The fun thing about coming to this video from a wikipedia rabbit hole about theremin (just having learned about the instrument) is that it's THE Carolina Eyck
Theremin is an invention of the Russian engineer Leo Theremin. Several years ago i saw in Moscow his great-grandson Peter Teremin. He is a composer and the theremin player too. Thank you for this video, best regards from Russia.
Bob Moog o ladrão americano vagabundo que roubou o projeto do Russo Leon Theremin , nunca confessou a injustiça cometida . O tempo encarregou de expor a vergonha desse crápula americano.
Also, a longtime collaborator of KGB who invented espionage equipment for them, was awarded the Stalin Prize and in '91 he joined the communistic party. When you look into a russian's life you always find disgusting stuff.
This woman is not just a theremin player. She's probably the best theremin player in the world. She literally invented the technique that she uses to play, wrote a book about it, and now everyone plays it the way she does. Amazing.
@@Daniel-yo5es It's an acquired taste, honestly. I used to dislike certain instruments, music genres, etc. before I joined a music class. Now I'm a lot more open-minded and appreciative. Give this cover a listen. ruclips.net/video/ajM4vYCZMZk/видео.html
Bob Moog o ladrão americano vagabundo que roubou o projeto do Russo Leon Theremin , nunca confessou a injustiça cometida . O tempo encarregou de expor a vergonha desse crápula americano.
When this is the most popular instrument in the world, this woman will historically be known as a musical pioneer, literally creating the technique everyone will use to play with. That's pretty cool to think about...
Since many people believed ghost is something related to wavelength elements, so put this instrument in the ghost house you will have the true spooky concert
It turns out this woman is not just any Theramin player. She legit invented the whole theory behind how she plays it and wrote a book on it. Thats insane. Shes actually crazy talented.
Bob Moog o ladrão americano vagabundo que roubou o projeto do Russo Leon Theremin , nunca confessou a injustiça cometida . O tempo encarregou de expor a vergonha desse crápula americano.
@@neeltheother2342Actually you may be able to. Any internet forum post may be copyrighted. You also don't have to do anything special for this to "activate." Copyright law is extremely inclusive and includes anything even the smallest amount of creativity. Many forums include a licensing clause in their terms and conditions to essentially nullify this though. You would have to read the terms and service of your youtube account to see what licensing agreement you made in regards to your comments.
Man, talk about muscle memory. There is absolutely no tactile feedback at all with this instrument. To play accurately is 100% determined through your muscle memory and nothing else. It’s honestly amazing. She is really impressive.
I think it’s not muscle memory, it’s pure intuition, since she mentioned that playing every time requires adjusting the instrument to certain conditions
@@ferninthehouse she did say she adjusts it, but she also says that it still depends on her environment. The only thing certain in her tuning is having the notes be the length of her hand, but otherwise, her playing will still depend on the room she’s in. That’s why she didn’t outright reject the first ‘muscle memory is thrown outside the window’ but clarified when asked if she has to play it in the exact same room.
I’m 29 and just recently got into music by buying a piano, I’ve always loved music but haven’t tried playing any since I was a child. Your channel is showing me and teaching me a lot! I didn’t even know this instrument existed.
That would actually be such a good premise for a horror movie. Like maybe someone played it when they were alive and now that they're dead the new owners hear random horror music at night. They find out it's the instrument and everytime there's a jumpscare you hear those sounds and that's how they know the ghost is walking around. Somebody please make it, I think it would be really interesting and a fairly new concept
Ah man, looking at this Instrument's Antennas after 3 years now as an Amateur Radio Operator and pretty much an Electronics Engineer Fascinates me even more. Its SUCH A BEAUTIFUL THING!
I feel like asking a Theremin player to play "that spooky sound" is like asking a guitar player to play "Stairway to Heaven" or a saxophone player to play "Careless Whisper".
That's so beautiful. I would love to hear her play all by herself. But watch too. It's so surreal the way she just seems to pull the notes out of nowhere.
The story of it is pretty insane. It was the first commercially affordable electronic instrument and without it electronic instruments now wouldnt be remotely close to the same
Theremin used it, watch his documentary he was a Russian spy and later invented such a device which could listen to a room's audio from far away by amplifying sound waves. This women right here is just using it.
idk why but the bit at 7:45 made me start tearing up? the music feels so peaceful and somehow nostalgic for something I haven't heard before. really makes you remember that music is a form of art haha
Bob Moog o ladrão americano vagabundo que roubou o projeto do Russo Leon Theremin , nunca confessou a injustiça cometida . O tempo encarregou de expor a vergonha desse crápula americano.
