The Flight of the Bumblebee performed on the theremin
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- Опубліковано 12 жов 2020
- This is what happens if you leave a bumblebee and a theremin in the same room… ⚡️🐝
They play Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Flight of the Bumblebee! 😉
[Enjoy with headphones]
Watch also: How to play "The Flight of the Bumblebee" on the Theremin • How to play "The Fligh...
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my sleep paralysis demon and an insect having a duet at night
For real lol
I CAN STOP LAUGHING AJSJSKOWJWOSNSODJWIWJEIENEJE
your sleep paralysis demon sounds quite elegant
o lord
Bro this is hilarious
I feel like that's the correct instrument for this piece.
Well at least with the staccato effect on it, yeah.
Bro mAybe I'm high but it sounds like fucking bee and I feel like the original composer had that in mind and I never considered why it's called what it is fucking nuts bro
@@oc1137 well classically its played on a clarinet, with the goal of it resembling a bumblebee. At the time of the composition the theremin and digital processing (she is using a tremolo pedal or plugin) were nonexistent and the clarinet is the closest instrument beeign capable of producing a high tempo and a fitting sound. There are some really good clarinet performances where the performer manages to capture the right "feel".
@@kozygeorg It's actually most well known as a piano piece and was originally an orchestral interlude in an opera
@@oc1137 it's an interlude from a Russian fairytale/fantasy opera called "tale about Tzar Saltan" where the main hero, prince Gvidon is magically turned into a bumblebee by powers of Swan Princess (she's capable of magic and turns on her own) for spying on his enemies and his father Saltan they fooled. It's meant to sound like a bee, and everyone on stage seems to be afraid of something small and invisible flying around the stage and trying to catch it. It totally makes a familiar scene of people trying to catch a little insect
Imagine going back in time and playing this for a crowd of people. You'd get instantly charged with witchcraft. What a time to be alive.
Depends on when you time travel to. Somewhere along our history, accusing people of witchcraft turned into “ew I don’t understand this futuristic mumbo jumbo”
@@pesosgouda8223 public education and hollywood movies shouldn't form your worldview
@@bearuki6351 Is one vaguely light-hearted comment on a youtube video a world view?
@@pesosgouda8223 YES! GRRRRR
Just a bit of info: The Theramin was invented in 1920.
Carolina : hold led lights in one hand playfully
Me : thats cute
Carolina : S W I T C H
20 year old Me : WHAT KIND OF SORCERY..
In primary school, they would have cookie dough selling contests and with certain amounts of dough sold you would get different prizes and I remember this used to be one of them :D
Whoaa thanks for the Love and Like! Btw In the interview with Rob Scallon, you said that the slightest movement can affect the pitch/Volume and followed by Rob affecting the pitch by moving towards you. How do you deal with the cameraman movement that circling you? Or they (cameraman) just played with the zoom mechanism?
Super shalom 😇
@@samayling9855 The prize was a THERAMIN!?!? ;) heh heh
right!? haha
If you can play it slowly you can play it on a theremin
Twoset violin yaas
Twoset here too. Noice.
Carolina definitely practices for 40 hours every day
@@KiraAkaike yeah, but remember geniuses are born, not created
I see you are a man of culture.
Question: could an actual insect flying near the antenna make the instrument sound?
Yes! It even happened once in a concert!
Carolina Eyck Please tell me there is footage of that somewhere
@@carolinaeyckvideos Super shalom 😇🤗
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@@danielshalom3283 Yes. A pupil of mine flew a mini-drone near a theremin and it worked fine.No chance of getting a decent tune though...
Just in case that was too easy, we had the output of the theremin controlling the flames on a reubens tube: ua-cam.com/video/zmJB_fzyc78/v-deo.html
Also, it's very hard to play with a cat in the house xD
It’s as if she holds the bumblebee between her thumbs, and in the end sets it free. Such an incredible performance!
you're right
I didn't think of that that's neat
Bumblebee in a firefly disquise.....😉
Lmao I know I'm two years late to this comment but how tf has it got 900 likes when that's literally the entire purpose of her holding a bright yellow thing and releasing it at the end? What else could holding a bright yellow thing in "Flight of the BUMBLEBEE" represent other than, well, you know, a bumblebee?
