An Untouched Instrument: The Theramin Explained

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

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  • @kencur9690
    @kencur9690 4 года назад +275

    “I bought a piano but I never touch it” - “what a waste of money!”
    I bought a theremin but I never touch it” - “great!”

  • @robscallon
    @robscallon 8 лет назад +2028

    Ive made a few videos with one of these.
    They're crazy difficult to play.

    • @Donthefirst
      @Donthefirst 8 лет назад +4

      +Rob Scallon
      ;P

    • @midnightheoryofatsm
      @midnightheoryofatsm 8 лет назад +4

      +Rob Scallon 'Sup Rob!

    • @fleeb
      @fleeb 8 лет назад +10

      +Rob Scallon Sure is. I have one of these, but never quite got the swing of it. I could play some stuff with it, but I never felt that I had it really down cold.

    • @immanuelrohy
      @immanuelrohy 8 лет назад +7

      i knew i'd find rob here...

    • @SoulDelSol
      @SoulDelSol 8 лет назад +25

      you can play guitar with 900 strings but you can't play something that you don't even need to touch? I don't believe. I challenge thee to cover metal song on theremin. ready? go!

  • @rileykaiser8522
    @rileykaiser8522 6 лет назад +134

    My jaw was on the floor literally the entire video. As a mechanical engineer and a musician, this instrument tickles parts of me I never knew could be tickled.

    • @Unherd_Of
      @Unherd_Of 3 года назад

      Thank you exactly its like finding out that toy u always wanted exists and makes noise.

    • @shizukagozen777
      @shizukagozen777 3 года назад

      You had never heard of theremin before ? 😧

    • @germanjohn5626
      @germanjohn5626 Год назад

      ruclips.net/video/lY7sXKGZl2w/видео.html

    • @sonicsupersam7793
      @sonicsupersam7793 Год назад +1

      same, im really invested in electronics and engineering, and also music. This is brilliant.

    • @toringmort4231
      @toringmort4231 Год назад

      It's the electricity

  • @DavidWillanski
    @DavidWillanski 8 лет назад +598

    Hence the famous music quiz show quesion: "Do you strike, pluck, or blow a theremin?"
    "No."

    • @Boofin_Tobacco
      @Boofin_Tobacco 6 лет назад +16

      David Willanski tfw nobody blew Theremin ):

    • @Himark89
      @Himark89 5 лет назад +5

      @@Boofin_Tobacco You can't say that!
      P.S. my mind is so dirty.

    • @weirdface3838
      @weirdface3838 4 года назад +4

      None, you don't hit it because it would break. You don't pluck it because it isn't stringed. Blow? I'd love to see you blow air to have it produce sound. Go ahead, r/woooosh me :/

    • @EliA-mm7ul
      @EliA-mm7ul 4 года назад +3

      You make love to it

    • @DragonFollower23
      @DragonFollower23 4 года назад +1

      @@weirdface3838 r/wooosh

  • @EugeneKhutoryansky
    @EugeneKhutoryansky 8 лет назад +238

    It is worth noting that you also need an inductor in combination with the capacitor in order create the oscillations. Although you didn't mention it by name, you did show an inductor in the diagram at 1:25.

    • @armstrong.r
      @armstrong.r 8 лет назад +2

      What does the inductor do that allows the oscillations to occur?

    • @dennisdavis6943
      @dennisdavis6943 8 лет назад +2

      +Physics Videos by Eugene Khutoryansky i was gonna say the same thing

    • @absojake
      @absojake 8 лет назад +21

      +Robert Armstrong If you just had a capacitor by itself the current would flow from one end to another and neutralize itself. In other words it would decay. The inductor allows the current to induce a electric field, which is changing, and that induces an opposite current in the inductor. Which means the current is now flowing the opposite way and recharges the capacitor. This keeps happening which is the oscillation.

    • @armstrong.r
      @armstrong.r 8 лет назад +3

      absojake Why does the coil shape induce an electric field?

