memory is probably a lot easier than a lot of people would think (not to say that this isn't very impressive, it is). experienced double bass and cello players can jump quite far on the fingerboard and still nail notes perfectly, so saying the theremin would be impossible to play sounds kinda stupid
@@krakus_kromkus it's actually not about muscle memory. The intonation of the instrument changes due to humidity. If you can play it one room accurately it doesn't mean you can do that in other rooms.
@@n0rber10 being able to hear if you're playing the right note is a big part of it but the muscle memory makes it so that you don't have to slide up or down to the right note, every time I got a bigger violin it took me less time to adjust because I'd gotten better at knowing exactly where the right notes were.
@@alekvillarreal3470Представляете,как удивлена я,которая родилась в СССР и только сегодня узнала про существование этого инструмента.Тем более удивительно,что его изобрели в Москве России в 1918 году.
Leon Theremin died penniless in a one bedroom apartment. Even though most , if not all Electronic instruments of today would not have been possible without his research in magnetism.... The Theremin instrument started it all... Without his research- No synthesizers , no guitar pickups, No Electronic instruments.. Thank God it has found itself in this woman's very capable hands!!!! Awesome!!!!
@Random Runner The guy had a romantic relationship with a fucking pigeon. Does that sound like genius to you? It sounds crazy to me. I'm pretty sure you have to be an "imbecile" to think that isn't crazy.
@@ghazapanca5002 you got that backwards chief. It is skill. Talent implies that you had some naturally ability to begin with. Skill implies that it is something that has been practised for a very long time in order to develop.
@@randoprior4130 what i meant is muscle memories I know playing this are easy if you're already practicing this for like 4 hours a day While people who gifted with muscle memories can play this and memorize all of its technic easily
Two things: 1. My 5 month old was crying, but stopped and was mesmerised by your performance. 2. This is genuinely the first time I've heard a Theremin sound like a 'proper' instrument and not just a novelty. Love this
Ennio Morricone is one of my favorite cinematic composers. "Once Upon a Time In the West" and "Gabriel's Oboe" are two of my favorite's, but he's got a number of other ones that follow close behind. He's certainly done some of the most iconic Western theme music including this piece.
Yeah its from the Dollars Trilogy (fist full of dollars, a few more dollars, and then the final and most famous film, which this song is featured in The Good The Bad and The Ugly) its about 3 different cowboys, and yes that is pretty much the meaning of the song, you nailed it perfectly.
This is the most futuristic video I have ever seen. In every respect, better than all the new Hollywood sci-fi films that have come out. This device is more innovative than a smartphone.
No way you think a theremin is more innovative and advanced than a smartphone lmao. This device has existed for almost 100 years. You clearly have no idea just how much technology and innovation goes into a smart phone. You must be pretty dumb tbh
This is quite possibly, the dumbest take I’ve seen in a TH-cam comment in years. She’s a fantastic theremin player, but the instrument is nearly 100 years old. There’s literally nothing futuristic about the video. The song ‘Ecstasy of Gold’ is nearly 60 years old.
It's almost like..... the theremin allows you to see the shape of music. How the music LITERALLY feels. Like she is plucking the notes out of the air and giving them life. I love this instrument so much now.
1.) Instagram brought me here 2.) I’m curious to see someone use sign language with a Theremin 3.) She is true oh a master, that precision of hand and finger position. When the Theremin kicked in I got chills
It's not sign language - it's a system she devised for accurate positioning and placement of the where the individual notes of the octave are in space. There's another video in which she is interviewed and explains it.
@@carolinaeyckvideos Oh wow no way! I'll definitely need to check it out. By the way you're videos are amazing and you are super talented, thanks for sharing with us
Carolina, just so you are aware, I'm a school teacher, and over the last few school years, I have shared this video of you performing Ecstasy of Gold to my students, as well as friends and family. Your performance of this song gives me chills and has never stopped giving me the goosebumps. Please keep up this amazing work!
This is what i imagine when people say we will have flying cars in the future , this instrument feels straight out of a sci- fi movie, even tho it’s an old invention.
This performance gives me the chills every time. On one of my last road trips, I timed my playlist so that ecstacy of gold started playing when we hit the summit of the winding dirt road in the desert.
this was the only theremin piece i have ever heard that actually sounded good. The notes were crisp articulate and enjoyable. Great job on the vocals! Your voice is amazing!
So I watched this 30 times in a row… I don’t think I’m ready to leave yet. Thank you for sharing your gift talent with us and honoring a legendary composer.
I only recently started seriously listening to theramin music... outside of creepy horrorcore stuff (which the theramin really is amazing at), and it has been really striking me how the theramin really is listening to a computer sing, plain and simple. It puts me in mind of what it would be like to hear an android opera. If it isn't clear, I mean that positively. It does have an eerie surreal quality to it, but that is largely down to how used to hearing human voices we are. It reminds me of really well done Hatsune Miku songs, where the rigid tonal shifts actually give the music a different quality than you typically get with human singers. It puts me in a writing sci-fi mood.
