The theremin - A short introduction to a unique instrument

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  • Опубліковано 24 лис 2024

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  • @DoomFinger511
    @DoomFinger511 5 років тому +2237

    I love my theremin but I haven't touched it in years.

  • @morganolfursson2560
    @morganolfursson2560 6 років тому +1456

    The Theremin is the coolest instrument in the world , and thinking this electronic marvel was created in the 1910s is amazing .

    • @suned3128
      @suned3128 5 років тому +27

      yk10yk
      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.

    • @AB-ii5uy
      @AB-ii5uy 4 роки тому

      SunED MMX disagrees.

    • @morganolfursson2560
      @morganolfursson2560 4 роки тому +4

      @@yk10yk No i don't like the marble machine and don't think it is cooler than the Theremin.

    • @auttark9815
      @auttark9815 3 роки тому +1

      Terrible sound imho. I do not like to listen to it period.

    • @StopFear
      @StopFear 3 роки тому +5

      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.

  • @Domzdream
    @Domzdream 7 років тому +307

    That's actually amazing. I never knew such an instrument existed. Quite beautiful.

    • @harpintn
      @harpintn 2 місяці тому +1

      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.

  • @nadersherif5712
    @nadersherif5712 5 років тому +543

    1:27 *_BRO SHE GOT US LIKE 30 TIMES IN THIS VIDEO_*

    • @36gamers
      @36gamers 5 років тому +18

      The theramin is alt-right Nazi instrument confirmed

    • @ThatGuyDownInThe
      @ThatGuyDownInThe 5 років тому +13

      this is the funniest comment I've ever seen in my life lmaoooooo

    • @itznikoniko4650
      @itznikoniko4650 5 років тому +4

      I'm pretty sure a lot of people didn't get it but I salute to those who did

    • @obscured9414
      @obscured9414 4 роки тому

      Hahahahahahah.

    • @maera7887
      @maera7887 4 роки тому +4

      Really i dont get it

  • @juanchocorleone
    @juanchocorleone 6 років тому +174

    I feel like a kid learning about something new!!!!
    Amazing instrument!

  • @ThatHawksSimp
    @ThatHawksSimp 3 роки тому +209

    I couldn’t remember the name of the instrument, but I absolutely love that UA-cam knew _exactly_ what I wanted when I searched “Alien instrument hands” lmfao

  • @JOELAFRICK
    @JOELAFRICK 4 роки тому +193

    I feel like this would've been Nikola Tesla's instrument of choice had he played...

  • @mickparly
    @mickparly 3 роки тому +59

    I didn't know there was a instrument like that, just fantastic, just fantastic, i love it.

  • @superyouper
    @superyouper 4 роки тому +76

    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.

    • @jrb7318
      @jrb7318 Рік тому

      How old are you?

  • @PhantomationTV
    @PhantomationTV 6 років тому +2378

    This would be the creepiest thing ever if it played itself in a horror film.

    • @delko000
      @delko000 6 років тому +17

      wow yeah

    • @Yamyatos
      @Yamyatos 6 років тому +93

      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!

    • @WytcherNytes
      @WytcherNytes 5 років тому +117

      "Look! The theremin is playing, but no one is touching it!"
      *Audience yawns*

    • @wallystogner90
      @wallystogner90 5 років тому +3

      Check out “The Haunted Carousel” here on UA-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.

    • @maxk880
      @maxk880 5 років тому +15

      The theremin is actually played in some episodes of the creepy TV series ''Hannibal''

  • @brightargyle8950
    @brightargyle8950 5 років тому +20

    Wow this is incredible! I never even KNEW this existed, and to think it was created so long ago is really mind boggling.

  • @danielmartin1606
    @danielmartin1606 3 роки тому +10

    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!

  • @adrianelias2365
    @adrianelias2365 6 років тому +13

    Such an amazing instrument. I just discovered it and the word "theremin" today while watching a UA-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.

  • @ImBlueOnPiano
    @ImBlueOnPiano 7 років тому +616

    I need one of these so that I can act like I'm playing the world's tiniest violin.

    • @pvtrichter88
      @pvtrichter88 7 років тому +2

      is that a RESERVOIR DOGS reference ~!?? I would love to see that KEEP MUSIC ALIVE!!

    • @lipstickinmyvalentinowhite5657
      @lipstickinmyvalentinowhite5657 6 років тому +15

      ImBlueOnPiano damn okay Mr Krabs I see you 😂

    • @puffythedestroyer8878
      @puffythedestroyer8878 6 років тому

      Before the appetizer finds you

    • @auttark9815
      @auttark9815 3 роки тому

      Sure its good to show off. The sound remains terrible. Who cares

    • @EMLtheViewer
      @EMLtheViewer 2 роки тому +1

      @@auttark9815 bruh 💀

  • @sarcasm-83
    @sarcasm-83 5 років тому +23

    1:27 I see what you did there. Well played, Carolina. Well played.