    • @dennisdavis6943
      @dennisdavis6943 8 лет назад +21

      +Robert Armstrong the inductor resists change in current and stores energy in its magnetic field which is produced by current flowing through it. When the capacitor is fully charged there is no current in the wire, therefore no magnetic field on the incductor. but the charge wants to equalize with the other plate of the capacitor so the current starts to flow through the wire, through the inductor, and towards the other plate, this current produces a magnetic field in the inductor. once the charge on both plates is equal the current no longer wants to flow, but the inductor has stored up energy in its magnetic field and it wants to resist the current from stopping. this magnetic energy is what forces the current to continue flowing until the capacitor is fully charged again but in the opposite direction, and again the current has stopped and the inductor no longer has a magnetic field. then this process repeats over and over causing oscillation. without the inductor the charge would equalize on the capacitor and nothing would happen. i hope that made sense.

  • @falnica
    @falnica 8 лет назад +1208

    In spanish to say "play an instrument" is said the same as "touching and instrument", so the theremin is hard to explain in spanish

    • @Vynzent
      @Vynzent 8 лет назад +12

      +Fernando Franco Félix Hahahaha, yes indeed.

    • @mexicandoggos3578
      @mexicandoggos3578 6 лет назад +21

      I was thinking about this too

    • @VincentGonzalezVeg
      @VincentGonzalezVeg 5 лет назад +27

      the instrument reads where you touch the air

    • @veronicafleitas412
      @veronicafleitas412 5 лет назад +14

      Yes and That's why we try to correct in Spanish saying, "ejecutar el instrumento, no tocar el instrumento"

    • @fernandoizaurieta7270
      @fernandoizaurieta7270 5 лет назад +28

      ​@@veronicafleitas412 Sí, pero no faltará quien piense que llevaste el instrumento a la guillotina :D

  • @jacksonhammond9148
    @jacksonhammond9148 8 лет назад +3086

    Does anyone want to buy a used theremin? I haven't touched mine in years.

  • @MattisProbably
    @MattisProbably 8 лет назад +607

    You missed your opportunity to start the episode with the SciShow theme played on a theremin :)

    • @lucysmith8326
      @lucysmith8326 3 года назад +4

      The Theramin was used as the music for the TV series Dark Shadows!

    • @colorbugoriginals4457
      @colorbugoriginals4457 3 года назад +4

      I was so disappointed when it wasn't 😂

    • @Mattisttam
      @Mattisttam 2 года назад

      Star Trek guys.

  • @automaticgainsay
    @automaticgainsay 8 лет назад +112

    I teach the history and functionality of electronic instruments, and have been doing so for many years.
    This is, hands down, the best description and explanation I have ever seen in regard to the theremin. Thank you!

    • @jamesjones4396
      @jamesjones4396 6 лет назад +1

      Yeah too bad it's just plain wrong in many parts

    • @MarcassCarcass
      @MarcassCarcass 6 лет назад +1

      He left out the inductor.

    • @thekingoffailure9967
      @thekingoffailure9967 4 года назад

      I'd hope you would keep your hands up, I came for a concert, after all!

  • @joolzzenda
    @joolzzenda 8 лет назад +525

    I made a Theremin for my physics degree dissertation :D It was so much fun!

    • @joolzzenda
      @joolzzenda 8 лет назад +44

      +joolzzenda The whole heterodyning part was a massive pain though as I had a teeny tiny variable resistor inside it which was turned with a screwdriver but touching the screwdriver to it interfered with the whole thing and changed the frequency out the output and it was SO HARD to get it right! And it needed re-doing every time you switched it on because the conditions would change!

    • @CWGminer
      @CWGminer 6 лет назад +10

      If I did it then I would probably end up frying my phone with stray inductance

    • @JpChannelOne
      @JpChannelOne 6 лет назад +4

      In the movie Electronic Odyssey I saw Lew Thermen calibrating his own instrument by putting the screwdriver in the vicinity of the pitch antenna :-). Its easier...

    • @MarkBowenPiano
      @MarkBowenPiano 6 лет назад +3

      joolzzenda You needed to use what we call a spudger. Basically a plastic screwdriver so you don't introduce any interference.