Our genes pass down memories from generation to generation, so it's possible that one or more of your great grandparents either played or listened to this instrument and then that memory made its way into your genes, which is probably why it feels nostalgic.
@@yea4253 if it's not true, how does every living creature on this planet have instincts? Instincts are genetic memories passed down through DNA. This is all scientifically proven, so I'm going to assume you just haven't researched this topic yet.
@@Sara-gl8uemice know to be afraid of a hawks shadow even if they have never seen one. Deer will be careful crossing roads even if they have no idea what they are. Trauma can be passed down genetically through generations even if it happened before the father even impregnated his partner. Maybe the other commenter made it sound too extreme but there is some truth to it. We can’t access the memories like a scene in our head but I believe the sort of categories for information and the associations in memory might be passed down some how. That is how the mouse knows to fear(association) a shadow in a certain shape(the shape belongs to the category of predator).
I adore her technique for playing the Theremin. I’ve always liked it as an instrument, but having seen this technique I feel like it has really grown in my heart. While the way you play the instrument is so radically different, skilled players make such intense, passionate gestures as part of this technique, it’s a pleasure to watch. I hope it grows in popularity as an instrument across the globe, it has such a wonderful sound.
I level of understanding this women has of an instrument with no instruction is absolutely mind blowing. Could listen to her talk about that thing forever
@@pylot5021 viola is indeed an entirely different instrument. Similar but they are bigger than a violin and they also have different strings. Viola CGDA Violin GDAE
Is this the sign language version of singing? We could call it signing. Oh wait, the people who are deaf and need the sign language still won't be able to hear it.
@@elijahshadbolt7334 This isn't how the deaf experience music. This is a woman playing a theramin. Deaf people experience music in all different ways. Their language involves the whole body. As an interpreter and active member of the Deaf community, I will say that the deaf enjoy music very much. They can feel the beat and rhythm in the floor and the louder the music, the more they feel it throughout their body. Lyrics are signed at places like church, concerts etc. What she's doing isn't a mode of communication. Remember, some deaf have residual hearing left and can hear music but not the way we hear it. Also, many deaf people use a cochlear implant or hearing aids and can hear music but again, not the way we hear it. You should Google "Beethoven's Nightmare." It's a rock band made entirely out of Deaf musicians. They're really good. At their shows, they have an interpreter up front who rocks out while she's signing so the audience gets the vibe. Any good interpreter who's interpreting music will use their body to set the tone, the vibe of the song. The deaf are visual so Beethoven's Nightmare use lots of colorful strobe lights to match the beat of the song. Here: ruclips.net/video/YyEQxJX8eN0/видео.html
@@TiffyandZiva I appreciate the long response, and I enjoyed the performance in the video you linked (despite my total lack in sign language knowledge). My comment was meant to be funny, and to describe the idea of someone playing the theramin while also using sign language. I realise now that it would be quite challenging to play and also sign, because of how much body and hand movements are required for the different tasks. I also failed to remember that not all "deaf" people are totally deaf, and even totally deaf people can hear certain sounds through vibrations in their body. I mean no disrespect to the deaf community.
When I read, "quietly hums sad violin" all I could think of was when you first get your violin and u decide u want to see what sound it makes even though u know it won't really make a noise b/c u haven't resined the bow of the violin and pros tell u that u have to resin the bow to have it make a sound, but u do it anyway, and u play a meme (or at least try to do so) 😂😂😂😂
really any effect pedal would be cool; or i guess without some of the one she's using. I wonder how many different sound you can get out of a theremin... that's one thing I love about guitar is how you can get so many different sound, but i wonder if the theremin is the same
Bob Moog o ladrão americano vagabundo que roubou o projeto do Russo Leon Theremin , nunca confessou a injustiça cometida . O tempo encarregou de expor a vergonha desse crápula americano.
It sounds very much like a fiddle/violin or cello,, really cool, never had a chance to try one yet, that would be so cool. I play the fiddle mandolin ,guitar bass ,harmonica keyboard ,drums, i like the old-school kitchen party lol bottle of captain ,,,right on folks have a good one.
I've heard lots of people "play" the Theremin..but she's the first I've heard play it in a way that didn't sound hokey. Most of the time, the player's I've heard go for that 50's sci-fi sound, no matter what they are playing. Carolina actually plays in a way that makes me consider the Theremin a serious instrument. Sometimes she actually sounds like she's playing violin..
Glad were getting your tried and true opinion on what you consider a "serious instrument". Really helped all of us make our own informed decision about something the rest of us recognize as a "serious instrument." Really dumb comment Brian. All that effort to sound like a scholar in your slew of nothing, just to bash a very difficult instrument to grasp and use properly. Please try harder to complement a woman that will never see your message.
