Leon Theremin playing his own instrument

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  • @Stop1Meh
    @Stop1Meh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7448

    Kind of sounds like an old recording of an opera singer singing.

    • @boogerrrrr
      @boogerrrrr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +309

      They all do.
      Then again, an old opera recording also sounds like an old recording of a theremin.

    • @Trixex
      @Trixex 3 ปีที่แล้ว +100

      I'd argue the audio here is much better than usual, for example, you can clearly understand what he says in the beginning.

    • @lev7509
      @lev7509 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      @@Trixex As a Russian native speaker, can confirm.

    • @aalot6744
      @aalot6744 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Sounds like a sad Jerry Mouse to me

    • @maryalouette
      @maryalouette 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Most definitely does! As for former opera singer, I 100% concur.

  • @sowarutsuchiro
    @sowarutsuchiro 8 ปีที่แล้ว +21806

    Kind of makes sense now, how a critic described the sound of a theremin as a cello lost in a dense fog, crying because it doesn't know how to get home.

    • @9_in_the_afternoon
      @9_in_the_afternoon 8 ปีที่แล้ว +681

      +Spirarc Here we have a description almost as beautiful as the instrument itself. Thanks for sharing :)

    • @markkoetsier6475
      @markkoetsier6475 7 ปีที่แล้ว +505

      Aww, now that I'm picturing it that does sound quite sad. =(

    • @jaded8578
      @jaded8578 7 ปีที่แล้ว +241

      i thought you said "a cello crying out in a dense frog"

    • @durcheinander5554
      @durcheinander5554 7 ปีที่แล้ว +425

      Wow, this is such a perfect description. The sound of a theremin is something between a string instrument and a human voice, it's pretty disconcerting and very powerful. Both very human and alien

    • @MrTakvam
      @MrTakvam 6 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      pretentious

  • @jessrosenthal4939
    @jessrosenthal4939 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6863

    Another story of an accident yielding wonderful results. Leon Theremin, who discovered the instrument that came to carry his name, was a Russian physicist attempting to create a proximity sensor, with its obvious military uses, but ended up creating a musical instrument which is played without touching it. It ended up being used for making eerie music, or futurist sounds. It was actually the inspiration for the original Star Trek theme music. Now it is respected for its sound, and unique playing method,

    • @SuprSBG
      @SuprSBG 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +57

      Oh my gosh the TOS Star Trek theme would fit this so well! I see why it was inspired by this!

    • @AzimuthAviation
      @AzimuthAviation 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

      I was assigned by our chief engineer to explore high gain capacitive sensors using a Theramin in my cubicle working with Honeywell Security.

    • @BennoRob95
      @BennoRob95 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Imagine my shock

    • @Orverge
      @Orverge 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      I'd say he succeeded on both accounts.

    • @WangleLine
      @WangleLine 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      That's so lovely :]

  • @levanthasis
    @levanthasis 9 ปีที่แล้ว +15830

    This man is STILL ahead of THIS time.

    • @lucyfisher8347
      @lucyfisher8347 6 ปีที่แล้ว +429

      Read his biography and prepare to be AMAZED.

    • @CyanicCore
      @CyanicCore 6 ปีที่แล้ว +242

      ikr, this has too be one of the coolest instruments

    • @NizukBeatmakerBoomBap
      @NizukBeatmakerBoomBap 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      True!

    • @tamaerl
      @tamaerl 5 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      Even now i think it might be from 2035 or so

    • @JorgetePanete
      @JorgetePanete 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@CyanicCore *to**

  • @yetanother9127
    @yetanother9127 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7947

    And on that day, cheesy sci-fi horror was changed forever.

    • @user-iw3yo6sf8c
      @user-iw3yo6sf8c 6 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Jonathan Hughes Indeed.

    • @terrythekittie
      @terrythekittie 6 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      .....and sowed the seeds of one of the biggest hits of the 1960's.

