The theremin - A short introduction to a unique instrument

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  • @morganolfursson2560
    @morganolfursson2560 6 лет назад +1475

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

    • @suned3128
      @suned3128 5 лет назад +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 года назад

      SunED MMX disagrees.

    • @morganolfursson2560
      @morganolfursson2560 4 года назад +4

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

    • @auttark9815
      @auttark9815 3 года назад +1

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

    • @StopFear
      @StopFear 3 года назад +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.

  • @DoomFinger511
    @DoomFinger511 6 лет назад +2275

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

    • @FooeyMcgooey
      @FooeyMcgooey 5 лет назад +68

      Good one

    • @kellybramlet7996
      @kellybramlet7996 4 года назад +34

      Now is a great time to pick it back up, considering the Covid19 quarantine.

    • @marlieken.3075
      @marlieken.3075 4 года назад +65

      @@kellybramlet7996 Is that a woosh?

    • @Phoenixgaming-zf4tu
      @Phoenixgaming-zf4tu 4 года назад +29

      @@kellybramlet7996 U PLAY BY NOT TOUCHING IT

    • @ryano8768
      @ryano8768 4 года назад +17

      This is gold

  • @ThatHawksSimp
    @ThatHawksSimp 3 года назад +226

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

  • @Domzdream
    @Domzdream 7 лет назад +313

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

    • @harpintn
      @harpintn 3 месяца назад +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 лет назад +548

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

    • @36gamers
      @36gamers 5 лет назад +18

      The theramin is alt-right Nazi instrument confirmed

    • @ThatGuyDownInThe
      @ThatGuyDownInThe 5 лет назад +13

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

    • @itznikoniko4650
      @itznikoniko4650 5 лет назад +4

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

    • @obscured9414
      @obscured9414 5 лет назад

      Hahahahahahah.

    • @maera7887
      @maera7887 4 года назад +5

      Really i dont get it

  • @juanchocorleone
    @juanchocorleone 6 лет назад +178

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

    • @mlhales
      @mlhales 7 дней назад

      12 Dec 2024 I’m 75 and today I am a student learning about a “new” instrument! Beautifully melodic!

  • @ImBlueOnPiano
    @ImBlueOnPiano 7 лет назад +622

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

    • @pvtrichter88
      @pvtrichter88 7 лет назад +2

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

    • @lipstickinmyvalentinowhite5657
      @lipstickinmyvalentinowhite5657 7 лет назад +15

      ImBlueOnPiano damn okay Mr Krabs I see you 😂

    • @puffythedestroyer8878
      @puffythedestroyer8878 6 лет назад

      Before the appetizer finds you

    • @auttark9815
      @auttark9815 3 года назад

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

    • @EMLtheViewer
      @EMLtheViewer 2 года назад +1

      @@auttark9815 bruh 💀

  • @PhantomationTV
    @PhantomationTV 6 лет назад +2415

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

    • @delko000
      @delko000 6 лет назад +17

      wow yeah

    • @Yamyatos
      @Yamyatos 6 лет назад +96

      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 лет назад +119

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

    • @wallystogner90
      @wallystogner90 5 лет назад +3

      Check out “The Haunted Carousel” here on RUclips, 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 лет назад +15

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

  • @mickparly
    @mickparly 3 года назад +59

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

  • @superyouper
    @superyouper 4 года назад +78

    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 Год назад

      How old are you?

  • @brightargyle8950
    @brightargyle8950 5 лет назад +20

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

  • @JOELAFRICK
    @JOELAFRICK 4 года назад +196

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

  • @adrianelias2365
    @adrianelias2365 6 лет назад +14

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

  • @danielmartin1606
    @danielmartin1606 3 года назад +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!

  • @jesselough
    @jesselough 11 лет назад +10

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

  • @japotts8079
    @japotts8079 6 лет назад +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.

  • @ChrisHendricks
    @ChrisHendricks Месяц назад

    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.

  • @everyonesaidmynamewasstupi3713
    @everyonesaidmynamewasstupi3713 8 лет назад +11

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

  • @pfinad
    @pfinad Год назад +2

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

  • @Ram-bh1be
    @Ram-bh1be 4 года назад +33

    Theremin turned 100 years old this year. :)

  • @katerinawie
    @katerinawie 11 лет назад +4

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

  • @andressaszx
    @andressaszx 3 года назад +2

    Absolutely amazing! Thank you for the video.