    • @ritzrocks98
      @ritzrocks98 5 лет назад

      @@joolzzenda I wanted to know how is the capacitance being developed, despite the hand being independent of the circuit? Is it the ground, and if yes, then why does it work even with shoes on?

  • @williamgeorgefraser
    @williamgeorgefraser 4 года назад +4

    I received my Theremin yesterday and it has already changed my life. I'm a lifelong musician and the ability to detach myself from touching the instrument is amazing. Keyboards, stringed instruments and others which require manipulation of knobs are limiting unless you are a specialist. The Theremin, by its non-contact nature, enables one to express one's inner self with small movements of the hands. It's an ideal instrument for contemplation and expressing one's soul.

  • @NuclearFallout321
    @NuclearFallout321 8 лет назад +168

    You acknowledged electro swing, this mildly pleases me.

    • @MAXthespicyvideomachine
      @MAXthespicyvideomachine 8 лет назад +4

      I can't stand electro swing I feel it destroyed the whole fun of the original song

    • @NuclearFallout321
      @NuclearFallout321 8 лет назад +11

      +SPICY~MAX I would argue that it makes the original songs more fun by making them more energetic!

    • @theoverseer393
      @theoverseer393 4 года назад +1

      @@MAXthespicyvideomachine if it’s an original song, good. But remixes annoy me

  • @asfrflagcommunity966
    @asfrflagcommunity966 4 года назад +55

    What instrument do you play
    Me: the router

  • @ThereminFlute
    @ThereminFlute 4 года назад +1

    I’ve been playing for 3 years. Currently making videos and writing theremin music! The theremin is such a wonderful instrument. Thanks for the video! ☺️

  • @FrancoisBothaZA
    @FrancoisBothaZA 8 лет назад +37

    You forgot to mention that they were very popular in 50s and 60s sci-fi movies. Whooooohooooo

  • @tomlangford1999
    @tomlangford1999 8 лет назад +312

    I'm just upset you didn't play the SciShow theme with the Theramin

    • @ragnkja
      @ragnkja 8 лет назад +10

      +Tom Langford That would take a lot of practice for Hank.

    • @joebykaeby
      @joebykaeby 8 лет назад +12

      +Tom Langford I know Hank's a musical genius but it is just a liiiiiitle difficult to actually play the thing.

    • @JoeCrush_
      @JoeCrush_ 8 лет назад +7

      Would've been epic ; (

  • @yeapsystar
    @yeapsystar 5 лет назад +3

    Wow! Nice explanation! I play the theremin for 10 years now, and I still love it!

  • @GJ1500dlo
    @GJ1500dlo 8 лет назад +1

    You explained in seconds how an alternating current works better than my Physics teacher has all year. Thank you so much!

  • @FirstRisingSouI
    @FirstRisingSouI 8 лет назад +167

    What? You didn't play the outro theme on the theremin? For shame.

    • @tylorbray
      @tylorbray 8 лет назад +1

      +FirstRisingSouI its not easy also i saw a cool one stuck up a beaver taxadermy

    • @QuillanWebster
      @QuillanWebster 7 лет назад +2

      FOR THE REVOLUTION

    • @Casey_J96
      @Casey_J96 7 лет назад

      Quillan Webster was that a Hamilton joke? Lol

    • @36gamers
      @36gamers 5 лет назад

      its known as the hardest instrument in the world to play. There's only like a handful of people who can really play it at all.

    • @MK-hj9de
      @MK-hj9de 4 года назад

      @@QuillanWebster *for shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame*

  • @EdMuse1122
    @EdMuse1122 6 лет назад +2

    You, sir, are amazing. I have to say I didn't expect much from a four-minute video on this subject. But I follow your Crash Course videos, so when I saw you in this vid, I knew I wouldn't be disappointed. Explaining not only capacitance, but heterodyning in under 4 minutes? That's what I came here for. Well done, sir.
    Also, you remind me of a very young Tom Lehrer.