    • @airsailor6176
      @airsailor6176 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      terrythekittie did the BB’s actually use one in GV? The googl says otherwise. Please tell me they did tho !

    • @terrythekittie
      @terrythekittie 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      You can definitely hear a Theremin in Good Vibrations, apparently it was an electro-theremin...different to the one here. You can buy them online....all kinds.

    • @organboi
      @organboi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      Yes, and these cheesy films ruined the possibility of people realizing the immense serious musical abilities of the instrument. In sense, they killed the Theremin.

  • @jordy2299
    @jordy2299 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1026

    *when a 100 year old invention is ahead of your time*

    • @cerebrummaximus3762
      @cerebrummaximus3762 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Ikr, I've always wondered why Theremins aren't more widespread

    • @dragonusmolamola4140
      @dragonusmolamola4140 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@cerebrummaximus3762 people usually only use theremins for spooky ghost noises instead of as an instrument

    • @smithrookie1858
      @smithrookie1858 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      USSR technology still amazes me in 2023 !!!!!!!!

    • @Telhias
      @Telhias 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@cerebrummaximus3762 It's a really hard instrument that has to compete with too popular instruments. It's niche is taken by vocals and strings. You won't find it in an orchestral setting as it has strings and you won't find in more modern bands as they have vocalists.

    • @chochtopf8682
      @chochtopf8682 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      ​@@cerebrummaximus3762 I love Theremins. I'm kind of obsessed with them actually. But truthfully the theremin is basically just a synthesizer that is awkward to control and lacks all of the other functionalities that come with modern synthesizers.

  • @gamingmusicandjokesandabit1240
    @gamingmusicandjokesandabit1240 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5691

    Please note: The Theremin video has an explanation (in Russian) for the 1st 14 seconds, followed by playing for the rest of the video. I think Leo Theremin, in his explanation, is saying the following:
    The electro-musical Theremin is the 1st of its kind. It’s a song-melody instrument. The melody is achieved by magnetic field changes near the instrument.

  • @DaLegendarySOAP
    @DaLegendarySOAP 7 ปีที่แล้ว +550

    this man literally connected to this instrument like wtf he looks like he feels the notes

    • @kiyopawn
      @kiyopawn 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      I like the way you described that

    • @Drekromancer
      @Drekromancer 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

      It's even better when you remember that he invented it. This man built his technique, his musical style, and his instrument all toward a common goal - so they're more in sync than almost any other musician in history. Very few other humans have invented an instrument, the technique for playing that instrument, and the music which will be played upon it. But the result is something wholly unique.

    • @dane1382
      @dane1382 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      He has to get a feeling for it in order to play it. After all, the woman who invented the method for getting somewhat reliable notes out of the theremin did so relatively recently.

    • @randomone4832
      @randomone4832 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      You have to, because there aren’t any strings to feel!

    • @Blissfulsolitude
      @Blissfulsolitude 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Are you acoustic?

  • @popsocket6885
    @popsocket6885 3 ปีที่แล้ว +631

    Imagine having a family member owning a Theremin and plays it everyday to practice.. *You're either in a 1900s Disney Princess movie or a psychological horror movie*

    • @adamharskuti8040
      @adamharskuti8040 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      legendary

    • @multigaming27
      @multigaming27 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      lol read my mind, I think about them old 1930s golden era Disney movies. What treasures very very scenic

  • @MikeSki.
    @MikeSki. 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6134

    I was there, this concert was wild...

    • @netweek1299
      @netweek1299 8 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      +Michael Lewandoski lit

    • @gegdim9307
      @gegdim9307 8 ปีที่แล้ว +131

      Wooowww your over a hundred years old?? Damn man

    • @lare290
      @lare290 8 ปีที่แล้ว +377

      +Geg Dim Can't you see the date? It was just 8 years ago!

    • @Eskapismus
      @Eskapismus 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      +PerunaVallankumous
      :'D

    • @missmartha4604
      @missmartha4604 8 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      Wow. I'm sure it was just brilliant. I hate this generation. Wish I was in that era. I'm a sperm and love this music...