I’ve bought a Theremin and it’s also an incredibly experience to approach to it. Despite the difficulties to reach the right pitch for each note it’s like a mindfulness exercise, you need to control and take awareness about your entire body (even a bad breath control creates micro-movement on your arm and hand, and you can hear it from the theremin), you need to stay in the flow to control it. Absolutely recommended ❤❤❤
I just can't keep from getting teary-eyed while watching this. Every damn time. It's such a powerful delivery, the combination of the voice and harmony, and the utter magic performance on the theramin. Just... fantastic!
I don’t know what it is but this song is just so captivating and moving. I just can’t stop listening to it. I can’t even begin to fathom how much work this takes
One of the greatest musical compositions of all time imo. We played this at my dad's cremation to send him off. Hits me in the deep feels every time I hear it.
Beautiful! My name is Jay, I am 60 years old, and I bought my first theremin about three months ago. It is a Moog Etherwave Plus, and on the recommendation from your videos, I also installed the ESPE 01 module . I also bought your book, The Art of Playing the Theremin, which I highly recommend to anyone who wants to learn to play this wonderful instrument. I have watched all of your videos, and I find them not only instructional but inspirational . Thank you for posting them.
The thumbs down motion is a way to play an A note on a theremin. Maybe they were saying they liked it using hidden code that theremin players only understand.
Holy shit. I don’t know what I’ve been missing for all of these years. This was jaw-droppingly brilliant and those 32nd notes were out of this world. I’m so impressed. I’ll be following your work, Carolina!
I would not have believed that someone could achieve such precise notes like that, in an instant, instantly achieving that note, on a theremin. That was amazing. Truly. I mean, she'd go right to the note. Had I not known this was a theremin, I would have believed it was a human voice.
I'm 66 and had never heard of a Theremin until last night when YT suggested a video from 4 years ago where Rob Scallon interviewed Carolina. Amazing talent, young lady! Beautiful voice, too.
i feel like this kind music is sounds for fictional fantasy movie, like elf, fairy, and other creature, placed on a magical forest surrounded by sparkling golden morning sun and smooth wind, maybe like the hobbit or scene on snow white and the huntsman
Saw this when it was new and was blown away. 7 years past and randomly stumbled over it again and was equally blown away.... Tears for no reason, i don't think im stable atm.
I had no idea a theremin could be made to sound this beautiful. I cannot imagine how much practice is behind that level of skill. Thank you for making this!
Wow, this must be a “top of the line” theremin. I can’t help but wonder if theremin players are like the Wednesday Addams of musicians, especially how this instrument has her displaying very precise actions in a small space. Great to watch, and great to see she has taken the theremin beyond 60’s eerie space music...and into the future. 😏
Theremins always sounded too sci-fi to me, so I could never see them in a classical or orchestral piece. You make yours sound like a string instrument and that's incredible.
By comparison, theremins have only existed for a fraction of the amount of time that other classical instruments have. It takes a while to innovate the technique.
It helps as well that there are no orchestral instruments to offset the timbre. A violin played with winds sounds natural and pleasing but that same violin with a Piano is rathering disgusting and grating ;p
I LOVE this! The first time I heard 1:37, it took my breath away! 2:08 with the G natural was SO SURREAL!!! Also, looping takes so much practice to get it just right; I'm in such awe of your wonderful music, and I feel inspired watching this!
haven't touched mine either, it's way more difficult than I expected....but I can't bring myself to sell it....after watching this, I may give it another go
Whoa! I just realized that some of the sounds I was unable to attribute in movies to a particular instrument was probably a theremin all along. I never even knew such an instrument even existed until it was mentioned today in Hannibal tv show.
My favourite version of my favourite Morricone song. I don’t know where to start: of course the composition, but also the arrangement, the instrument, the clarity, the precision of the performance, nothing in the video or the nature of the instrument to distract from the beauty and skill of the performance. To me, this is perfection.
"and what makes you think she's a witch?" "Well she turned me into a newt!" "A newt?"... "Well she turned me back." "I saw her waving her hands to make music!"
watching your vids is helping me get a better understanding of how to position my tuning hand. i have the most trouble going down in pitch accurately when i have to move my full hand. great job, you make playing the theremin musically look and sound a lot easier than it is. kudos and looking forward to the next vid =)
the first time I saw it I cried but I felt good. since then I always come here to feel better or calm down and just relax. this gives music a soul and a home to my heart. so in love with this!
This will now and forever be my choice video for testing new headphones. Certified WH1000-MX5 awesome. For real, this should be a song for demo units at stores.
I genuinely think this video hypnotised me. I must have stayed staring at the blank screen at the end for at least 30 seconds before I realised I was staring at a blank screen. Holy crap you’re good.
Amazingly beautiful, haunting, great job! I actually have a theramin, and even though I understand how they work, I still can't "play" it! So others here can understand how she is manipulating it, here goes. Her left hand, right side on the screen, controls volume. The closer she moves it to that horizontal metal "loop" thing, the lower the volume, and the higher above it her hand is, the louder it is. While at the same time, her right hand works with that vertical metal rod controlling pitch. The closer to it her hand gets, the higher pitch the note is. So far away, low note, and closer to it, higher note. Believe me, it takes years and years of practice to do what she does here, huge props to her!