  • @fleeb
    @fleeb 8 лет назад +3

    It's interesting the theremin featured here is a Moog theremin... as in the Moog synthesizer (same manufacturer). Robert Moog sold these to help pay for the research on his synthesizer long ago, and his company continues to sell them today.
    The Moog synthesizer paved the way for the various electronic keyboard instruments we use today.

  • @VitalVampyr
    @VitalVampyr 8 лет назад +2

    1:10
    I think it's most accurate to say capacitors store a voltage. The plates store a charge sure, but it's both the plates and the gap between them which makes a capacitor.

  • @Lwilight
    @Lwilight 8 лет назад +166

    Another great video, keep up the great work guys!

  • @MsTuliplady
    @MsTuliplady 4 года назад +1

    What a wonder this world is. A theremin vid slipped into my RUclips algorithm and now I'm on my way to buy one. One moment, you are blind to something, never knowing of its existence, the next, you can't wait for it to come in the mail. "and I think to myself.... what a wonderful world..."

  • @DemonApple1982
    @DemonApple1982 8 лет назад +3

    I find that interesting that this was posted on the exact day I added a Theremin to an EDM song that I'm working on! ^_^ How serendipitous!

  • @TeachingandLearningOnline
    @TeachingandLearningOnline 7 лет назад +1

    Darn! Just saw someone who did a wonderfully complex rendition of Long and Winding Road, and the muscle memory to play tones on that instrument so expertly is really impressive. Thanks for having this on why it works. Love SciShow -- understandable answers to very specific questions! Off to listen to some more theremin music.

  • @JesuscantergallopTB
    @JesuscantergallopTB 7 лет назад +7

    This is genius. I've listened to these; love the sound.

  • @ValeriePallaoro
    @ValeriePallaoro 4 года назад

    When I want to know something new .. SciShow and Hank come to the rescue. I've known about the theremin, but suddenly realised I thought it was magic. RUclips recommendations and there you have it. Thank you so much!!

  • @lelandeggleston1041
    @lelandeggleston1041 8 лет назад +5

    I didn't even know I wanted to know about this. I love this channel.

  • @cameronfarley5910
    @cameronfarley5910 8 лет назад

    Hank, your face at the end of the video: gorgeous! Just perfect.
    Thanks for making another wonderful video. Now I know what a Theremin is! Yay!

  • @ze_rubenator
    @ze_rubenator 8 лет назад +4

    I recommend listening to Bill Bailey playing the Theremin. He's really bloody good for playing an instrument that's literally impossible to play well.

  • @leion247
    @leion247 8 лет назад +1

    Thanks to this video I've been introduced to Acid Jazz. My life just got funky.

  • @tarunbirgambhir3627
    @tarunbirgambhir3627 8 лет назад +17

    It sounded like hank trapped a kitten in a box 😂

  • @vonzigle
    @vonzigle 8 лет назад

    Best description of how a theremin works that I've seen... Thanks! 🤗

  • @beargryllsfan007
    @beargryllsfan007 8 лет назад +57

    Nobodyyyy knoowwwss the trouble i've seeeen
    Noboodyyy knowwws my sorrows....
    -if you get this you get a cookie

  • @whatdoyousuppose
    @whatdoyousuppose 8 лет назад +1

    I did a class presentation on the theremin about 7 years ago and I've been in love with the instrument ever since! I own a lot of Clara Rockmore's theremin covers, what a virtuoso!! Someday I hope to at least try one out for myself or even own one!

  • @paytopray1468
    @paytopray1468 8 лет назад +154

    what about v a p o r w a v e

    • @IndieKiddie
      @IndieKiddie 8 лет назад +7

      +Terminally Capricious my thoughts exactly

    • @troberson3435
      @troberson3435 4 года назад +1

      I couldn’t agree more, like not even a mention of the vapor wave. Really goes to show how little effort he actually puts into his videos.

  • @allisondeanjones
    @allisondeanjones 6 лет назад

    Just saw Lord Huron perform with a theremin last night in Chicago and had no idea what it was! Awesome video! Thank you!