@@super8bitvideos I'm not bashing anything. The instrument itself is cool. She's just the first person I've heard that actually sounds like she's playing music and not just randomly making sci-fi/horror movie spooky sounds with it. If anything, my complaint is...why aren't there a lot more people like her who can actually play this instrument well?
Wow, I really had no idea it was so versatile before. I've mostly just heard the "spooky-noises" before. It was already fascinating but hearing the sheer versatility is making it even more fascinating.
imagine you're just chilling in your room with your theremin on, and then sounds start coming from it but nOBODY is in there with you and you didn't move. yiiiiikes lol
Did you know the man who invented this, "Leon Theremin", was a Russian spy making listening devices ? Wonder if his "works" as a physicist were used to come up with the Duga-3 Radar in Ukraine near Pripyat abandoned in 1989? "The woodpecker" listened for ICBM from the US sent towards Russia.
No bc Imagine being a kid and your parents had a theremin and when you turn off all the nights and run you forget they had it and you run past it and like scream very loudly
When you are watching this in 2020 and all you can think about is how this is a perfect instrument for covid, you don’t touch it and you need to keep a distance
I love the contrast you both have between: - Absolute experts playing their speciality instrument - What the hell is this weird object, what am I doing
This was fantastic! The second performance I've heard from Carolyn Eyck after Flight of the Bumblebee (Yes, that is superb and highly recommended!). Carolina asked for suggestions. I'm an electrical engineer that loves music. Here are some: 1) For beginners, a sophisticated auto-tune-like quantizing of base pitch can add some needed pitch accuracy, and with the same motions change the key and modality. 2) Dynamic range (volume curve) can be made more than linear, i.e. compressed (boring), and expanded frightfully dynamic! 3) One can build in compensations like special loudness curves, so the extreme highs and/or lows can let the performer deal with intended crescendos and decrescendos starting from a more linear perceptual, without having to manually compensate for human roll-offs at either or both extremes. 4) For the hearing challenged, a color organ, all of which use a fixed number of quantized, both pitch ranges and volume ranges, a special color organ could be built. It would not be quantized, but rather, like the Theremin itself, would show continuity of both pitch and volume. It would not use LEDs but instead a high definition and resolution video screen, or, for performances, a 3-laser (RGB) projector. Perceiving such a 2 or 3 dimensional video sound representation, pitch, volume (and perhaps timber), as an analog continuum rather than the traditional bar graphs or even waterfall graphs would, among other things let the user see the difference between pitch and volume vibrato, as well as probably see and feel the corresponding movements of Ms. Eyck's skilled hands. Pitch would still be represented by horizontal position and color, but it would look and feel more like a Photoshop gradient blend compared to simple solid color and tone regions. 5) Rather than look only at Ms Eyck's brilliantly created 2-dimensional control of pitch and volume, one should also create analog signal outputs from the Theremin of the results of those actions, and see the pattern of one moving dot, changing position, speed, and accelerations (and perhaps shape or color for timber) corresponding the instantaneous values of pitch, volume and range (or special effect) settings. A great project for the right musician/electrical engineer (grad students?). The hard part is already done - no complicated Fast Fourier Transforms necessary as the Theremin signals are already separated into the channels of pitch, volume, [and settings].
Me: so how do you play it if you don't touch it?
Her: *furiously throwing gang signs*
LMAO!!! 😂😂😂 I was thinking sign language but this cracked me up!
i have faith
Then we would have to also ask how do you change the channels on your TV with a remote control?
Made my day
Naruto signss
"Nobody is allowed to touch my instrument..not even me"
Very accurate. 😅😂😂
@@shizukagozen777 Hey, It's Ishi.
Why do I literally find you everywhere?
I can imagine hand job on my lil pickle
@@stevethea5250 Wha-
Steve Thea r/whoosh
Me: what instrument do you play?
Her: The electromagnetic field.
THE INFINITE INVISIBLE STRING
LMAO HAHAHAHHAHA
.."Yes, that's an entire field.. what do you play?.."
😂
Lmao
The fun thing about coming to this video from a wikipedia rabbit hole about theremin (just having learned about the instrument) is that it's THE Carolina Eyck
Music teacher: Do not touch any of the instruments unless I tell you. Me on the Theremin:
😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@CarissaJenkins lol
I think you need to step on something to make it active and able to play
@@retrothecake r/woosh
@@Raiden-Chanya r/thisisntreddit and I understood the joke
Who the hell created this and thought:
"That turned out EXACTLY as planned!"