I just bought a Theremini after watching this video, as well as a few other videos online. Now I know what it takes to be as precise in your movements as this!! You practically have to stop breathing just so you're completely still. Even with the range set far and the octave range kept low, it's still extremely difficult to maintain a correct pitch for more than a second or so. So all this to say, outstanding playing! You make it look effortless when, in fact, it's extremely difficult to play with such precision. You've done a truly marvelous rendition of the piece, as well. I would say it's inspiring, but really I just want to send back the damn thing cause I'll need to reorganize my entire life's priorities and enter deep, monk-like meditation for the next 10 years just to get the movements down! I think I'll stick to organ. :)
I don't know if that is entirely true. I'm pretty sure you also have to never drink coffee, or any caffeinated beverage again. Unless you like a lot of vibrato/tremolo. Also, you need to be at peace with the world and your own existence. You need to mention this in your instructional videos. :)
treblemaker, the adjustable pitch quantization on the 'mini makes things a lot easier. Have you played around with that feature? I've goofed around with my friend's 'mini a bit, and with the correction set up pretty high I sounded okay. Not great, but not atrocious. Lol.
If any of you are wondering how a theremin works, here’s the gist of it. There are two components of a theremin. The pitch control and the volume control. The basic idea of the pitch control is controlling frequency of your signal. What you have is that you have a one variable oscillator. The variable oscillator is a consequence of capacitance change. The impedance of a capacitor directly depends on the capacitance and the frequency, thus if you can control the capacitance, you can control the frequency. What you can do is you can manipulate the capacitance in many ways. It’s common to use a conducting pole (like you see here), however, you can use any other conducting surface. If you remember Gauss’ Law, you can directly calculate the capacitance from either charge or voltage, which you can calculate through gauss’ law, it really depends on the geometry of whatever thing you’re using. More often than not, the capacitance through your conductor will depend on the proximity of your hand from the metal, so it’s how you kinda control the frequency. Then, you also insert another signal. You make an oscillator that goes at a fixed frequency. You then output both things into a mixer, and what a mixer will do is generate the beat frequency, this will be what you actually hear. To clean up this signal, you will put a band pass filter, so you have a low pass filter and a high pass filter in series with a cutoff frequency within the human audible range (20-20000 hz) The volume control is a little complicated, but it’s the same idea. You have a variable oscillator in series with a band pass filter, and you use an envelope detectors to control the amplitude of the signal going through your theremin. An engineer could tell you a lot better way to construct a theremin, but this is just giving an idea of how it works
This is just an astonishing performance. The Theremin is a unique and rare instrument. I recall in my "Art Of Electronic Music book" featured is an artist named Claire Rockmore who is a Theremin virtuoso.
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Can you do a solo video with percussion in the background?
Love your artistry
Eu não tinha conhecimento desse instrumento e eu amei, meu Deus que lindooo
I'm so fascinated by your talent. I've only seen this done a few times and they were not close to the way you play. Now I want to give it a try. I've seen how much they cost but I don't care. If I could only get a small amount of the talent you have, it would be a definite possibility. You've definitely got my attention. Thank you for sharing this video. I now have a definite new interest 😁. You are in a class all by yourself. Thank you for making this evening awesome!
Wireless
People who said the Theramin could never be played accurately or consistantly enough for it to ever be considered a serious instrument are so clearly proven wrong here by the maestro. Now THAT is dedication.
you can see that her shoulder and whole upper arm are very still, so developing muscle memory is probably a lot easier than a lot of people would think (not to say that this isn't very impressive, it is). experienced double bass and cello players can jump quite far on the fingerboard and still nail notes perfectly, so saying the theremin would be impossible to play sounds kinda stupid
All i can think of after this is Sheldom Cooper seeing this video, being awestruck and sitting in the stairwell practicing this song on tharamin.
@@krakus_kromkus it's actually not about muscle memory. The intonation of the instrument changes due to humidity. If you can play it one room accurately it doesn't mean you can do that in other rooms.
Never underestimate a musical mind with enough determination and practice.
@@n0rber10 being able to hear if you're playing the right note is a big part of it but the muscle memory makes it so that you don't have to slide up or down to the right note, every time I got a bigger violin it took me less time to adjust because I'd gotten better at knowing exactly where the right notes were.
Here after seeing your video with rob scallon
One word: wow.
Spoof yep, her channel is very interesting.
The only problem of being a metalhead: after this song i always expect metallica to start playing 😂
Same here. Half an hour ago I didn't even know there was an instrument called a theremin 😅
Me too
Seme here...glad to have found her. Amazing!
yeah mee too first time hearing this instrument pretty amazed
Ennio Morricone has died today, and this is the first thing I went and listened to this morning. Truly beautiful.
Escalier, same
I did the same, bro
Me too, and shared with lots of people.
R I P Ennio.
I also did this
Same!
If you brought an instrument like a theremin to a medieval village they’d probably accuse you of witchcraft. It’s an amazing instrument
Honestly, if you brought it to a rural village today they might still accuse you of witchcraft.
There are many places in the world today where you don’t even need a theremin to be accused of witchcraft.
Under the right circumstances even I’d believe it was some form of magic
@@alekvillarreal3470Представляете,как удивлена я,которая родилась в СССР и только сегодня узнала про существование этого инструмента.Тем более удивительно,что его изобрели в Москве России в 1918 году.
Bring a generator 😂
Leon Theremin died penniless in a one bedroom apartment.