  • @wawawis
    @wawawis 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3387

    This particular footage is from 1954, in Leon's 58th year, 34 years after the invention of the theremin. He went on to live another 39 years. The theremin, along with the musical saw, blaster beam & portative organ are 4 of the most interesting musical instruments.

    • @christianguignard9980
      @christianguignard9980 6 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Merci beaucoup.... précieux commentaire.

    • @Humanitywaswarned
      @Humanitywaswarned 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      I know its been awhile since you posted this but if you are still interested in sound making equipment, my uncle just wrote a book called The Sound of Things to Come. Reading his introduction brought me here after he mentioned the Theremin Electrical Symphony Orchestra. I had no clue what an etherphone looked or sounded like. Such a far out instrument.

    • @dilloncostilla3412
      @dilloncostilla3412 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The musical saw? Come on. the hydraulophone is cooler than that.
      Practically any instruments built by Author & Punisher is cooler than a saw.
      Waterphone.
      Wheel harp.
      Marble machine.
      The Funfair Organ Sound Effects Instrument!!!!!

    • @kathydefilippo8085
      @kathydefilippo8085 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Jeremy Wissel thanks for the context

    • @bloubear2557
      @bloubear2557 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@Humanitywaswarned an Etherphone was the Theremin, Leon called it the Etherphone but people attributed it to him and called it the theremin instead.

  • @user-bj2lu9qt3o
    @user-bj2lu9qt3o 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1010

    Amazing to see rare stuff like this. He made history.
    And sounds actually beautiful!
    Like a violin.

    • @itamarbar9580
      @itamarbar9580 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      It sounds to me more like an opera singer with that amount of vibrato, and that comes from a violinist

    • @BrArshavsky
      @BrArshavsky 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@itamarbar9580 it"s interesting, becouse he was a violinist and physicist

    • @Kneon_Knight
      @Kneon_Knight 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@itamarbar9580 I definitely heard violin and a soprano, a very strange and wonderful instrument indeed.

    • @itamarbar9580
      @itamarbar9580 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@BrArshavsky the vocal sound is probably caused from his use of what I think to be a Sine wave.

    • @dan_asd
      @dan_asd 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      actually its an simulation of the saw being played. Yes, that construction tool

  • @asronome
    @asronome 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8428

    Most people don't even know how hard this is. Playing mary had little lamb in a theremin is about as hard as playing Für Elise with your feet (on a piano)

    • @razzerraw1108
      @razzerraw1108 9 ปีที่แล้ว +544

      More like playing Chopin's Fantasie Impromptu with your face on the piano..

    • @grumpy150
      @grumpy150 9 ปีที่แล้ว +174

      +RazzerRaw More like playing Stairway to Heaven without Jimmy Paige...

    • @grumpy150
      @grumpy150 9 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      +RazzerRaw More like playing Detroit rock City without Paul Stanley...

    • @razzerraw1108
      @razzerraw1108 9 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      +grumpy150 lol

    • @grumpy150
      @grumpy150 9 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      +RazzerRaw More like making Young Frankenstein without Mel Brooks...

  • @GameAce6
    @GameAce6 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1442

    It's amazing that 100 years later, the technique in playing this is exactly the same. Nobody ever figured out a better way of playing it.

    • @kylestubbs8867
      @kylestubbs8867 4 ปีที่แล้ว +548

      I’m thinking of selling my theremin. Barely touched it since I got it.

    • @gormauslander
      @gormauslander 2 ปีที่แล้ว +249

      Carolina Eyck invented a new system that is the new standard, which is a lot easier to teach than Theremin's technique which was "I did it for 30 years and figured it out".

    • @darkjanggo
      @darkjanggo ปีที่แล้ว +212

      @@kylestubbs8867 fuck this took me too long to get

    • @PurrsPlace
      @PurrsPlace 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      @@kylestubbs8867Ha ha ha! That is pun-tastic! I love it!!