Russian scientist Leo Theremin. He named it by his surname.
I'm pretty sure it was a complete accident, he was trying to make something entirely different , but then this happened.
His goal was to have auditory feedback as substitute for instrument visual displays. Then, hey, this happened.
@tututuims ieijebdo he was doing research into developing proximity sensors, so it's not like it came from something completely unrelated
A genius.
Friend: what instrument do you play?
Sign language
Underrated
Girls:
"What instrument do you play?"
"Theremin."
Boys:
"What instrument do you play?"
"*BASS*" *slaps bass intently
Theremin is an invention of the Russian engineer Leo Theremin. Several years ago i saw in Moscow his great-grandson Peter Teremin. He is a composer and the theremin player too. Thank you for this video, best regards from Russia.
Bob Moog o ladrão americano vagabundo que roubou o projeto do Russo Leon Theremin , nunca confessou a injustiça cometida . O tempo encarregou de expor a vergonha desse crápula americano.
Also, a longtime collaborator of KGB who invented espionage equipment for them, was awarded the Stalin Prize and in '91 he joined the communistic party. When you look into a russian's life you always find disgusting stuff.
@@ArtificialFertilizerYou sound ridiculous
@@ArtificialFertilizer that's a whole new "dimension" of the guy.
Oh wait, not that new at all.
buzz off
@@ArtificialFertilizer
Air guitarist: There’s nothing cooler than an air guitar.
Thereminist: Hold my pitch nob.
*air guitarist*
Hold my (redacted)
*nob*
BASS
*they don't take it off*
Her technique is so interesting. It looks like she's casting spells with her very precise hand movements.
Maybe she is.
How do you know this isn't witchcraft?
@@drogadepc Very good point :) One should not assume another's spellcasting potential.
@@adamross2256 are you a witch? :)
@@jaayghose3817 Mmmaaaaaaaaaayyyybe......
@@jaayghose3817 Ohhh, sorry, no, I'm not an actual practitioner. :O :P :)
This woman is not just a theremin player. She's probably the best theremin player in the world. She literally invented the technique that she uses to play, wrote a book about it, and now everyone plays it the way she does. Amazing.
@@Daniel-yo5es It's an acquired taste, honestly. I used to dislike certain instruments, music genres, etc. before I joined a music class. Now I'm a lot more open-minded and appreciative.
Give this cover a listen. ruclips.net/video/ajM4vYCZMZk/видео.html
@@Daniel-yo5es you also don't like Playing games until you experienced it
@@AcediaIX I experienced listening to it.... so, there's that. didnt like it. sounds ok for a 1950's ufo movie... that's abouty it.
Daniel after she played it, i actually appreciate it as an instrument more
@@Daniel-yo5es it's because you don't like it. Why? Because.
This instrument is so magical. The way it sounds, the way it's played. What a crazy invention
Bob Moog o ladrão americano vagabundo que roubou o projeto do Russo Leon Theremin , nunca confessou a injustiça cometida . O tempo encarregou de expor a vergonha desse crápula americano.
I like to think that the theremin is just shy and it screams when you get too close to it
Caleb Lubie just like me
😂😂
omw this made me laugh XD
bwahaha!! 😂
hahaha
"Hey what instrument do you play"
"Sign language"
"Ninjutsu finger shapes"
I'm just drinking water and i see this comment. I'm almost chocking. Lol
That is a great idea.
F
So basically theremin players would be the best air benders.
Who are you to say they're not?
Well yes
YES
!!!!!!
Yes
When this is the most popular instrument in the world, this woman will historically be known as a musical pioneer, literally creating the technique everyone will use to play with. That's pretty cool to think about...
*if
I'm selling my theremin I haven't touched it for years.
😂😂
I snorted
Lmao
wholesome joji I’ll buy it possibly
wholesome joji ayyyy lmao
I think a Theremin VR game that shows notes distances would be a great way to learn the instrument.
Yeah
There kinda is using something called a Leap Motion controller and software called Aero MIDI.
You could probably program it to use a real theremin as input.
Augmented reality might work better
@Geddy Lee a lot of VR kits strap around the palm and back of the hand to allow you to have full finger tracking
It's about time ghosts have an opportunity to play in a band.