Even though most , if not all Electronic instruments of today would not have been possible without his research in magnetism.... The Theremin instrument started it all...
Without his research- No synthesizers , no guitar pickups, No Electronic instruments..
Thank God it has found itself in this woman's very capable hands!!!! Awesome!!!!
There are just too many amazing inventors who have been ruined by the cabalists & died penniless!
@@janettaschuch3591 look at what happened to Tesla. One of the greatest minds in history and had nothing at the end.
@@victorylane2377 That's because he was insane though.
@@flacidhouse350 yeah, there's that too. Lol
@Random Runner The guy had a romantic relationship with a fucking pigeon. Does that sound like genius to you? It sounds crazy to me. I'm pretty sure you have to be an "imbecile" to think that isn't crazy.
Watching the precision of the right hand is absolutely mesmerizing.
Muscle memori is amazing skill
@@21LOLxPRO its not skill its talent
@@ghazapanca5002 you got that backwards chief. It is skill. Talent implies that you had some naturally ability to begin with. Skill implies that it is something that has been practised for a very long time in order to develop.
@@randoprior4130 what i meant is muscle memories
I know playing this are easy if you're already practicing this for like 4 hours a day
While people who gifted with muscle memories can play this and memorize all of its technic easily
@Harry Baals dude i know that
Literaly Every single person on earth knows that
And do you have any idea what muscle memory is?
*they way it is played looks so magical, like you're a witch making music out of thin air.*
good comment but you don't need to *bold* all of it
@@ripinpepperonies9754 I comment however I want to, sorry if I sound rude but I wanted it to be bold and it's going to stay like that.
@@danpop1500 it has 2 high frequency oscillators and the pitch of them is controlled by the distance of the player's hand to the 2 oscillators
Water test!!!!
Gave you the like to get 1k. Lol
Two things:
1. My 5 month old was crying, but stopped and was mesmerised by your performance.
2. This is genuinely the first time I've heard a Theremin sound like a 'proper' instrument and not just a novelty.
Love this
What? Come on, the old Star Trek theme is beautiful as hell.
another cure for crying baby i've seen on youtube: one howling american husky. shuts 'em right up.
@@Puppy_Puppington Or any of the music that utilizes it on Dark Shadows.
I'm crying because of the performance.
@@greghenrikson952saaaaaame!
After the first minute when the theremin really kicked in, I just felt overwhelmed with emotion... there's just something about this melody... 😭
Dude. Me too. Knot in the throat and everything
It’s an ethereal tune to begin with, and having it played on an ethereal-sounding instrument has a certain immaculateness to it.
It gave me tingles like what asmr does
Ennio Morricone is one of my favorite cinematic composers. "Once Upon a Time In the West" and "Gabriel's Oboe" are two of my favorite's, but he's got a number of other ones that follow close behind. He's certainly done some of the most iconic Western theme music including this piece.
Morricone is a great composer in that respect!
when she said “👐🏼👏🏽✊🏻👊🏼🤞👆🏿✋👌🏿🖖🏿🙏🏿🤙🏼” i felt that
Her hands are white.
MasterLuis 😂😂
Same
@@HareStare also music doesnt know race but it has colour
She also casually switched her race during this entire vid
This song sounds so sad yet so triumphant. Like the sacrifice of something you loved or cared for to keep peace.
I like how you explained it. That's exactly the feeling.
Now that you mention it, it sounds like something that would be fitting for something like Asuras Wrath.
Metal Gear Solid 3
It's from a cowboy movie. The actor Clint Eastwood is in it. You explained it perfectly.
Yeah its from the Dollars Trilogy (fist full of dollars, a few more dollars, and then the final and most famous film, which this song is featured in The Good The Bad and The Ugly) its about 3 different cowboys, and yes that is pretty much the meaning of the song, you nailed it perfectly.
This is the most futuristic video I have ever seen. In every respect, better than all the new Hollywood sci-fi films that have come out. This device is more innovative than a smartphone.
And less destructive for society as well.
@@thinkforyourself2109 oh
And was invented in the 1920s USSR!
No way you think a theremin is more innovative and advanced than a smartphone lmao. This device has existed for almost 100 years.
You clearly have no idea just how much technology and innovation goes into a smart phone. You must be pretty dumb tbh
This is quite possibly, the dumbest take I’ve seen in a TH-cam comment in years.
She’s a fantastic theremin player, but the instrument is nearly 100 years old.
There’s literally nothing futuristic about the video.
The song ‘Ecstasy of Gold’ is nearly 60 years old.
Legand has it that she is still hearting comments to this day
hahahaha
@@carolinaeyckvideos Yup
Its amazing-
the legends are real#
@@carolinaeyckvideoshopefully still in 2024! You’re awesome! Going to buy a theremin as soon as I save up. I’m a street performer
"What instrument do you play?"
"Air."
"Are you a conductor?"
"My body is a conductor."
Which is how the theremin works.
Calm down there Aang. Lol
This deserves more likes!
Woosh if gay.
She's not the Avatar.
It's almost like..... the theremin allows you to see the shape of music. How the music LITERALLY feels. Like she is plucking the notes out of the air and giving them life. I love this instrument so much now.
Wow, you made my imagination fly.
That's very cringie.