  • @bulbasaurboy9893
    @bulbasaurboy9893 3 года назад +29

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

  • @unhiddenhistory
    @unhiddenhistory 3 года назад +4

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

  • @sarcasm-83
    @sarcasm-83 5 лет назад +23

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

    • @sbareg
      @sbareg 3 года назад +1

      Haha when you expect it the least 👌😂

  • @ellane8441
    @ellane8441 4 года назад +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 Год назад

      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.

  • @reclaimingminds2811
    @reclaimingminds2811 3 года назад +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!

  • @Uber_Versace
    @Uber_Versace 4 года назад +212

    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 года назад +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 года назад +22

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

    • @potatoyoutube9225
      @potatoyoutube9225 4 года назад +12

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

    • @majorchphzrd
      @majorchphzrd 4 года назад +1

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

    • @johntomasik1555
      @johntomasik1555 4 года назад +2

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

  • @mobiuslooped1551
    @mobiuslooped1551 Год назад +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!!

  • @Random212312
    @Random212312 7 лет назад +10

    The theremin is amazing.

  • @TheMysticSaint
    @TheMysticSaint Год назад

    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.

  • @johntomasik1555
    @johntomasik1555 4 года назад +1

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

  • @nugget3878
    @nugget3878 2 года назад +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 7 месяцев назад

      Now you just need to work on your grammar.

    • @rafonic3648
      @rafonic3648 2 месяца назад

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

  • @Khultan
    @Khultan 4 года назад +9

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

  • @hachimel3786
    @hachimel3786 11 лет назад +6

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

  • @deannacalef3513
    @deannacalef3513 Год назад

    Love it. Wonderful sound.

  • @olvinyldude
    @olvinyldude Месяц назад

    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 !

  • @Beauteefied
    @Beauteefied 6 лет назад +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.

  • @allys5214
    @allys5214 6 лет назад +1

    Wow, what a fascinating instrument.

  • @jackvanepps7301
    @jackvanepps7301 4 года назад +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

  • @ShanghaiRooster
    @ShanghaiRooster Год назад

    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.

  • @GrantTarredus
    @GrantTarredus 7 месяцев назад

    This is excellent! Thank you.

  • @anthonyyacobozzi5405
    @anthonyyacobozzi5405 4 года назад +4

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

  • @777dragonborn
    @777dragonborn Год назад

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

  • @merika206
    @merika206 4 года назад +1

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

  • @johanna006
    @johanna006 3 месяца назад

    Fascinating!

  • @melamusicworld
    @melamusicworld 3 года назад +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!

  • @jinx17
    @jinx17 3 месяца назад

    this is one of the coolest instruments ever

  • @chrisvarns8584
    @chrisvarns8584 Год назад +9

    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.

  • @walrust225
    @walrust225 2 года назад +2

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

  • @cagekind
    @cagekind 2 года назад

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

  • @makaylasuchenstein3530
    @makaylasuchenstein3530 4 года назад +1

    This is amazing

  • @1airsoftboy
    @1airsoftboy 10 лет назад +3

    blows me away

  • @haveagreatday9143
    @haveagreatday9143 4 года назад

    I am going to play store and download this 😁☀

  • @mission3479
    @mission3479 Год назад

    Beautiful sound

  • @chrisraven6803
    @chrisraven6803 3 года назад +3

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

    • @MsExcitableboy
      @MsExcitableboy 2 года назад

      Also the 1960s Dark Shadows soap opera

  • @keerthivasanb7931
    @keerthivasanb7931 4 года назад +10

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

    • @mynameis8224
      @mynameis8224 3 года назад

      exactly what happened to me tonight lol

  • @migmagingenieria
    @migmagingenieria 3 года назад

    Fascinating!!!

  • @sworupdhaugoda2880
    @sworupdhaugoda2880 3 года назад +1

    I need this.