Since many people believed ghost is something related to wavelength elements, so put this instrument in the ghost house you will have the true spooky concert
Omg yess they should try this shit on those ghost hunter shows. I really want to see if it works
Yeah
Darion Fore ghost choir ft. theremin ( i hope someone gets the reference)
oh boi, do i have a band for you
It turns out this woman is not just any Theramin player. She legit invented the whole theory behind how she plays it and wrote a book on it. Thats insane. Shes actually crazy talented.
lol stolen comment
Bob Moog o ladrão americano vagabundo que roubou o projeto do Russo Leon Theremin , nunca confessou a injustiça cometida . O tempo encarregou de expor a vergonha desse crápula americano.
@@crow2596 can you copyright a youtube comment? didn't think so...
@@neeltheother2342Actually you may be able to. Any internet forum post may be copyrighted. You also don't have to do anything special for this to "activate." Copyright law is extremely inclusive and includes anything even the smallest amount of creativity. Many forums include a licensing clause in their terms and conditions to essentially nullify this though. You would have to read the terms and service of your youtube account to see what licensing agreement you made in regards to your comments.
@@neeltheother2342 probably not, but you can definitely steal it no problem
When she's playing the theramin: angelic, beautiful, divine.
When he's playing the theramin: *unholy screaming, Satan is summoned*
*SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-*
And now the like is 666
Coincidence, I think not
@@captainseriously1691 OMG IT WAS
When he is playing: mosquito infestation 🤣🤣🤣
Man, talk about muscle memory. There is absolutely no tactile feedback at all with this instrument. To play accurately is 100% determined through your muscle memory and nothing else. It’s honestly amazing. She is really impressive.
It's like doing whistle but waaay more creative.
I think it’s not muscle memory, it’s pure intuition, since she mentioned that playing every time requires adjusting the instrument to certain conditions
@@Vekcrazah no, it is muscle memory. if you watched, she says she adjusts it so that it will be the same every time.
@@Vekcrazah and before you tell me im wrong, basically the second half of the video talks about this
@@ferninthehouse she did say she adjusts it, but she also says that it still depends on her environment. The only thing certain in her tuning is having the notes be the length of her hand, but otherwise, her playing will still depend on the room she’s in. That’s why she didn’t outright reject the first ‘muscle memory is thrown outside the window’ but clarified when asked if she has to play it in the exact same room.
Good thing it has only been around for about 100 years. Any earlier you would be on trial for witchcraft. Amazing instrument. Amazing musician.
Critstix Darkspear hahahahaha
😂😂
Even now I'm not convinced it's not wizardry
"On trial"
This comment right here shows you don't know shit about history
I’m 29 and just recently got into music by buying a piano, I’ve always loved music but haven’t tried playing any since I was a child. Your channel is showing me and teaching me a lot! I didn’t even know this instrument existed.
Good luck in everything you're going to do in your life! I'm sure you'll become a great pianist 😊 I'm going to buy a piano too (in this month I think)
theres the hurdy gurdy
"you need your own personal space to play it"
Introverts: I'LL TAKE YOUR ENTIRE STOCK
"You need no bullets in the G11!"
Nobody: I'LL TAKE YOUR ENTIRE STOCK
*completely defunds G11 program*
Was machst hier xD
@@EmergencyDriver ich bin überall.
No, I just need one. It will come in at about 3.5 tonnes.
someone said ‘imagine if the theremin started playing by itself in a horror movie’ AND I CANT AGREE MORE
but every ghost owns a theremin
oh my god what the fuck
Thank you for the nightmares good sir
Rahul Thapa welcome bub :>
That would actually be such a good premise for a horror movie. Like maybe someone played it when they were alive and now that they're dead the new owners hear random horror music at night. They find out it's the instrument and everytime there's a jumpscare you hear those sounds and that's how they know the ghost is walking around. Somebody please make it, I think it would be really interesting and a fairly new concept
Friend: What u got there?
Me: Just an instrument call theremin .
Friend: Can I play it?
Me: Sure, just don't touch it.
Friend: ????
Ha Ha!
Wonder what happens when you touch it
nigtrick most likely not much. Just the highest pitch and low volume. Won’t break it
Nice one
Lmao
Ah man, looking at this Instrument's Antennas after 3 years now as an Amateur Radio Operator and pretty much an Electronics Engineer Fascinates me even more. Its SUCH A BEAUTIFUL THING!
I feel like asking a Theremin player to play "that spooky sound" is like asking a guitar player to play "Stairway to Heaven" or a saxophone player to play "Careless Whisper".
are you trying to say people shouldn't ask them to play "that spooky sound"? Because I thought asking sax players to play careless whisper was normal
It is lol
Ok but the difference is, sax and guitar players only play those songs all of their own accord
Plays the theremin:
Anyways here’s wonderwall
Jimmy Page actually plays the theremin. Off the top of my head I can't remember which song but he does play it live on stage.