    • @sbareg
      @sbareg 3 роки тому +1

      Haha when you expect it the least 👌😂

  • @ChrisHendricks
    @ChrisHendricks 16 днів тому

    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.

  • @jesselough
    @jesselough 11 років тому +10

    WOW! I have yet to see one of these played like this. It is so beautiful.

  • @Uber_Versace
    @Uber_Versace 4 роки тому +211

    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.

    • @jamesdean3521
      @jamesdean3521 4 роки тому +1

      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.

    • @gildeshokka7721
      @gildeshokka7721 4 роки тому +22

      @@jamesdean3521 it’s not that deep...geez

    • @potatoyoutube9225
      @potatoyoutube9225 4 роки тому +12

      @@jamesdean3521 Damn James chill tf u so pressed about damn

    • @majorchphzrd
      @majorchphzrd 4 роки тому +1

      It’s 2020. Standard labels are going extinct 😂😂

    • @johntomasik1555
      @johntomasik1555 4 роки тому +2

      Great catch. That was critical to me understanding the instrument.
      (that's sarcasm, in case you're not quick enough to get it)

  • @katerinawie
    @katerinawie 11 років тому +4

    Agree with HAC. This woman is AMAZING! Please teach your children how to play this instrument!

  • @everyonesaidmynamewasstupi3713
    @everyonesaidmynamewasstupi3713 7 років тому +11

    You can put it next to a wall and put tape to mark where to put your hand when beginning (similar to violin)

  • @japotts8079
    @japotts8079 6 років тому +4

    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.

  • @pfinad
    @pfinad Рік тому +2

    Interesting explanation. I've always been fascinated by the music produced using this instrument. 🤩

  • @Ram-bh1be
    @Ram-bh1be 4 роки тому +32

    Theremin turned 100 years old this year. :)

  • @reclaimingminds2811
    @reclaimingminds2811 3 роки тому +5

    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!

  • @Khultan
    @Khultan 4 роки тому +9

    I admit I have never ever heard of this musical instrument before. 👁👁❤🎼
    What a strange device but wonderful. 😃🎶

  • @mobiuslooped1551
    @mobiuslooped1551 Рік тому +2

    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!!

  • @bulbasaurboy9893
    @bulbasaurboy9893 3 роки тому +29

    "Nobody knows, the trouble I've seen,
    Nobody knows, my sorrow"

  • @ellane8441
    @ellane8441 4 роки тому +9

    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.

    • @CalvinsWorldNews
      @CalvinsWorldNews Рік тому

      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.

  • @nugget3878
    @nugget3878 2 роки тому +4

    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

    • @lancetaylor7642
      @lancetaylor7642 6 місяців тому

      Now you just need to work on your grammar.

    • @rafonic3648
      @rafonic3648 Місяць тому

      @@lancetaylor7642 If he learns how to play the theremin, learning the English grammar will be a walk in the park.

  • @unhiddenhistory
    @unhiddenhistory 3 роки тому +4

    Amazing! I'd love to try this unique instrument out.

  • @ShanghaiRooster
    @ShanghaiRooster Рік тому

    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.

  • @Random212312
    @Random212312 7 років тому +10

    The theremin is amazing.

  • @Beauteefied
    @Beauteefied 6 років тому +11

    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.

  • @hachimel3786
    @hachimel3786 11 років тому +6

    This is insane!!!! This woman is very valuable to rest of the world :)

  • @TheMysticSaint
    @TheMysticSaint Рік тому

    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.

  • @andressaszx
    @andressaszx 3 роки тому +1

    Absolutely amazing! Thank you for the video.

  • @chrisvarns8584
    @chrisvarns8584 Рік тому +5

    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.

  • @anthonyyacobozzi5405
    @anthonyyacobozzi5405 4 роки тому +4

    Searching for the instruments used in the Score for "The Day The Earth Stood Still".. WOW...!

  • @olvinyldude
    @olvinyldude Місяць тому

    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 !

  • @keerthivasanb7931
    @keerthivasanb7931 4 роки тому +10

    Big Bang theory show got me here, (season4, ep 12)
    Marvellous instrument

    • @mynameis8224
      @mynameis8224 3 роки тому

      exactly what happened to me tonight lol

  • @jackvanepps7301
    @jackvanepps7301 4 роки тому +1

    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

  • @johntomasik1555
    @johntomasik1555 4 роки тому +1

    Now that is one unique instrument. I'd love to try it.