  • @LQLAssassin
    @LQLAssassin 8 лет назад +4

    Every time I hear those things I feel like I'm at the dentist lol

  • @RyanSnyder_P
    @RyanSnyder_P 8 лет назад +1

    99% Invisible had a good podcast on this recently. Good episode on the history of things and how it led to encryption.

  • @ganaraminukshuk0
    @ganaraminukshuk0 8 лет назад +14

    This is actually really cool, and if you at least appreciate electromagnetism, you'll appreciate it even more.

  • @zerodivider4333
    @zerodivider4333 8 лет назад

    Great Video. Im an electronic musician and in physics 2 where we just learned about capacitors and such. So WOW.

  • @blazebluebass
    @blazebluebass 8 лет назад +92

    Wait, that would mean... MAYONNAISE CAN BE AN INSTRUMENT AFTER ALL!

    • @adammehdi9205
      @adammehdi9205 8 лет назад +24

      +blazebluebass NO PATRICK! MAYONNAISE IS NOT AN INSTRUMENT!

    • @blazebluebass
      @blazebluebass 8 лет назад +13

      Adam Mehdi
      But... BUT... THEREMIN!

    • @Johnathonisnotcool
      @Johnathonisnotcool 8 лет назад

      You should try and then upload your results to RUclips!

    • @joshuahadams
      @joshuahadams 8 лет назад

      In a recent episode of Dear Hank and John, Hank and his brother, John discuss this question.

    • @Torrance92
      @Torrance92 6 лет назад

      Disgusting ledditor

  • @PazarX
    @PazarX 8 лет назад

    Kudos for getting an actual Theremin in the studio!

  • @bjf10
    @bjf10 8 лет назад +13

    The *charge* doesn't change with distance, though the *capacitance* definitely does.
    C = eA/d; d changes when you move your hand back and forth (A can too if you turn your hand relative to the antenna, though this is a relatively small effect given the effective aperture of the antenna).
    The real effect though, is on the resonant frequency of the LC tank (MOST theremins include this); one portion of the C being the capacitor formed by the player's hand and the antenna. The resonant frequency of the tank is: f = 1/ (2*pi*sqrt(LC)). In theremin design there is typically a relatively large discrete resonant capacitor (100 to 1000 pF), which the player/antenna capacitor is in parallel with. The hand to antenna capacitance is tiny in comparison, maxing out at only a few pF. But that's enough! The other elements in the circuit are fixed, and a few pF of difference causes a detectable change in the resonant frequency, and thus the variations in pitch and volume which turn a simple circuit into an instrument. :-)

    • @bjf10
      @bjf10 4 года назад

      @T C Nope. I'm an electrical engineer.
      But don't believe me, look up the fundamental physics of capacitance and resonance yourself.

  • @AxolinaAxolotl
    @AxolinaAxolotl 4 года назад

    0:06 everything you just listed i love it

  • @Jdpoz
    @Jdpoz 8 лет назад +5

    They missed out on a perfect opportunity to play the theme of SciShow with the theremin.

  • @ChoxTheMuse
    @ChoxTheMuse 8 лет назад

    That was awesome! I saw a young lady play this Theremin live as a show opener for the Bare Naked Ladies when they played my hometown! It was pretty spectacular!

  • @meajur
    @meajur 8 лет назад +4

    Are there outtakes of you playing a sci-fi rift? Or maybe Good Vibrations?

    • @bkrbyex4339
      @bkrbyex4339 8 лет назад

      heck Jimmy page has been playing one of these things.. just listen to the Led Zeppelin songs, "whole lotta love" and "no Quarter"

  • @RealBradMiller
    @RealBradMiller 3 года назад

    I have been eyeing the Moog Theremini for almost a year. I saw it on sale so I bought myself one. It arrives tomorrow.
    I'm so excited.

  • @Koop784
    @Koop784 8 лет назад +33

    So if you touch it, do you get zapped?