Me: trying to sleep
The mosquitoes in my room:
😂
damn bro you have some beautiful sounding mosquitoes in your room
Yeah like those mosquitoes sound awesome
I would let them live if they sounded like that.
That is if they don't poke me every other minute.
Bro I’d kill all of those mosquitoes if you actually have any, I’m not the type of person who likes to wake up with 5 bites
I loved the part when she said “👌🏽🖖🏽👋🏽” sounded beautiful.
kay kartel 😂😂😂
Fuck 😭😭😂😂😂😂😂😵
Lmao
kay kartel Too blinded by the devil to see the Truth.
🤣😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
That's so beautiful. I would love to hear her play all by herself. But watch too. It's so surreal the way she just seems to pull the notes out of nowhere.
*playing theremin*
my deaf friend: whatd you just say about my mom???
Why does your profile pic match your comedic value
THIS IS SO UNDERRATED
I don't get it...
Your Kokichi pfp is cursed
Calista Boudreaux she looks like she’s doing sign language
6th grade music teacher: "you can play any instrument you want, what do you choose"
Kid: "I want to play the Theremin"
Teacher: "God damnit..."
Im stealing this
Why..??
She gets on the theremin, flawlessly plays elegant songs. He gets on the theremin - oooh look, motorcycle sounds. vroom vroom!! lmfao.
Well, thats one of the postures when composing contemporary music xd
@@magonsar YUSSS LMAO
What does "lmao" means?
@@TheCoolerMarlon laughing my ass off
@@mooncakeig3325 ty
This is the 1st time I was introduced to a theramin. She is amazing and I'm in awe, watching this beautiful woman make such beautiful music.
Me: how do u play this instrument??
Her: *hits the woah*
💀
Lol
HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA
😭😭😭😭
😂😂
Imagine a fly passes it and you're like "WHO'S IN MY HOUSE?"
Bruh a horror movie without the horror✊💀
@@ravenlaggyboi9321 so.... a movie?
@@mikesmith7620 ya bruh
@@ravenlaggyboi9321 Bruh a movie
@@ravenlaggyboi9321 the 6 year old carcass is used twice a day or Thursday
It's almost 100 years old? Even today it looks like a scifi instrument from a distant planet.....
The story of it is pretty insane. It was the first commercially affordable electronic instrument and without it electronic instruments now wouldnt be remotely close to the same
Theremin used it, watch his documentary he was a Russian spy and later invented such a device which could listen to a room's audio from far away by amplifying sound waves. This women right here is just using it.
He was a genius, way ahead of his time
A long long time ago, but, somehow still in the future!
How have you never seen it before?
Edit: wait nevermind
Let's just take a moment to appreciate that the technique she invented is being adopted by other players. Creative genius!
The amount of chakra this woman is building in this video must result in an extremely powerful jutsu
thats,, not how chakras works my dude
Mase ok naruto
Bruh, it’s a joke
So i guess it's a sound element?
She’s the Ten Tail host which is why she’s able to use such an instrument
Today I realised I’m a born genius. My whole life I’ve treated my piano and guitars like a Theramin by not touching them ever.
what an expert
The greatest prodigy of all time.
😂😂😂😂😂
Lmao
The world needs that untouched guitar music only you can provide
Imagine how good she must be at taking videos and photos because she has such steady hands.
Yeahhh
Human gimbal
Or other things....
SSQUAD #2667 ???
@@niemandanoniem754 holding someone at gunpoint
idk why but the bit at 7:45 made me start tearing up? the music feels so peaceful and somehow nostalgic for something I haven't heard before. really makes you remember that music is a form of art haha
Bob Moog o ladrão americano vagabundo que roubou o projeto do Russo Leon Theremin , nunca confessou a injustiça cometida . O tempo encarregou de expor a vergonha desse crápula americano.
Our genes pass down memories from generation to generation, so it's possible that one or more of your great grandparents either played or listened to this instrument and then that memory made its way into your genes, which is probably why it feels nostalgic.
@@Sara-gl8ueNot even remotely true
@@yea4253 if it's not true, how does every living creature on this planet have instincts? Instincts are genetic memories passed down through DNA. This is all scientifically proven, so I'm going to assume you just haven't researched this topic yet.
@@Sara-gl8uemice know to be afraid of a hawks shadow even if they have never seen one. Deer will be careful crossing roads even if they have no idea what they are. Trauma can be passed down genetically through generations even if it happened before the father even impregnated his partner.
Maybe the other commenter made it sound too extreme but there is some truth to it. We can’t access the memories like a scene in our head but I believe the sort of categories for information and the associations in memory might be passed down some how. That is how the mouse knows to fear(association) a shadow in a certain shape(the shape belongs to the category of predator).