    • @TherionX2.
      @TherionX2. 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@kylestubbs8867man

  • @wolfen8622
    @wolfen8622 3 ปีที่แล้ว +338

    Impressive. Such a clean pitch, he really did hit every note 😮

  • @fsharp64
    @fsharp64 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4265

    I own a theremin, but I haven't touched it in years.... XD

  • @StrangeScaryNewEngland
    @StrangeScaryNewEngland 3 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    This man is so far beyond most of us that he's playing "air" and making sound amazing. I used to own a Theremin but it was ruined by moisture 😭

  • @АлексейЛукин-о2х
    @АлексейЛукин-о2х 4 ปีที่แล้ว +459

    He was also probably the best player on its own instrument. Most of modern players can't get most from theremin: they do very low dynamic expansion. In his own hands It heards like a violin.
    And its own creator called it as Thermenvox, not theremin.

    • @akravemaster
      @akravemaster 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      /watch?v=LYSGTkNtazo She is quite impressive

    • @user-dv3wo7sb6w
      @user-dv3wo7sb6w 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Честно говоря, не ожидал, что он по русски заговорит, т. к. у меня название видео на английском!

    • @Tavussatwaossi
      @Tavussatwaossi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      There are some prominent players, as for instance _Lydia Kavina_ or *_Grégoire Blanc_* :
      th-cam.com/users/tvoxmania
      th-cam.com/users/Gr%C3%A9goireBlancTh%C3%A9r%C3%A9min

    • @maxroyle6750
      @maxroyle6750 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      You don't know much-ever hear of his protege Clara Rockmore ?

    • @girzarro
      @girzarro 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      it kind of makes me wonder about instruments that were invented before we had actual recordings of their very inventors playing them for the first time

  • @ohikennedy
    @ohikennedy 7 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    Wow, what control & musicality! Theremin was a triple threat: musician, inventor, electrical engineer.

  • @yuki97kira
    @yuki97kira 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    If you were in an apartment, and someone decides to practice this at 3 am...it wouldve been a real scary time

    • @MAGNUSWAKERS
      @MAGNUSWAKERS ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Honestly, if you are a horror fan that would be the dream.

    • @baldevis
      @baldevis ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Being an electronic instrument, you could easily practice it with headphones.

  • @twitchyeyess
    @twitchyeyess ปีที่แล้ว +40

    This makes me feel joy that this dude was able to use the technology at his time to make this instrument instead of conceptualizing it and never seeing it be made

  • @kashsmith6181
    @kashsmith6181 8 ปีที่แล้ว +727

    I will never be able to hear this and *NOT* think of an alien invasion!

    • @CooManTunes
      @CooManTunes 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Mars Attacks! LMAO!!!

    • @davidbergaragonzalez5653
      @davidbergaragonzalez5653 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Haha

    • @georgegetson7393
      @georgegetson7393 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      nerd. it sounds like a sad black and white cartoon

    • @region26
      @region26 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/lY7sXKGZl2w/w-d-xo.html

    • @Mimizimo
      @Mimizimo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This song sounds like something aliens would play on their funerals.

  • @unflores
    @unflores 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1466

    Nice vintage filter. Hipster!

    • @unflores
      @unflores 8 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      +Austin Flores Good one. +1

    • @mariocapistran7526
      @mariocapistran7526 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      lol

    • @Sploooks
      @Sploooks 7 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Dimitris Moutsos yeah it's a joke

    • @alegriacarlos864
      @alegriacarlos864 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@unflores bruh you commented on your comment and complemented yourself *loneliness 100*

    • @narzosk
      @narzosk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@alegriacarlos864 That was made on purpose, aka humor

  • @modularfrostflower7918
    @modularfrostflower7918 7 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    A beautiful sounding instrument and a beautiful mind. Thanks Leon. Rest in peace. x

    • @barbaradonoso4902
      @barbaradonoso4902 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Twice condemened to the soviets siberians camps and still making inventions and music....He had such an incredible life!!