@Xona Clan lol looking back you're right 😆 I more so wanted to mention the ending I thought was especially beautiful. Also most people have never seen a theremin before
I clicked on this thinking that you'd be like aggressively vibrating you hand for the sixteenth notes, I didn't know a theramin could just have a set beat like that lol.
She uses a Hummingbird tremolo pedal
yeah same I was terrified I was gonna see The Most Extreme Theramin Playing Ever
@@joez6235 yeah but her left hand on the dynamics feels a bit fluent!
Could be auto-tuned.
@@joez6235 I just assumed it was a vibrator with a correct frequency. 🤣
YES! Love the playfulness of the finger-lights. Awesome work yet again.
Yeah, it was one thing to play this piece on whatever instrument this is (seems difficult), but to incorporate an old school magic trick for aesthetic into the performance was just a great touch!
@@Natenator77 "performed on the theremin" it's in the title... And yes it's a very difficult instrument to master
@@jeroen0011 When I said "whatever instrument this is", I meant it as a broad gesture to the instrument as a whole to show that I don't know how it works. If I had have instead written that it's: one thing to play this on the theremin - it sounds like I know what a theremin is (i.e. I was being purposely ignorant to convey my lack of knowledge). Now the misunderstanding is cleared!
Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.
The finger light provided the vibrato.
@@Natenator77 no use explaining yourself to the bloated politically correct sub humans, they just dissect your response more and more trying to make themselves seem smarter than you. They will never reach past failure.
Honestly playing this piece on Theremin just adds a new level by having the synthesis of visual and sonic mimicry of a bumblebee. Wonderful. Absolutely wonderful. Thank you for making this!
Dishonestly playing does not.
Not gonna lie, she look like she's trying to summon something.
Thanks for not lying.
am i hexed? will return with plausible symptoms if any surface
She turned me into a newt.
*Me trying to explain something to my friends*
My hands:
Twosetters : ALLOW US TO INTRODUCE OURSELVES
*Twosetters
If you can play it slowly...
Sacrilegious!
I hope she has ling ling insurance for that theremin
The bumblebee light serves to show how amazingly expressive this instrument is. The gestures and behaviour of the player are just so in tune with the piece. Bravo!
reminds me of
"yes i'm currently the fastest violinist in the world"
This isn't sacrilegious though...
@@karlwilker579 No offense but i think it is. It sounds out of tune.
@@huseyinerdogan6214 very, very out of tune.
Hüseyin Erdoğan If you can play it in tune you can play it out of tune.
@@jlastre lolol
Even the little light tricks while playing arguably the most difficult instrument to master. What a show.
I don't even know if we can call this sacrilegious...
If you can play it slowly, you can play it quickly. :)
Can someone get 2set on this?
Super shalom 😇
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Yes
get it ^^
This is definitely the last cover I ever would have expected on this instrument. Not only that, but there was a lot of really cool eye and ear candy going on with it. Between the tremelo pedal, the really inventive light effects, and a keen ear for the tune itself, this was amazing to watch!
Ok wait- this actually sounds the most like a bee than any other instrument of heard.
Damn that’s probably hard as hell
Since discovering you three years ago, your talent has done nothing short of amaze. I never knew what the theremin was called until the discovery of your channel. I used to be a big Beach Boys fan, good vibrations is where I actually heard of the theremin but but didnt know it's name. I always wanted to hear what Flight of the Humble Bees would sound like on such an instrument. Thanks
This instrument is really one of a kind. Truly an exceptional work of art. Still looks like it's from the future even thought it's from the beginning of the 20th century.
I have never seen the instrument itself used so artistically in shaping the music. Well Done!
I wanna hear “tiptoe through the tulips” by Tiny Tim, I think the theremin will give it an ethereal dream like sound.
CaroLingLing
@Arattattattatarattattattatarattattattat Stop CaroLingLing
LING LING 40 HOURS
The fact the theremin automatically creates slight slurs make this sound like an actual bumblebee
Why the hell am I only just finding out about this musical marvel machine I'm 56 yrs old for god sake? Kudos to Carolina you really know your stuff.
3D sound , really nice and... iNtErEsTiNg !!
Theremin is always seems to me as magic instrument, i cannot understand it existence in our universe
Really good idea to use that light bulb in your hands, it gives visual to the sound and looks like the "bumble bee" is actually making the music! Congrats! :)
The best usage ever of D-Lite and tremolo. Carolina you are a genius!