@@chickenflavor9880 ok sonic fan
@@formerlygavin ok anime fan
@@chickenflavor9880 yes
1.) Instagram brought me here
2.) I’m curious to see someone use sign language with a Theremin
3.) She is true oh a master, that precision of hand and finger position. When the Theremin kicked in I got chills
Smiling Friends brought me here
It's not sign language - it's a system she devised for accurate positioning and placement of the where the individual notes of the octave are in space. There's another video in which she is interviewed and explains it.
The beautiful idea of this cover is that she is doing the vocals from the original song with the theremin and the instrumental with the voice
This totally feels like it could be the opening of a movie.
The original piece is a soundtrack by Ennio Morricone, so you guessed right! :)
@@carolinaeyckvideos Oh wow no way! I'll definitely need to check it out. By the way you're videos are amazing and you are super talented, thanks for sharing with us
It's the beginning of the final act of a movie so you're pretty close.
Jackass 2
@@Twangabilly Jackass is great, but to name that instead of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly doesn't feel quite right.
1:21 to the end gives me goosebumps and tears!
Edit: My grandmother recently passed away, and this song makes me cry!
This feels like I’m floating in an endless ocean, sinking deeper and deeper into the eternity of the sea…
Well done.
same except like space
If someone could have played this in public 400 years ago they would have been burned at the stake.
I still want to do that. :-)
@@taunteratwill1787 then you'd still be burnt to the stake. 😅🤣🤣
I'll pour the gasoline and strike the match.
@@anirudhdiwakar987 The burning genius. :-)
I was thinking the same thing like for real lmao
This girl has magic in her hands and fantasy in her voice
The hand gestures reminded me of that scene in infinity war when Doctor Strange travelled through time.
Buongiorno
Lol
STFU, please.
Ratkid
@@hanniballecter7103 no u
Carolina, just so you are aware, I'm a school teacher, and over the last few school years, I have shared this video of you performing Ecstasy of Gold to my students, as well as friends and family. Your performance of this song gives me chills and has never stopped giving me the goosebumps. Please keep up this amazing work!
How do I not know this song? This woman's voice is GORGEOUS and she makes that theramin absolutely SING. Glorious.
good, the bad and the ugly is what this song is from :)
@@flipflopnerd4759 thought it was the theme for budlight
I recognized it as the song used in the intro for whichever "Jackass" film had them doing the running of the bulls in the start lmao
One of the greatest western soundtracks of all time.
Metallicaaa
If someone told me that this instrument was designed by aliens and recovered in area 51, I would believe them
Area 51 is for testing top secret weapons and nothing more. If we genuinely had a facility we kept aliens in no one would know it existed.
This Instrument was designed By aliens and recovered in Area 51.
Did you ever see the TV miniseries of Roddenberry's Martian Chronicles in the 70's? The alien woman was playing one I think.
Haha 😂 best comment I’ve seen today
Elvis Isacs good thing we’re storming it
This is what i imagine when people say we will have flying cars in the future , this instrument feels straight out of a sci- fi movie, even tho it’s an old invention.
sawma we will play instruments without touching in the future
Because it is :D sci fi movies sometimes use(d) them for effects
This performance gives me the chills every time. On one of my last road trips, I timed my playlist so that ecstacy of gold started playing when we hit the summit of the winding dirt road in the desert.
this was the only theremin piece i have ever heard that actually sounded good. The notes were crisp articulate and enjoyable. Great job on the vocals! Your voice is amazing!
*The ending is like watching a sunset from a planet lightyears home.*
aye
Couldn’t say it better
It does have that sort of ethereal feel doesnt it?
IMHO from upper parts of eternal tower.
This is simply mesmerising. The chromaticisms work so well! I could listen for hours.
So I watched this 30 times in a row… I don’t think I’m ready to leave yet. Thank you for sharing your gift talent with us and honoring a legendary composer.
She's bending air, she's the Avatar
dont you mean the air bender film
@@steveulliott4106 what film? There is no avatar movie
@@dewhiterabbit1337 there is and we don't talk about it.
@@steveulliott4106 there's no avatar film in ba sing se
BSJWJSJWJE
I only recently started seriously listening to theramin music... outside of creepy horrorcore stuff (which the theramin really is amazing at), and it has been really striking me how the theramin really is listening to a computer sing, plain and simple. It puts me in mind of what it would be like to hear an android opera.
If it isn't clear, I mean that positively. It does have an eerie surreal quality to it, but that is largely down to how used to hearing human voices we are. It reminds me of really well done Hatsune Miku songs, where the rigid tonal shifts actually give the music a different quality than you typically get with human singers.
It puts me in a writing sci-fi mood.
And yet it's completely analog!
It's not a computer at all.
If you think this is an android opera, you should listen to the Portal 2 Turret Opera
Where can this opera be found, please?
I’ve bought a Theremin and it’s also an incredibly experience to approach to it. Despite the difficulties to reach the right pitch for each note it’s like a mindfulness exercise, you need to control and take awareness about your entire body (even a bad breath control creates micro-movement on your arm and hand, and you can hear it from the theremin), you need to stay in the flow to control it. Absolutely recommended ❤❤❤
It's absolutely terrific !! Gestures voice and music are perfect, just perfect. How talented you are, you're a poet...and maybe a fairy !