    • @majest33
      @majest33 7 лет назад +1

      yeh i cant help but wonder when /how it gets deadly.

    • @ameliawright6947
      @ameliawright6947 6 лет назад

      Nah, you can. Some pieces make use of the technique, I know the third movement from Tarnow's Theremin Sonata No. 2.

    • @KidPixSuperFan
      @KidPixSuperFan 5 лет назад +8

      You become the theremin

  • @caspian8650
    @caspian8650 8 лет назад +2

    I was so psyched to see this! Also hell yes electro swing.

    • @BriWhoSaysNi
      @BriWhoSaysNi 8 лет назад

      Yes! Electro swing is the best.

  • @boy638
    @boy638 8 лет назад +6

    was hoping to see Hank perform a short SciShow DubShow lol

  • @MicroBlogganism
    @MicroBlogganism 8 лет назад

    Heterodyning is also how most bat detectors work. The ultrasonic echolocation calls of the bats are converted into to AC, which is then combined with a an internally generated current, so that you end up with frequencies that when sent to a speaker produce sounds we can hear. Unlike in the theremin, the internal frequency is adjustable, allowing you to scan through a range of ultrasound frequencies, and fine tune when you hear a bat.

  • @grass1503
    @grass1503 8 лет назад +16

    Wow I just picked up my phone and here I am 30 seconds late.

  • @1234Misterman
    @1234Misterman 8 лет назад +2

    i just searched theremin randomly. I didnt know it was you. Ive got crash course biology on the next tab lol

  • @Skygerobrian
    @Skygerobrian 8 лет назад +9

    No mention of the Beach Boys!!!??? Gasp!

  • @firefox91firefox
    @firefox91firefox 6 лет назад +2

    Even though I didn’t understand anything, I think I really love this instrument.

  • @DioOmicida
    @DioOmicida 8 лет назад +14

    Acid Jazz? That's a new one.
    Time to go loss my mind.

    • @xxshevilxx
      @xxshevilxx 8 лет назад

      +DioOmicida Early King Crimson fits in that genre, and perhaps even Jean Luc Ponty does too. For Crimson I'd suggest Red, Starless and Bible Black, and Islands.

  • @randygeorge
    @randygeorge 8 лет назад

    Thanks, SciShow. Send your peeps to the music!

  • @martinboylan1503
    @martinboylan1503 8 лет назад +3

    After this video I am going to search for all of those songs with the different electron dub swing styles.

  • @chelnahtheegghead
    @chelnahtheegghead 8 лет назад

    This is SUCH a cool instrument!! I got to attend this lecture on it at the Benjamin Franklin Institute in Philadelphia!

  • @davidjackson1193
    @davidjackson1193 8 лет назад +38

    Anyone remember American Horror Story: Coven, when the witch was playing a Theremin?

    • @NoirChat138
      @NoirChat138 4 года назад

      probably not, because it's somewhat obsolete

    • @sapphicism
      @sapphicism 4 года назад +4

      that’s exactly why i’m here skjsks that was such a good season and this is such a good instrument !!!!

    • @laurnias1516
      @laurnias1516 4 года назад +1

      Yes! She inspired me to want one! And now I finally have one

    • @joshuaferguson698
      @joshuaferguson698 4 года назад

      ChatNoir13th not really, that’s what brought me here

  • @pbby626
    @pbby626 3 года назад

    Thank you! Getting a theremin from my uncle this Xmas. Was curious as to how it worked. :) Looking forward to learning.

  • @blackknight50277621
    @blackknight50277621 8 лет назад +11

    I thought it was a wifi access point looking at the thumbnail

  • @taschke1221
    @taschke1221 8 лет назад +1

    I loved this episode. thanks hank!

  • @davidp2352
    @davidp2352 8 лет назад +3

    I'm picking up good vibrations watching this.

  • @Bentothethird
    @Bentothethird 8 лет назад +1

    Yes! I was wanting a video on this!

  • @eddieking2976
    @eddieking2976 8 лет назад +6

    Was hoping you were going to play the original Star Trek theme song. Dammit Spock!