  • @RedZombie1313
    @RedZombie1313 2 дні тому

    That shit is so cool! I’ve seen Charlie Clouser play one while touring with Nine Inch Nails, I’ve seen Nikki Sixx play one during Motley Crue’s Red, White, and Crue tour, and definitely I’ve seen “ The Wizard” himself, Jimmy Page of Ked Zeppelin play one, too!

  • @chrisraven6803
    @chrisraven6803 3 роки тому +3

    A theramin was used in Led Zeppelin's song "A Whole Lotta Love" 💘

    • @MsExcitableboy
      @MsExcitableboy 2 роки тому

      Also the 1960s Dark Shadows soap opera

  • @ongodcuz
    @ongodcuz 4 роки тому +16

    This is Sound Bending

  • @777dragonborn
    @777dragonborn Рік тому

    Whoa this is the coolest thing I've ever seen .you pluck frequency waves like strings .

  • @allys5214
    @allys5214 6 років тому +1

    Wow, what a fascinating instrument.

  • @MaefoxDraws
    @MaefoxDraws 4 роки тому +5

    i can't be the only one who did some ~i n t e n s e~ digging to find out what this thing was after seeing in acnl :0
    the thing that actually led me to this video was me asking google: what is the high pitched buzzing furniture in animal crossing lmao

  • @melamusicworld
    @melamusicworld 3 роки тому +1

    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!

  • @BlackHayateTheThird
    @BlackHayateTheThird 9 років тому +447

    Love how the narrator keeps saying he when it is in fact a she playing it....

    • @TheTechBite
      @TheTechBite 8 років тому +64

      What happened I thought gender was a social construct?

    • @britneychinsue4453
      @britneychinsue4453 7 років тому +13

      BlackHayateTheThird I know, right?! driving me nuts

    • @ex-muslimlibertarianatheis9008
      @ex-muslimlibertarianatheis9008 6 років тому +7

      Triggered?

    • @muddymike
      @muddymike 6 років тому

      Who got here thanks to Mark Passio?

    • @fenilli
      @fenilli 6 років тому +5

      he was saying player, so he as the player.

  • @despawn7663
    @despawn7663 5 місяців тому +5

    Smiling Friends (TV Show on Adult Swim) Brought me here with a reference to a Theremin.

    • @JamesJames-li2wv
      @JamesJames-li2wv 4 місяці тому

      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.

  • @deannacalef3513
    @deannacalef3513 Рік тому

    Love it. Wonderful sound.

  • @walrust225
    @walrust225 2 роки тому +2

    Now I understand Theremind from My Singing Monsters
    This is the ultimate trombone

  • @cagekind
    @cagekind 2 роки тому

    this is it bro, this is what humanity needs to do

  • @GrantTarredus
    @GrantTarredus 6 місяців тому

    This is excellent! Thank you.

  • @jinx17
    @jinx17 2 місяці тому

    this is one of the coolest instruments ever

  • @merika206
    @merika206 4 роки тому +1

    Thanks for this! I never knew about this until I looked up Midsomer Murders. 💕

  • @johanna006
    @johanna006 2 місяці тому

    Fascinating!

  • @louieboy8340
    @louieboy8340 5 років тому +1

    I love this instrument, but is very expressive, like all the instruments

  • @bobdixon4998
    @bobdixon4998 8 місяців тому

    As an electrician I get this entirely 😂 I have always watched creature movies and scary movies from the 30's forward. Didn't know the instrument that made the sound. Now too old to learn it. I wish I had. Halloween would be a blast!

  • @1airsoftboy
    @1airsoftboy 9 років тому +3

    blows me away

  • @gregorywellssr7857
    @gregorywellssr7857 26 днів тому

    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.

  • @91722854
    @91722854 7 років тому

    got an open theremin v3 which works with arduino, gonna play and practice it well enough that encourages me to buy a proper one

  • @mission3479
    @mission3479 Рік тому

    Beautiful sound

  • @mtwhatley3253
    @mtwhatley3253 Рік тому +1

    I was driving thru skid row the other day and saw a guy playing the theremin. Except he didn’t have a theremin.

  • @PacoOtis
    @PacoOtis 4 роки тому

    Thanks for the video, we definitely owe you, and your player, a beer! Well done old boy!

  • @bran8961
    @bran8961 3 роки тому +2

    Most unique instrument ever.

  • @KatherineAnnabella
    @KatherineAnnabella 3 роки тому +1

    This instrument was featured in a Ryan Gosling Film about Neil Armstrong’s life. WOW.