This is legit the coolest instrument I've ever heard of
The Doctor Who theme tune famously is played on this instrument 😊
Then you definetely dont know the Otamatone. (ok sorry)
Haaaaaaaaaaaa, I only hate it because I was forced to learn about it for 3 days.
Neat
Haken continuum is pretty cool too. :)
Ikr?!?!
“Hey, what instrument do you play?”
*Oxygen*
One Random Act of Random Actually it would be mostly Nitrogen
well you dont need oxygen (or air) to play this thing... except for breathing i guess but who still does that these days
@@astrama7102 What the fuck are you guys talking about?
That's nice, but not as fun as saying "the [Mahler's] hammer"
@@astrama7102 I think that's just a glitch. That's happened to me before
Woman: *plays theremin*
Medieval peasants: “atlas a witch*
Ace the Prototype 24677 nah bruh he’s the guy that holds the world up
@Ace the Prototype 24677 atlas is the titan dude from greek mythology
@Ace the Prototype 24677 What if the titan was a witch, though. Like, how do you hold the world up without people seeing your hands?
@Haltgamer well considering the titans are pretty much gods...
@@nnooooooooooooo that's why the Antarctic is off limits to regular people, it's a world wide government cover up.
I adore her technique for playing the Theremin. I’ve always liked it as an instrument, but having seen this technique I feel like it has really grown in my heart.
While the way you play the instrument is so radically different, skilled players make such intense, passionate gestures as part of this technique, it’s a pleasure to watch.
I hope it grows in popularity as an instrument across the globe, it has such a wonderful sound.
'It's like having a viola with an infinite bow'
The most subtle of roasts
two set have to see this
Stop the viola jokes
#Violalivesmatter
i am a violinist and i envy violist. Because when someone tell them oh you play the violin! (uncultural swine. Is a good filter for people)
@@leosabat4636 I have no idea what you just said
@@lewisyuu if you could only mention them
Me:plays theremin
Bd:what note is that?
Me:👌
lol
bruh
😂👌😂👌🔥🔥🔥😂😂🔥
anonymous 77 XD
😂😂😂😂😂
I laughed too hard at this
Suddenly, I have this incredible urge to play this instrument
same
Same here too!
Right!
me too
Yeah...gotta learn how to play
I level of understanding this women has of an instrument with no instruction is absolutely mind blowing. Could listen to her talk about that thing forever
"Violin with an infinite bow" is the most accurate description for a theremin
@@pylot5021 viola is different intrument than violin
@@pylot5021 Says me 👲
No one cares
Shut up
@@pylot5021 viola is indeed an entirely different instrument. Similar but they are bigger than a violin and they also have different strings.
Viola
CGDA
Violin
GDAE
The theramin is really just screaming because it doesn't like to be touched, so the closer you get the higher pitched it screams.
so it’s works the same way I do.... BACK AWAY! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Mateo Navarro cringe
Mateo Navarro cringe
Mateo Navarro cringe
GlitzyZebra 38 Geez you guys don’t have to be so mean you know
She stacking gang signs out here. Them dudes in Chicago probably got a whole symphony 🤣💀
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
This comment made me spit my drink. 😂😂😂😂😂
Lmaoooooo
😂😂😂😂😂
Ceerstar Ceerstar As a chicagoan, i can confirm this
謝謝！
When you instruct sign language but do music on the side.
Is this the sign language version of singing? We could call it signing. Oh wait, the people who are deaf and need the sign language still won't be able to hear it.
Elijah Shadbolt uhm you can find songs online for deaf people
They just sign the song
Ay it's DJ Sign
@@elijahshadbolt7334 This isn't how the deaf experience music. This is a woman playing a theramin. Deaf people experience music in all different ways. Their language involves the whole body. As an interpreter and active member of the Deaf community, I will say that the deaf enjoy music very much. They can feel the beat and rhythm in the floor and the louder the music, the more they feel it throughout their body. Lyrics are signed at places like church, concerts etc. What she's doing isn't a mode of communication. Remember, some deaf have residual hearing left and can hear music but not the way we hear it. Also, many deaf people use a cochlear implant or hearing aids and can hear music but again, not the way we hear it. You should Google "Beethoven's Nightmare." It's a rock band made entirely out of Deaf musicians. They're really good. At their shows, they have an interpreter up front who rocks out while she's signing so the audience gets the vibe. Any good interpreter who's interpreting music will use their body to set the tone, the vibe of the song. The deaf are visual so Beethoven's Nightmare use lots of colorful strobe lights to match the beat of the song. Here: ruclips.net/video/YyEQxJX8eN0/видео.html
@@TiffyandZiva I appreciate the long response, and I enjoyed the performance in the video you linked (despite my total lack in sign language knowledge). My comment was meant to be funny, and to describe the idea of someone playing the theramin while also using sign language. I realise now that it would be quite challenging to play and also sign, because of how much body and hand movements are required for the different tasks. I also failed to remember that not all "deaf" people are totally deaf, and even totally deaf people can hear certain sounds through vibrations in their body. I mean no disrespect to the deaf community.