  • @jslasher1
    @jslasher1 6 лет назад +1

    If you are fortunate enough to have the manuscript score of Bernard Herrmann's "Day the Earth Stood Still" you will note that 2 Theremins [one tuned 'high and one tuned 'low'] are required.

  • @nathl10
    @nathl10 5 лет назад +6

    Was I the only screaming at the screen when higher and lower frequencies came into it until he explained that they’re switched 🥴

    • @paigeguthrie8486
      @paigeguthrie8486 5 лет назад

      nathl10 But if it has more charge, it WOULD have a higher frequency, so it doesn't make sense that they switch. I'm so confused

  • @emmacasel9972
    @emmacasel9972 8 лет назад

    Oh my god, I always loved the idea of the theremin! There's one a the Science Center here.
    Like always, awesome video!

  • @LaceyJuk
    @LaceyJuk 8 лет назад +6

    Is it a flux capacitor!!????

  • @Unherd_Of
    @Unherd_Of 3 года назад

    Im so going to buy this instrument. I cant believe ive been weird all my life and a science freak, but never searched up hands down weirdest instrument. I GOTTA HAVE IT

  • @mikeemendoza21
    @mikeemendoza21 5 лет назад +3

    "The string of a GUITAR vibrates"
    *shows a bass

  • @PityMe
    @PityMe 8 лет назад +1

    Awesome! I've been wanting to learn how to play a theremin forever! :)

  • @Borednesss
    @Borednesss 8 лет назад +7

    Electro swing.. probably the only music I find slightly enjoyable out of all the crazy weird ones

    • @EClaire.1073
      @EClaire.1073 8 лет назад +1

      +Boredness I just found Caravan Palace, and now I can't stop listening to them. I might need help.

    • @thedanishman10
      @thedanishman10 8 лет назад

      Have ya tried acid jazz? Some of the stuff didn't even sound electronic

  • @meisam9592
    @meisam9592 7 лет назад

    1:25 In this image, the red arrows show the direction of the current, green: magnetic field, and black: electric field. No need to remove the black ones.

  • @noodlesthe1st
    @noodlesthe1st 8 лет назад +5

    A guy tried his hand at Britains got talent with one of these. No one could tell what he was trying to play.

  • @cormacwyatt5220
    @cormacwyatt5220 8 лет назад

    I love your videos and they are awesomely presented, explained and easy to learn. keep up the good work

  • @metabeard3788
    @metabeard3788 8 лет назад +35

    you're playing it backwards :P

    • @Rachel-zm9up
      @Rachel-zm9up 4 года назад

      I play the theremin and that bothered me the whole video

    • @metabeard3788
      @metabeard3788 4 года назад +1

      @@Rachel-zm9up You know, after I made this comment 4 years ago, I tried playing my theremin backwards and I have to admit that I prefer it this way. I'll admit, I'm not trained on the thing and couldn't accurately perform a song with it, I mainly use it for sound effects in the recording studio, but coming from a cello background I found that it was more intuitive to control pitch with my left hand and volume with my right. It's one of the Moog Etherwave kits, so I may open it up again and try to reverse the whole thing.

    • @Rachel-zm9up
      @Rachel-zm9up 4 года назад +1

      @Metabeard that’s really interesting! I can see why it would be easier to control with left hand for string players. I’ll have to try that; my main instrument is violin. I mostly play classical music on the theremin, and I’m pretty used to using my right hand by now, so it might be hard to switch, but I’ll give it a try!

  • @EvelynnEleonore
    @EvelynnEleonore 8 лет назад

    Literally yesterday I was wondering how that thing worked please stop reading my mind for video ideas but also please continue because now I will know

  • @discipleofra4354
    @discipleofra4354 8 лет назад +14

    Who else started looking up songs being played on the theremin?

    • @gregmiller9710
      @gregmiller9710 8 лет назад +2

      +DiscipleOf Ra check out "Good Vibrations" by the Beach Boys..