  • @makaylasuchenstein3530
    @makaylasuchenstein3530 4 роки тому +1

    This is amazing

  • @Simratkaursk
    @Simratkaursk Рік тому +1

    I came to know about this instrument because of those Amazing facts written at the last page of Registers..😁

  • @yorkyufan
    @yorkyufan 5 років тому +7

    This is basically what I do when I play air guitar.

  • @muhammedmusthafa5385
    @muhammedmusthafa5385 3 роки тому

    This instrument is very unique 😍😍😍❤️

  • @sworupdhaugoda2880
    @sworupdhaugoda2880 3 роки тому +1

    I need this.

  • @hebneh
    @hebneh Рік тому

    Not only is the instrument itself totally kooky and the sounds it creates unique and haunting, but the story of the man who invented it is very bizarre as well!

  • @haveagreatday9143
    @haveagreatday9143 4 роки тому

    I am going to play store and download this 😁☀

  • @antimatripathi5625
    @antimatripathi5625 4 роки тому

    It's really amazing 🐝🙏

  • @lunafirefly5815
    @lunafirefly5815 5 років тому +2

    SO COOL

  • @migmagingenieria
    @migmagingenieria 3 роки тому

    Fascinating!!!

  • @mozamr
    @mozamr 3 роки тому

    Human technology never cease to amaze me

  • @roastingnerd8545
    @roastingnerd8545 4 роки тому +2

    I have one and it plays every night,turns out its just a spider playing while we forgotten to unplug it😓

  • @andreajackson4764
    @andreajackson4764 Рік тому

    Mind Blown!!! 😱

  • @paigemalloy4276
    @paigemalloy4276 Рік тому

    How am I just now hearing about the theramin?? This thing is _incredible_

    • @briseboy
      @briseboy 8 місяців тому

      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!

  • @EllaBirt
    @EllaBirt 4 роки тому

    She is incredible!

  • @DanielSanchez-it1ki
    @DanielSanchez-it1ki 4 роки тому

    Look at her short hair, so long ago! This proves she looks always wonderful. So talented and beautiful ❤

  • @TheWaynos73
    @TheWaynos73 Рік тому

    I love the theremin on Portishead’s ‘Mysterons’

  • @shailendratomar159
    @shailendratomar159 2 роки тому

    Google arts and culture game got me to discover the theremin and I am 30 . It's unfair to know to late. It is amazing and damn . It's coooooool

  • @leftcoaster67
    @leftcoaster67 8 років тому +8

    Now do The Day The Earth Stood Still. :)

  • @checo79
    @checo79 2 роки тому +1

    does it come right handed?

  • @Gemories
    @Gemories 3 роки тому

    How come I never knew about this until now?! Farout!

  • @nilsaduran9683
    @nilsaduran9683 2 роки тому

    Wow her movements remind me so much of my auntie. She suffered from Parkinson disease.

  • @raikitty5608
    @raikitty5608 6 місяців тому +1

    Where in the world would you take Theramin lessons?

    • @JamesJames-li2wv
      @JamesJames-li2wv 4 місяці тому

      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. If you would like to understand how to use them you would first need to contact either the salipsi ray or the dorax but the dorax can be quite menevolent so do take caution, also the best time to meet either would usually be on Saturdays in the nevada dessert ,or better yet on july 7 of each year and july 8th every leap year because that's their homeworld celebration day, and make sure you have a glass of gasoline for them to drink just to be polite 😄

  • @afsa376
    @afsa376 2 роки тому

    This is so cool omg

  • @Elthenar
    @Elthenar 9 місяців тому +2

    And Jim Parsons learned to play this just because he knew Sheldon was the kind of guy so extra that this would be his instrument of choice

  • @TopBanana360
    @TopBanana360 9 років тому +2

    very impressive!

  • @talkietalkie5360
    @talkietalkie5360 3 роки тому

    No touch technique is excellent during this pandemic.

  • @thecandidcounterbalance1492
    @thecandidcounterbalance1492 6 років тому

    Fantastic!

  • @mihaihorezeanu43
    @mihaihorezeanu43 Місяць тому

    You just gotta love it - no strings attached.

  • @vortexmadden6674
    @vortexmadden6674 3 роки тому +1

    Today is my first day of knowing about this instrument

  • @clementine3690
    @clementine3690 6 місяців тому

    It was amazing, and as my teacher said it was « immatérielle », ou « la voix des anges »

  • @user-wg6ik1wi6s
    @user-wg6ik1wi6s 8 місяців тому

    That is cool as hell!!