She must have practiced 40 hours a day
Ling Ling confirmed
Someone asked recently "if your heart was an instrument, what would it be?" and I said 'a theremin' without ever actually having heard one used beyond random sound effects... so I decided I should look on UA-cam and found your channel. I am in love and feeling very inspired. 🐝🐝🐝 thank you for sharing
"That's impossible" was my reaction to this videos title. You have shown the opposite, and did it artistically as well. Thank you!
I feel lamentable for myself, for automatically assuming a boring stunt when I saw this title. But it is amazing, the lighting of the set is also intriguing, love it～
If you're going to play Flight of the Bumblebee on an instrument practically no one else can manage to play mary had a little lamb on then you might as well go full throttle with the lighting.
"The theremin is a highly sensitive instrument. Any sort of movement close to it can interfere with the sound"
Cameraman: shut up
Aha! Finally an instrument that shows how the bee moves! This was an awesome idea, and bee-utifully realised.
i love the performance with the fake LED finger, it adds to the immersion
The neighbors looking from the outside: *“HWAAT KINDA WITCH CRAFT IS THIS!”*
This is so SaCriLeGiOuS!
Vibrato sure does give the illusion of quickly playing many notes.
I just discovered this crazy but absolutely stunning instrument and the amazing people that can play it. You left me speechless with some of these videos. You are truly incredible and I wish you the best.
I just... ummm... yeah, theremin is my new favorite instrument.
Neighbour sees red lights: honey, call the police. She’s summoning a demon
To me this video was one of those things you needed deeply but you didn't even know you needed it until it showed up
Theremin performances are such a cool mix of music and physicality
That was beautifully done, a great combination of music and visuals. I'd love to see you do a cover of M. C. Hammer's "Can't Touch This!" on the theremin!
I know nothing about the theremin, I've just watched many thereminists play. I'm curious how you made this tremolo sound. Did you edited it after on computer? Or did you made your instrument "autotune" at 100% so you didn't need to do finger positions and just move your left hand closer or away from the antenna? I've tried a theremini once, and it had this "autotune" feature so with a little bit of concentration I could play a simple tune after an hour. But it sounded very unnatural and crappy with autotune. So how did u play this? ^_^
Pretty sure the tremolo was an effect added to the sound electronically. This is definitely not autotuned, though. Super impressive.
Truly fascinating to see how you make every single aspect of the performance a piece of art, far beyond just playing the instrument. It takes a great imagination to create something the world has never seen before, just brilliant!
Oh my goodness, this actually feels like a flight of bumblebees
if you can play it slowly, you can play it -quickly- with a theremin
I have never heard a theremin sound like this! I am so confused! How is she getting that clear diction between every note? Is she just like...vibrating her hand so fast I can't see it? Lmaoo well it's cool!
I think it's probably done with an effect pedal.
It’s from the Hummingbird tremolo pedal
Effects pedal, and the slow notes aren't being played on the Theramin.
Whats really amazing is how the camera person didn’t influence the tone of the theremin as she played. I’m struggling to understand how she compensated for that movement...well I guess they could have just zoomed in and out now that I think about it.
One of music’s most difficult to understand the hows and whys. This video was very informative.
If you can play it slowly, you can play it quickly and without touching the instrument.
Can we all just admit how cool it is that this happened?
When she said 🫳👋🤙👌 it sounded amazing 🤩
Finally! A version of Flight of the Bumblebee an actual bumblebee can play!
The fact that this was recorded with a moving camera and it still sounds right is standing ovation worthy 🙌🙌🙌
She probably recorded the audio first and then did the video because I remember she did a colab with another youtuber once and she told him that even a slight change in the environment can cause change in the sound of the theremin so, it wouldn't be possible to play like that with a moving camera.
@@resn9358 Definitely pre-recorded.
Everything in this video was incredible, huge congrats
You know I didn't know what to expect, but this is exactly what the title says. Well done
Amazing Control. Playing the Theremin is one of the hardest instruments to master.
Absolutely stunning!!
Sounds great, but I don't even understand what that is or where the sound comes from.
Honestly the best Version of this piece i‘ve ever heard.
The amount of control over minute body movements is incredible. I pay my respects.
Theremins usually have a continuous sound, so I'm curious as to what effect was used to achieve the 'discreteness' of the notes. Tremolo?