    • @garyjones2561
      @garyjones2561 6 лет назад

      Greg Miller and Midsomer Murders.

    • @masadda7
      @masadda7 6 лет назад

      Whole lotta love is the most famous example

  • @supernatural2968
    @supernatural2968 5 лет назад

    I just watched a biology video that you were in during school. came home and now you're in my recommended haha

  • @emmettdel
    @emmettdel 8 лет назад +4

    why is it so difficult to follow these explanations ☹ I want to learn but I have no idea what he's saying

    • @mrpiksna
      @mrpiksna 8 лет назад

      +Emmett Del Google

    • @futenodeku3441
      @futenodeku3441 8 лет назад

      +Emmett Del Just take it all in slowly, and don't give up :P

    • @macsnafu
      @macsnafu 6 лет назад

      There's other videos of *actual* theremin players on the internet that show you better how to play than Hank did. Thomas Grillo, for example, provides video lessons on playing on his RUclips channel.

  • @gregoftheyoyo
    @gregoftheyoyo 8 лет назад

    We went over this in my Musicianship IV class. Good video)

  • @yoav116
    @yoav116 8 лет назад +7

    that was kind of a poor explanation of an LC oscillator +Scishow

  • @ianstober2534
    @ianstober2534 7 лет назад +1

    I thought that higher frequency means higher pitch. If that is the case, the closer your hand it to the vertical antenna, the higher the frequency is due to the shorter space in which the wave can travel. You demo a higher pitch when the your hand is close to the antenna but later in the video you explain with visual that the higher frequency is when your hand is farther away. Can someone please explain this? Thanks

  • @Daniel_Jed
    @Daniel_Jed 7 лет назад +3

    I think Jimmy Page uses one on "Whole Lotta Love."

    • @troberson3435
      @troberson3435 4 года назад

      Ah of course classic Jimmy and his theremin!

  • @gordontaylor2815
    @gordontaylor2815 8 лет назад +1

    2:37 Is that term where the "Heterodyne" family name in the Girl Genius web comic came from?

  • @daizmason09
    @daizmason09 5 лет назад +6

    Anyone from Rob Scallon Theramin video?

  • @obiwankablowme7964
    @obiwankablowme7964 8 лет назад

    please please please keep doing music related things. I really enjoyed this video.

  • @Citiesinmotionplayer
    @Citiesinmotionplayer 8 лет назад +4

    Personally, I prefer the sound of an Ondes Martenot.

  • @0oMr0o
    @0oMr0o 8 лет назад

    Amazing video !! i was wondering about how the theremin actually works!! thank you!! by the way, Leon Theremin was also a Cello player and invented a Theremin Cello AKA Fingerboard Theremin

  • @maytriks4215
    @maytriks4215 8 лет назад +5

    HOW COME I SOMETIMES SHIVER WHEN IM DONE PEEING?

    • @Lotharies
      @Lotharies 8 лет назад

      I think it's because your urine is warm so when it leaves your body it lowers your body temperature

  • @Kurosawa3
    @Kurosawa3 3 года назад

    Working on this video essay. Stumbled upon this. Good insights.

  • @DontMockMySmock
    @DontMockMySmock 8 лет назад +3

    Very misleading to talk about oscillators as needing capacitors but never mention inductors.

  • @siddhantgoyal8709
    @siddhantgoyal8709 8 лет назад +1

    2:02
    So, I got this Theremin, but I didn't get a Hank with it to complete the capacitor... Do you know if I can return it, or get a spare Hank?

    • @casperborn8474
      @casperborn8474 8 лет назад +2

      most companies will give you a refund, Hanks don't grow on trees you know

  • @Slithy
    @Slithy 8 лет назад +3

    russians call it "Thereminvox" to avoid confusion. And i think it sounds a bit cooler than just "Theremin", right? :)

    • @jasperiscool
      @jasperiscool 7 лет назад +1

      To add to the confusion, a remake of the ondes martenot is called therevox.

  • @Pr34lyfe
    @Pr34lyfe 8 лет назад

    Wooo! Favorite part of my day! :D