  • @Pazaluz
    @Pazaluz 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2000

    I played this song for the funeral of my goldfish.

    • @ricarleite
      @ricarleite 5 ปีที่แล้ว +147

      I know. I was there, watching from a distance with a pair of binoculars, crying.

    • @f7ckrob
      @f7ckrob 5 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      I know i was there too i was the binoculars

    • @itkasia
      @itkasia 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      RIP goldfish

    • @yoi644
      @yoi644 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      F

    • @TheNuare
      @TheNuare 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      fun if it will play on yours

  • @kev4850
    @kev4850 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    This man was literally ahead of his time. In fact, he's still ahead of time till this very day lmao

  • @wrsmith711
    @wrsmith711 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I'm diggin' those good vibrations....

  • @wmeriic
    @wmeriic 13 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Thank you so much for posting this. This needs to be archived for history's sake. I never thought I would see Lev Theremin play his own instrument.

  • @1dotcomdotnet
    @1dotcomdotnet 9 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Nothing else like it. Beautiful and haunting all at once.

  • @imacommentator
    @imacommentator 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    For those wondering what the song is, it's Не брани меня, родная (Don't scold me, dear). Used to play it on the piano in my music school.

  • @GeekyJosh
    @GeekyJosh 14 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    A truly spectacular instrument.
    Thank you, Leon Theremin, wherever you may be.

  • @Etherdave
    @Etherdave 10 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I was greatly pleased to see him actually touch the volume loop, making sure his instrument won't embark on its own personal solo performance. I do the same thing myself, as a sensible precaution! Thanks for posting!

  • @AwfulWeather5684
    @AwfulWeather5684 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    It’s such a beautifully haunting sound, and from such a difficult instrument to learn.

  • @MmM17000
    @MmM17000 8 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    Thank you Russia! :D
    Seen that many of you were wondering the source of this melody, song is "Ne brani menya rodnaya" by Alexander Dubuque ;>

  • @ZugbruckMusik
    @ZugbruckMusik 10 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    It's a common misconception that the Beach Boys used a theremin on "Good Vibrations". They used a different instrument called the Electro-Theremin, or Tannerin, which is more like a synthesizer ribbon controller with a fake keyboard superimposed over the ribbon. It was also used on the theme for the "My Favorite Martian" TV show. I collaborated with Tom Polk to produce a Tannerin sound for Arturia MMV (as well as Theremin and Ondes Martenot sounds).

    • @AnonyMous-gj7qq
      @AnonyMous-gj7qq 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ondes Martenot are really cool

  • @stevelamont23
    @stevelamont23 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    THIS SHIT STILL SLAPS IN 2021

  • @Qp0wer
    @Qp0wer 13 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    i really hope this becomes more popular. it is a very underrated instrument

  • @Olga777rudenko
    @Olga777rudenko 9 ปีที่แล้ว +217

    Можно только гордиться такими соотечественниками! Спасибо за то, что вы были!

    • @eduardmishiyev5223
      @eduardmishiyev5223 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Да были. Но к сожалению были преследуемыми и по этому все они вынуждены были мигрировать или в Израиль . или в США.

    • @KA-jm2cz
      @KA-jm2cz ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Russians put him to prison camp ofcourse.

    • @romanroman1975
      @romanroman1975 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​​@@eduardmishiyev5223 Термен дожил до 1993 года, в Москве. Так что, мимо, говномуха

    • @ComradeKoopa
      @ComradeKoopa 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@KA-jm2czNo they didn't, he worked in a secret lab.

    • @LoarvicLoarvic
      @LoarvicLoarvic 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@ComradeKoopawhich was essentially no different from the prison camp

  • @elsquibbs
    @elsquibbs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    This, a carnyx, and wash tub drum, and we've got ourselves a real winner.