Maybe a "pitch corrector" (like " Believe " by Cher )
She is using a Hummingbird tremolo pedal
@@cecilyerker I would have thought she was using a Moog Theremini, but her website confirms the Hummingbird Tremolo by Earthquaker.
She has a 2016 Facebook video ("Theremin & Hummingbird") where she briefly demonstrates it and implied she was working on 'Flight of the Bumblebee', as she made such a video in 2017 (with a fairly loud piano accompanist) -- /watch?v=q6tAwDXPUxo
Her brief 2020 Facebook video ("Using pedals with your theremin brings about a whole new world of possibilities to you") says she has a video for Patreon sponsors that goes into more detail about how she uses pedals for her 'Flight of the Bumblebee' performance.
Carolina's video -- Arpanoid by EarthQuaker Devices: Theremin Session #3 -- explores a different pedal -- /watch?v=2Gja9wBkz6U
Thorwald Jørgensen also did a version (using a Boss TR-2 tremolo pedal) in 2019 -- /watch?v=4y_MtDHroQQ
Miss Hypnotique (from Eccentronic) would do a highly edited version in 2012 -- /watch?v=EaXzcUBy79k
I'd love to see someone replicate Clara Rockmore's 1976 performance of Ravel's 'Habanera' -- /watch?v=uuKBPEDU-W0
Given the structure of the melody, a pedal wouldn't help. Or her performance of Saint-Saëns' 'The Swan' (Good luck with that!)
Still, for anyone intimidated by a theremin (or this online version) -- femurdesign.com/theremin/
The Moog Theremini is much more approachable for beginners (with it's 'Pitch Correction' capability) -- /watch?v=8bakI0ITCqQ&t=6m30s
Fantastic!
it's like the perfect instrument for the flight of the bumblebee
This is utterly ridiculous! Such a complex song made to sound so beautiful. I feel like the theremin is the perfect instrument to play this on. Wonderful job and wonderfully played! ^_^
I’ve watched so much twoset that I am automatically triggered just by reading the title. But a lovely rendition regardless!
Very nice! Are you using a Max/MSP patch to do the tremolo effect triggered by the computer vision? Would love to see you expand on this approach even more.
Playing this on the piano alone is super Tough. Imagine playing this on a Theremin. Gosh you are so talented Carolina!
The one actually impressive time of seen someone play flight of the bumblebee
You've just played a very difficult piece on an instrument that's very difficult to play! Massive well done to you!
I thought it was just going to be portamento and I was like "that's cheating" but however you made it do the individual notes makes it not cheating
OMG How insane is this! I have listened about this instrument and it was actually interesting, but you got theremin direct to the next level, you make it feel as a really expressive instrument. That's pretty cool.
Love the theatrics of this! And accurate rendition of it.
what the mosquitos in my room do at 2am after sucking all my blood
Is this fake? Or how come the notes around 0:37 are so high even with that much distance, and around 0:47 they are lower even though your right hand is closer to the rod than before? But if theres an explanation, please excuse my accusation
That was spectacular! The most amazing performance I’ve ever seen on youtube. No I haven’t been drinking.
So amazed! Such a precision, so hard to establish all those notes in the air. Fantastic Unique Talent! Always grateful for sharing ❤️❤️
Geniuses are born, not created.
Flight of the Bumblebee but it’s played by an actual bumblebee
hahaa She's bloody amazing at using that instrument. Awesome work.
That's unbelievably good!!
I hope i looked this cool while playing theremin instead of being laughed at
Cute....but this is more than just the theremin creating the rhythmic pulsations in the "tune"...clearly the pitch 'string' is theremin created, but the rhythmic overlay that creates the continuous string of rhythmic pulses is created in a daw. Still pretty cool!!
This gave me goosebumps! So well done!!
As a magician, the use of D’Lights is so cool!
Those notes are not being played on that theremin. Clever performance but not what it says on the tin.
This is truly beautiful--I absolutely love your use of lighting and color. Fantastic artistry.
This is way out of this world 🤯 Straight up amazing!
Everything about this
No sheet music, no visual cues for where to put your hands (i.e., pianos have discrete keys, violins and guitars at least have separate strings) - just a bunch of open air and the power of your brain. That's the most amazing part about all of this, for me.
Beautiful! It's like you and the bumblebee are sharing a dance in space and sound 🐝💃🎶
It works so well! Beautifully done, and the lights were cool too.
That was really fantastic, and bee-utiful! 🐝