  • @lunafirefly5815
    @lunafirefly5815 5 лет назад +2

    SO COOL

  • @electrojazz14
    @electrojazz14 4 года назад

    wild and amazing

  • @PacoOtis
    @PacoOtis 4 года назад

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

  • @ongodcuz
    @ongodcuz 4 года назад +16

    This is Sound Bending

  • @yorkyufan
    @yorkyufan 5 лет назад +7

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

  • @muhammedmusthafa5385
    @muhammedmusthafa5385 3 года назад

    This instrument is very unique 😍😍😍❤️

  • @antimatripathi5625
    @antimatripathi5625 4 года назад

    It's really amazing 🐝🙏

  • @mozamr
    @mozamr 3 года назад

    Human technology never cease to amaze me

  • @andreajackson4764
    @andreajackson4764 Год назад

    Mind Blown!!! 😱

  • @NorthLoftier
    @NorthLoftier Год назад

    Fascinating.

  • @TopBanana360
    @TopBanana360 9 лет назад +2

    very impressive!

  • @91722854
    @91722854 7 лет назад

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

  • @afsa376
    @afsa376 2 года назад

    This is so cool omg

  • @thecandidcounterbalance1492
    @thecandidcounterbalance1492 6 лет назад

    Fantastic!

  • @Simratkaursk
    @Simratkaursk 2 года назад +1

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

  • @grnair4521
    @grnair4521 3 года назад

    I love theremin 💕

  • @EllaBirt
    @EllaBirt 4 года назад

    She is incredible!

  • @bran8961
    @bran8961 3 года назад +2

    Most unique instrument ever.

  • @TheWaynos73
    @TheWaynos73 Год назад

    I love the theremin on Portishead’s ‘Mysterons’

  • @user-wg6ik1wi6s
    @user-wg6ik1wi6s 9 месяцев назад

    That is cool as hell!!

  • @sondrasmith2691
    @sondrasmith2691 3 года назад

    Amazing!

  • @louieboy8340
    @louieboy8340 5 лет назад +1

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

  • @SupraSav
    @SupraSav Год назад

    Freaking fascinating!

  • @Gemories
    @Gemories 3 года назад

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

  • @marlonalphonse189
    @marlonalphonse189 13 дней назад

    Very cool 😎

  • @bobdixon4998
    @bobdixon4998 9 месяцев назад

    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!

  • @eddiedantes2059
    @eddiedantes2059 7 лет назад

    It sounds so beautiful, where can I get one? the sound is out of this world! does she have a CD in the market?

  • @gregorywellssr7857
    @gregorywellssr7857 Месяц назад

    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.

  • @norahkluis
    @norahkluis 3 года назад

    Quantico instrument. Amazing

  • @TheValdimeola
    @TheValdimeola 6 лет назад

    Hi Carolina, nice videos, i fall in love with this instrument...by the way i a m a guitar player, and i think i could learn well using left hand for pithching and right hand for dinamic. It can be possible to play theremin this way?

  • @mtwhatley3253
    @mtwhatley3253 Год назад +1

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

  • @despawn7663
    @despawn7663 6 месяцев назад +5

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

    • @JamesJames-li2wv
      @JamesJames-li2wv 4 месяца назад

      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.

  • @talkietalkie5360
    @talkietalkie5360 4 года назад

    No touch technique is excellent during this pandemic.

  • @paigemalloy4276
    @paigemalloy4276 Год назад

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

    • @briseboy
      @briseboy 8 месяцев назад

      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!

  • @MaefoxDraws
    @MaefoxDraws 4 года назад +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

  • @AcesizOfficial
    @AcesizOfficial 2 года назад

    🔥🔥🔥

  • @gonspin
    @gonspin 10 лет назад +33

    And how long it takes the skin rash appear on the hands?

    • @BH4x0r
      @BH4x0r 6 лет назад +7

      and when did you ever get a skin rash by wifi or a phone, this thing infact resonates on a way lower frequency than a phone or wifi.

    • @NoOneGetzOutAlive
      @NoOneGetzOutAlive 6 лет назад +4

      idiot

  • @nycshelbygt500
    @nycshelbygt500 5 месяцев назад

    What old model #Moog #Theremin's does #CarolinaEyck play? We are waaaaaay beyond #JimmyPage's #Theremin played on #WholeLottaLove. There is the large wooden #Moog #Claravox and the #Etherwave?

  • @roastingnerd8545
    @roastingnerd8545 4 года назад +2

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

  • @BlackHayateTheThird
    @BlackHayateTheThird 9 лет назад +447

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

  • @clementine3690
    @clementine3690 7 месяцев назад

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