    • @juggernaut7_
      @juggernaut7_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      *Somebody please do this*

    • @sycration
      @sycration 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      the most haunting group of instruments!

    • @nunyabiznes33
      @nunyabiznes33 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      *sad waterphone noises*

  • @PolkRidgeAesthete
    @PolkRidgeAesthete 14 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    What a historic document! Many thanks for posting this.

  • @Gun-Bricks
    @Gun-Bricks 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    No one:
    The random mosquito in my room:

  • @sheildyshanearbasto4008
    @sheildyshanearbasto4008 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I am saying hi from 2020! I really did not expect that there was an absolute amazing instrument invented back then. Now, I consider my self lucky to discover this. Theremin captured my soul. Idk why. Wish I could play it some time.

  • @stevfell
    @stevfell 8 ปีที่แล้ว +260

    What an incredible discovery, thanks google. Majestic.

  • @hippomantube
    @hippomantube 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is really cool to see inventors demonstrate their own inversions.

  • @KM-rz6hz
    @KM-rz6hz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    this is the most hauntingly beautiful thing I've ever witnessed

  • @cheeseburgerwalrus2
    @cheeseburgerwalrus2 11 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    "Leon Theremin playing his own instrument" - i'm not sure what I was expecting.

  • @etwas47
    @etwas47 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    that one fly when you're trying to sleep

  • @caseybenson889
    @caseybenson889 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The technique he's using (holding his forefinger and thumb together for a clearer, more precise pitch) was discovered by Clara Rockmore. She was a true innovator in electronic music of her time :)

  • @Junga.Jonathan
    @Junga.Jonathan 13 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    truley amazing how even in the 1920's they were capable of making such an electrical instrument that has still to this day has the same built and shape, also played the exact same way.. lots of nock offs but this guy is the shit!!!!! amen to Leon. Starting the movement of electronical instruments which rule the world today.

  • @brycecary
    @brycecary 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is amazing... A uniquely gorgeous sounding instrument. Very cool to watch him play.

  • @WMeier-kd8hz
    @WMeier-kd8hz 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This sounds so beautiful.

  • @edibbl5970
    @edibbl5970 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    i just got recommended this. get ready for a january 2021 wave of views.

    • @svobodu
      @svobodu 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      why? how does this algorithm work?

  • @Benjamin.Kaplan
    @Benjamin.Kaplan ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This looks easy to the eye but this is actually insanity. I salute to this guy with the most respect.

  • @Wolfganger
    @Wolfganger 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    What a beautiful instrument.

  • @michaelmier9512
    @michaelmier9512 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The theremin is the most bizarre musical instrument I've ever heard. Played to perfection in such sci-fi classics as "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (1951) & "It Came from Outer Space" (1953), as well as the modern masterpieces "Ed Wood" (1994) & "Mars Attacks!" (1996). I just love watching an expert theremin player at work

  • @natalyanechaeyeva7529
    @natalyanechaeyeva7529 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wooow!!! It is incredible! This man is really still ahead of our time!…

  • @ninktabustle
    @ninktabustle 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Fabulous I love this instrument, so ethereal and played without touching it, magic! Clara rockmore was a fine exponent of the device, this has been a treat to so the creator and his machine together!

  • @laurawillits176
    @laurawillits176 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    What a wonderful sense of pitch he had.

  • @WowIndescribable
    @WowIndescribable 16 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Wow, what fantastic footage! I didn't realize he was such a good player. Beautiful tone and pitch and his movements are a dance unto themselves!

  • @enviosinterdimencionales8612
    @enviosinterdimencionales8612 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    bro invented his own skill and mastered it.

  • @raniawhite6968
    @raniawhite6968 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    tfw it's 3 am and you're a musician trying to listen to theremin music but the comments under every video are wildin' and youre distracted

  • @marcfedak
    @marcfedak 12 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Hi Kristine, the title of the documentary is Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (produced in 1994), and it is worth seeing. Here is an excerpt from the film; Clara Rockmore is reminiscing about how Leon Theremin courted her 60 years earlier (hopefully before he was married to the ballerina you mentioned, rather than during).