MrGalagomusic hey galago
A fairy... ✨
Fairies wear boots oh you gotta believe me
A Fairy? I can agree with you!
Poets write poems, just fyi
I just can't keep from getting teary-eyed while watching this. Every damn time. It's such a powerful delivery, the combination of the voice and harmony, and the utter magic performance on the theramin. Just... fantastic!
You should listen to the original track this is covering. It’s a true masterpiece of music.
1:35 That is why I love the theremin it is because of that note, I love that sound.
oh you must've loved the creature named mosquito
@@mewnieecrumb 😂 Don't be mean.
I don’t know what it is but this song is just so captivating and moving. I just can’t stop listening to it. I can’t even begin to fathom how much work this takes
The good, the bad, and the ugly - final scene at Sad Hill cemetery
Cole Pasch got ahead and watch The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
The modelo commercial
My brain cannot comprehend how this video has any dislikes at all. This sounds so serene, almost haunting even. I love it in so many ways.
Barho so... Are you saying your brain can't comprehend the internet? Everything on the internet has someone that doesnt like it.
the part before 1:26 deserves a dislike rest of it deserves like
@@mzatmaca you're dumb lol
Bots man
One of the greatest musical compositions of all time imo. We played this at my dad's cremation to send him off. Hits me in the deep feels every time I hear it.
"And probably the Greatest Movie ever made" ~ russ
Beautiful! My name is Jay, I am 60 years old, and I bought my first theremin about three months ago. It is a Moog Etherwave Plus, and on the recommendation from your videos, I also installed the ESPE 01 module . I also bought your book, The Art of Playing the Theremin, which I highly recommend to anyone who wants to learn to play this wonderful instrument. I have watched all of your videos, and I find them not only instructional but inspirational . Thank you for posting them.
Thank you for writing, Jay! Glad to know I inspire people to study this instrument. All the best in your theremin studies!
I simply don’t understand the thumbs down. This is so beautiful.
To each is own, yeah... But i don't get it either.
I'm guessing jealously or on accident
"Love is the Initial Genetic Expression" ~ Ras Merkabah.
One must first embrace the Love inside...
Virtually every video on youtube gets downvotes. Some people just downvote for no reason.
The thumbs down motion is a way to play an A note on a theremin. Maybe they were saying they liked it using hidden code that theremin players only understand.
You'd need some serious control to play like that, wow!
I have never seen a more perfect performance on the theremin. The extraordinary control of pitch
As soon as the theramin kicked in my cat looked at me like wtf where are you on TH-cam right now.
That's it.. Your cats from another dimension
I approve this comment.. my cat appear out of nowhere when she started playing the theramin..
I was the 666th like😈😈
@@syafiqahnadzir2094I have a theremin. My cat comes running to listen every time I practice. They can hear frequencies that humans can't.
@@charlottebligh649 spoopy
Holy shit. I don’t know what I’ve been missing for all of these years. This was jaw-droppingly brilliant and those 32nd notes were out of this world. I’m so impressed. I’ll be following your work, Carolina!
Whether you realize it or not you have been following her work it's amazing how many TV shows and movies she's featured in....
Where are the 32nd notes?
@@maxwhitworth9178 those are probably the sounds made by her moving the hand very quickly
I don’t think they’re quite as fast as a 32nd note lol
@@maxwhitworth9178 but those notes are quite swift. doesn't seem much slower than this th-cam.com/video/HsZKXq8kDT0/w-d-xo.html
Does anyone want to buy an old theremin ? I haven't touched mine in years.
Many people are probably interested. What model?
Where do you live?
I just realized it's a joke
r/whoosh
You stole this joke.
I've never heard anyone play it so in-tune! Awesome.
Wow. That’s beautiful. Also, the precise movements and the level of control she has to produce those perfect pitches is amazing.
I would not have believed that someone could achieve such precise notes like that, in an instant, instantly achieving that note, on a theremin. That was amazing. Truly. I mean, she'd go right to the note. Had I not known this was a theremin, I would have believed it was a human voice.
Love this!
Wintergatan Agreed!
Waaaaaaaaa Martin
WINTERGATAN!!!!!
Hola falta un poco de latinoamericanos
I'm listening it on a loop it is amazing. Trying to buy a theremin today, can't wait to mess about with it.
I'm 66 and had never heard of a Theremin until last night when YT suggested a video from 4 years ago where Rob Scallon interviewed Carolina. Amazing talent, young lady! Beautiful voice, too.
i feel like this kind music is sounds for fictional fantasy movie, like elf, fairy, and other creature, placed on a magical forest surrounded by sparkling golden morning sun and smooth wind, maybe like the hobbit or scene on snow white and the huntsman
Annisa Syifa the theremin definitely has that kind of forestry, fairy, magical vibe to it
The piece of music is originally from a western film from the 60s lol
Olivia Petersen very true. Lol
The Good The Bad & the Ugly.
(the best spaghetti western ever made)
Very rightttt 😂
GUESS WHO’S BUYING A THEREMIN
Guess who can't play it
Guess who’s trying
Guess who can’t afford it.
Joey Mandara SAME
Yours, Truly they’re cheaper than most instruments lol
Just goes to show, if you put the the Theremin in the right hands, you get pure art.