  • @titicaca.
    @titicaca. 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It sounds so beautiful! Very mesmerizing, even today.

  • @jakeschembri
    @jakeschembri 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The piece is called "Do not scold me, dear". A transcription of this music, for solo and piano, could be found here: th-cam.com/video/3_79heDF04w/w-d-xo.html

  • @samspianos
    @samspianos 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    He's a great musician!

  • @КЛИН-е2з
    @КЛИН-е2з 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The music is so beautiful, the background white noise only makes it better

  • @klieglite
    @klieglite 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Now this really IS history. the father of the synth- thank you so much for this.

  • @bloopereel33
    @bloopereel33 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The sour screeches of the dead, imbedded with the careful tact, and precision of symphonic beauty.

  • @Sun-God2
    @Sun-God2 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It sound so Eerie and creeppy but at the same time it sounds so Amazing and Melancolical

  • @yukari_katsuragi
    @yukari_katsuragi 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I've played around with a theremin before but never understood how you're supposed to go between notes and not sound choppy. Now I get it, the chop is hidden in the vibrato. Really really good stuff

  • @phoenixschallert2720
    @phoenixschallert2720 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    for all of its faults, TH-cam is such a world-changing tool. without it, I don't think me, or you, or anyone would have ever seen this footage in their lives, much less had it randomly recommended to them 15 years after someone decided to show it to the world, and 65 years after it was first recorded. oh and Leon's ability is great too!

  • @sharonneth4231
    @sharonneth4231 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Look at what people can do when they have the freedom to create and be the best that they can be! One day I hope we ALL can get back to that freedom and pleasure!

  • @tanhuwe
    @tanhuwe 10 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    This piece is so sad :( My soul cries when it hears this melody.

    • @casparpolitman
      @casparpolitman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Russian romanz! Sad music! Especially popular in tzarist Times 1900/17

    • @colin8770
      @colin8770 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@iliyajavadian a comment later down says the song is called "'Ne brani menya rodnaya' a Russian folk song"

  • @RosalezJohn
    @RosalezJohn 8 ปีที่แล้ว +436

    Only ghosts play the Thermin

    • @marcmorgado
      @marcmorgado 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      +John Rosalez ...and Jimmy Page... and Sheldon Cooper :P

    • @katrina6852
      @katrina6852 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      yassssss. my friend is a ghost.

    • @spoods4628
      @spoods4628 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      And astronauts!

    • @spoods4628
      @spoods4628 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      50's astronauts, with bubble helmets and ray guns.

    • @audiotestchanneltm
      @audiotestchanneltm 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Joe Bonamassa!

  • @mattikaki
    @mattikaki 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    So beautiful was his performance. I have been listening quite much of Theremin music but this was the most touching.

  • @maverickdallas100
    @maverickdallas100 12 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Masterfully played, the voice of the Theremin takes on an operatic human character.
    I have achieved similar effects on pedal steel guitar using an electromagnetic string exciter called the E-Bow. A neat effect when used tastefully.
    The opera singer's part on Ennio Morricone's "Once Upon a Time in the West" I feel would make an excellent arrangement for the Theremin.

    • @leonardomattarmonteiro2824
      @leonardomattarmonteiro2824 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thought you'd like to see/hear this (just in case you haven't yet) Maverick 😉👇🏻👇🏻
      th-cam.com/video/lY7sXKGZl2w/w-d-xo.html

  • @saobanza5314
    @saobanza5314 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Impressionante .Principalmente quando se vê ao vivo, como já vi em Lisboa!

  • @MamaLuig
    @MamaLuig 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Man, the song is still good to this day. Thank you for the upload

  • @derkateramabend
    @derkateramabend 7 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    His actual name was Lev Sergeyevich Termen, only Americans later introduced the name Léon Theremin

    • @alexeykokh8240
      @alexeykokh8240 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      derkateramabend correct spelling is Theremin, French ancestors

    • @deodatdechampignac
      @deodatdechampignac 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@alexeykokh8240 yes, Léon Thérémin; like many others : Catoire, Cui, Dubuque...

    • @ln3851
      @ln3851 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Similar thing happened to Tolstoy and Trotsky. Both have “Lev” as their first name, but now known as Leo and Leon, respectably.

    • @przemekgrabowski
      @przemekgrabowski 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Lev Termen has used the name Leon Theremin himself as an international, Latin alphabet spelling.

  • @jeiku5041
    @jeiku5041 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Ratchet and Clank used this a lot in their PS2 era, especially in the third game

  • @sheentheexplorer3859
    @sheentheexplorer3859 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    You are a musical genius sir 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

  • @randymack2222
    @randymack2222 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The instrument you play by NOT touching it!

  • @johnaweiss
    @johnaweiss 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    One of the most beautiful things i've ever watched.

  • @alabamax1543
    @alabamax1543 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Esse cara era um gênio, sua criação é um instrumento fantástico.

  • @vjm3
    @vjm3 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thx Scishow. I'm learning every day.

    • @dead_record7578
      @dead_record7578 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +vjm3 there is going to be another 500 people watching this because of scishow

  • @grugbob
    @grugbob 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Probably the best historical instrument ever

  • @danialkhan3176
    @danialkhan3176 8 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    It is so cool. So I guess it was the soviets that are the fathers of EDM movement

  • @irshaadhashim8847
    @irshaadhashim8847 10 ปีที่แล้ว +238

    Hannibal brought me here

  • @DukeofHesse-he7bu
    @DukeofHesse-he7bu หลายเดือนก่อน

    My father was taught to play the theremin by Leon Theremin. He was only one of about ten people in the world a the time who could play it. My father toured the U.S. playing in theaters and on the radio - another new invention at the time. When he was approaching the age of 90, he turned down an offer to be part of a documentary on the instrument. I tried to get him to agree but I guess he had his reasons.

  • @hippomantube
    @hippomantube 9 ปีที่แล้ว +346

    He's A Witch!

    • @Laurabeck329
      @Laurabeck329 8 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Warlock.

    • @SavageDawgJoshua
      @SavageDawgJoshua 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +hippomantube SORCERY!!!

    • @NickSBailey
      @NickSBailey 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +Mihovil Beck male witch = witch

    • @SinisterCharles
      @SinisterCharles 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +hippomantube is a wizaaarddd

    • @HapticMusic
      @HapticMusic 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +林柏銘 is that a question or a suggestion. Haha

  • @kalbsoug
    @kalbsoug 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I wish the caretaker would see this

  • @user-fq8mp6dx6b
    @user-fq8mp6dx6b 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Could not stop imagining how wonderful melodies we can produce with our body vibrations and earth's 🎶🎶

  • @barbarisdrobovikov3503
    @barbarisdrobovikov3503 10 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    russian genius

  • @urfan7850
    @urfan7850 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I watched this video for the first time many years ago and I was amazed. The creator plays music on the musical instrument created by himself...Amazing!
    Note: I was here once....

  • @RajSingh-ln1mn
    @RajSingh-ln1mn 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I remember how it was been used as regular instrument in old cartoons .

  • @ff_crafter
    @ff_crafter 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    awesome

  • @francisdedumo3323
    @francisdedumo3323 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    What's the piece is he playing at 0:15 up till the end?

  • @Sherakee
    @Sherakee หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    She Makes an o in ASL and the sound of makes through the theremin matches it. Fascinating. Truly inspirational

  • @RadeusParx
    @RadeusParx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    2020 год... Терменовокс жив, как метод игры на инструменте, а миди семплер может прикрутить любой звук какой нужно

  • @xyuser-vx3on6vd4j
    @xyuser-vx3on6vd4j 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Комментарии все не наши!!!( Эххх