*Near the right hands lol
Saw this when it was new and was blown away. 7 years past and randomly stumbled over it again and was equally blown away.... Tears for no reason, i don't think im stable atm.
It's Leviosa, no leviousaaaa.
Stop it Ron Stoooooopp
I was gonna like it but saw you were at 666 likes
@@chubydukskruber7969 675 now
free to like
Harry poter!!!
I had no idea a theremin could be made to sound this beautiful. I cannot imagine how much practice is behind that level of skill. Thank you for making this!
The vocals are beautiful but that theremin hits you HARD. What a fantastic rendition!!
Wow, this must be a “top of the line” theremin.
I can’t help but wonder if theremin players are like the Wednesday Addams of musicians, especially how this instrument has her displaying very precise actions in a small space.
Great to watch, and great to see she has taken the theremin beyond 60’s eerie space music...and into the future. 😏
Best theremin performance ever! This was epic
Theremins always sounded too sci-fi to me, so I could never see them in a classical or orchestral piece. You make yours sound like a string instrument and that's incredible.
By comparison, theremins have only existed for a fraction of the amount of time that other classical instruments have. It takes a while to innovate the technique.
Coda Mission one of the most flexible instruments
It helps as well that there are no orchestral instruments to offset the timbre.
A violin played with winds sounds natural and pleasing but that same violin with a Piano is rathering disgusting and grating ;p
Witchcraft I say! Well done, too.
Coda Mission lol, It was literally designed to create sci fi music, that's it's purpose !
I LOVE this! The first time I heard 1:37, it took my breath away! 2:08 with the G natural was SO SURREAL!!! Also, looping takes so much practice to get it just right; I'm in such awe of your wonderful music, and I feel inspired watching this!
Your right
That G
That damn G
I've never seen or heard of this instrument, so to me it just straight up looks like magic
The control in both your voice and the theremin is outstanding!
I'm selling my Theremin. I haven't touched it for years.
haven't touched mine either, it's way more difficult than I expected....but I can't bring myself to sell it....after watching this, I may give it another go
@@swirlysound I think he ment that you don't have to touch it to play and it was a joke but ok
Good luck btw
Stolen comment.
swirlysound this one went way over your head
@@ABCat6pm swirlysound is the human theramin
I feel like a blind person would be really good at the theremin...
If he or she can find it...
@@Pianissimo1970 especially if you move it as a prank
WTF 🤣
Yes you might be right.
Gringo 😹😹😹😹😹
This is absolutely incredible. I got chills listening to it.
Whoa! I just realized that some of the sounds I was unable to attribute in movies to a particular instrument was probably a theremin all along. I never even knew such an instrument even existed until it was mentioned today in Hannibal tv show.
Quelle performance! c'est trop beau
Agreed, it absolutely was!! 🌹❤
Tellement vrai!
The theremin isn't turned on, she's just speaking Italian.
As an Italian, I say AHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Non fai ridere cazzo
@@sanchisimone5004 Sì ma amico, stai anche calmo e prendi le cose con un po' di autoironia.
I can't breathe lmfao
@Luna Scaglia woosh
what a legendary piece of music for a legendary movie
I was today years old when I learned about the Theremin
@Berliner Stadtschloss True. But it's acceptable because she is cute.
Lorena Z Whaaaat ?!
@@randomnumbers84269 le simp
The best thing about theremins is that they will just sell them to anybody
@@markuskoivisto Yup, very much like equal rights and liberty. :-))
Precioso !!! Nunca había escuchado un theremin tocado de una forma tan bella , enhorabuena !
I can easily say this is the best music I've heard this year :)
Thank you! :)
make more please ;)
My favourite version of my favourite Morricone song. I don’t know where to start: of course the composition, but also the arrangement, the instrument, the clarity, the precision of the performance, nothing in the video or the nature of the instrument to distract from the beauty and skill of the performance. To me, this is perfection.
"and what makes you think she's a witch?"
"Well she turned me into a newt!"
"A newt?"... "Well she turned me back."
"I saw her waving her hands to make music!"
Look! She has a wart! Right there! She's a witch! Burn her!
@@abstrix4559 you reminded me of the dothrakis 😂😂
Well to be fair Worf stuff like that happens on your ships all the time, be glad it wasn't space salamanders.
Tell me... what do you do with witches?
@@vamp_bat_chomp A Klingon does not fear, 'space salamanders', our only natural enemy are the... tribble.
watching your vids is helping me get a better understanding of how to position my tuning hand. i have the most trouble going down in pitch accurately when i have to move my full hand. great job, you make playing the theremin musically look and sound a lot easier than it is. kudos and looking forward to the next vid =)
I thought this instrument was only just for laughs but when I watched this 😭 melts my heart
I believe it is the finest musical instrument ever devised!
Thank you for uploading this video. It has become one of my favorite interpretations of this Morricone masterpiece.
the first time I saw it I cried but I felt good. since then I always come here to feel better or calm down and just relax. this gives music a soul and a home to my heart. so in love with this!
That's a lovely message, thanks! :)
Lilli W. haha you cried wow
I've listened to this like five times this weekend. This is an incredible performance and arrangement.
This is so eerie yet also unbelievably beautiful. Once the theremin came in, I actually shed a tear.
This will now and forever be my choice video for testing new headphones. Certified WH1000-MX5 awesome. For real, this should be a song for demo units at stores.
That's one of the beautiful things I've ever heard...thank you!
I genuinely think this video hypnotised me. I must have stayed staring at the blank screen at the end for at least 30 seconds before I realised I was staring at a blank screen. Holy crap you’re good.
Amazingly beautiful, haunting, great job! I actually have a theramin, and even though I understand how they work, I still can't "play" it! So others here can understand how she is manipulating it, here goes. Her left hand, right side on the screen, controls volume. The closer she moves it to that horizontal metal "loop" thing, the lower the volume, and the higher above it her hand is, the louder it is. While at the same time, her right hand works with that vertical metal rod controlling pitch. The closer to it her hand gets, the higher pitch the note is. So far away, low note, and closer to it, higher note. Believe me, it takes years and years of practice to do what she does here, huge props to her!
this is so awesome
looks like magic honestly
☾✧ :)
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
You probably used the same technology to write this message. It's just radio waves. It's an old technology.
This video is 30 minutes too short...
So true
אלעזר אחשלי היקר
Habibi El Habibi la music est bonne
i agree
More like 30 hours
I have watched this three times and it's brought tears to my eyes. So good. So so so good.
I still come back to this beautiful video
I just bought a Theremini after watching this video, as well as a few other videos online. Now I know what it takes to be as precise in your movements as this!! You practically have to stop breathing just so you're completely still. Even with the range set far and the octave range kept low, it's still extremely difficult to maintain a correct pitch for more than a second or so. So all this to say, outstanding playing! You make it look effortless when, in fact, it's extremely difficult to play with such precision. You've done a truly marvelous rendition of the piece, as well. I would say it's inspiring, but really I just want to send back the damn thing cause I'll need to reorganize my entire life's priorities and enter deep, monk-like meditation for the next 10 years just to get the movements down! I think I'll stick to organ. :)
Hahaha! I wish you good luck with your theremin studies! All it takes is a lot of patience and perseverance :)
I don't know if that is entirely true. I'm pretty sure you also have to never drink coffee, or any caffeinated beverage again. Unless you like a lot of vibrato/tremolo. Also, you need to be at peace with the world and your own existence. You need to mention this in your instructional videos. :)
She's only got like 20 years of practice on you, no biggie. You got this.
treblemaker, the adjustable pitch quantization on the 'mini makes things a lot easier. Have you played around with that feature? I've goofed around with my friend's 'mini a bit, and with the correction set up pretty high I sounded okay. Not great, but not atrocious. Lol.
*@Chris Whatley:*
_Twenty years of practice?_
She looks young.
Oh s*** she throwin gang signs
If any of you are wondering how a theremin works, here’s the gist of it.
There are two components of a theremin. The pitch control and the volume control. The basic idea of the pitch control is controlling frequency of your signal. What you have is that you have a one variable oscillator. The variable oscillator is a consequence of capacitance change. The impedance of a capacitor directly depends on the capacitance and the frequency, thus if you can control the capacitance, you can control the frequency. What you can do is you can manipulate the capacitance in many ways. It’s common to use a conducting pole (like you see here), however, you can use any other conducting surface. If you remember Gauss’ Law, you can directly calculate the capacitance from either charge or voltage, which you can calculate through gauss’ law, it really depends on the geometry of whatever thing you’re using. More often than not, the capacitance through your conductor will depend on the proximity of your hand from the metal, so it’s how you kinda control the frequency. Then, you also insert another signal. You make an oscillator that goes at a fixed frequency. You then output both things into a mixer, and what a mixer will do is generate the beat frequency, this will be what you actually hear. To clean up this signal, you will put a band pass filter, so you have a low pass filter and a high pass filter in series with a cutoff frequency within the human audible range (20-20000 hz)
The volume control is a little complicated, but it’s the same idea. You have a variable oscillator in series with a band pass filter, and you use an envelope detectors to control the amplitude of the signal going through your theremin.
An engineer could tell you a lot better way to construct a theremin, but this is just giving an idea of how it works
Underrated comment
Lol I already knew that like everyone else right ? Oh no just me my bad
@@Yt_Mxchael Yea sure you know, lol.
Dude you already explained as well as an engineer, thank you. (By the way i’m an Electrical & Electronics Engineering student 😅)
TL;DR
This is just an astonishing performance. The Theremin is a unique and rare instrument. I recall in my "Art Of Electronic Music book" featured is an artist named Claire Rockmore who is a Theremin virtuoso.
I just discovered this instrument, and I am so pumped, like a child discovering music. I could dance with a zest for life, I need to get one.
I feel like that instrument is secretly a hamster that’s singing inside that box and your hand signals are his guide.
Ahahaha this made me laugh out loud 😂
Well that hamster has incredibly range
The sequel to Ratatouille
@@Colormyyworld DHUDBWUEVSU DUDE
OMG I lost it too funny, I will never be able to hear this the same way again lol
When the music and the artist fall in love, Magnificent combination Carolina Eyck!
Um, thats what we call SOUL.
Gnome people with soul.
PillowFort you are some kind of halfwit, is that it?
I AM THE 666LIKE
.. that's the only reason why I liked sorry