Rob: "I play guitar!"
Me: "I play air guitar!"
Carolina: "I play AIR!"
Me: *quietly hums Sad Violin*😢
@@mr.glitchy5647 that's tough
@@mr.glitchy5647 ahaha I felt bad but at the same time funny
And who are you
The proud lord said...hmmmnnhmhmm
😂
When I read, "quietly hums sad violin" all I could think of was when you first get your violin and u decide u want to see what sound it makes even though u know it won't really make a noise b/c u haven't resined the bow of the violin and pros tell u that u have to resin the bow to have it make a sound, but u do it anyway, and u play a meme (or at least try to do so) 😂😂😂😂
Really want to hear her play the theremin through a distortion pedal
That's a signal just begging for more tone shaping!
really any effect pedal would be cool; or i guess without some of the one she's using. I wonder how many different sound you can get out of a theremin... that's one thing I love about guitar is how you can get so many different sound, but i wonder if the theremin is the same
How about a theremin through a Metal Zone?
scoop the mids and have some palm muted chugs
@@brianmesser4220 Nah, HM2 all knobs on 11.
as someone who’s messed with a theramin before, this lady is a GODDESS at it.
Bob Moog o ladrão americano vagabundo que roubou o projeto do Russo Leon Theremin , nunca confessou a injustiça cometida . O tempo encarregou de expor a vergonha desse crápula americano.
It blows my mind to think how someone even came up with this instrument idea, let alone watching someone master it and make it look so effortless.
100 years ago is crazy even more so
@@aviad333 I wish my brain was as creative lol!
The theremin was the product of Soviet government-sponsored research into proximity sensors.
It was kind of invented by accident. It wasn't originally meant to be a musical instrument.
As someone stated: it was not intended to be an instrument, but a proximity sensor.
It way supposed to be some sort of alarm.
someone: what do you play?
me: i play...um...I play...
someone: play what?
me: ummmm well
I PLAY THE AIR
lmao the comment and to reply is funny
I play with magic 😀
Air bender
Haha funny 😐
I play the RUMBLE
6:47 That "This is Halloween" duet was amazing ❤
I'm listening now and I'm actually not sure what song it was but I swear it sounds like it
have you found out the name of that piece??
@@sanjaybalor no
It absolutely is ”This is Halloween”
@@Aquiwer yes I found out yesterday. It's the pre-drop of it is Halloween.
How funny. I also get played, but never touched.
That's so sad.😢
@@blessedplace9257 Like If you cried :'(
@@DaniellaG1D I didn't cry but my heart broke into a million pieces.
@@blessedplace9257 Thank you! :'(
Almost like saying you alnost kissed and almost fingered her
She’s hilarious. Theremin player: “you just dont breathe.”
How do you play your instrument?
Carolina : its complicated
Lololol
Step 1: don't touch it
*I TOUCH THE AIR*
she has to mentally see the notes like thats crazy memorization
Lionel Max a virgin instrument
It sounds very much like a fiddle/violin or cello,, really cool, never had a chance to try one yet, that would be so cool. I play the fiddle mandolin ,guitar bass ,harmonica keyboard ,drums, i like the old-school kitchen party lol bottle of captain ,,,right on folks have a good one.
I've heard lots of people "play" the Theremin..but she's the first I've heard play it in a way that didn't sound hokey. Most of the time, the player's I've heard go for that 50's sci-fi sound, no matter what they are playing. Carolina actually plays in a way that makes me consider the Theremin a serious instrument. Sometimes she actually sounds like she's playing violin..
Glad were getting your tried and true opinion on what you consider a "serious instrument". Really helped all of us make our own informed decision about something the rest of us recognize as a "serious instrument." Really dumb comment Brian. All that effort to sound like a scholar in your slew of nothing, just to bash a very difficult instrument to grasp and use properly. Please try harder to complement a woman that will never see your message.
@@super8bitvideos I'm not bashing anything. The instrument itself is cool. She's just the first person I've heard that actually sounds like she's playing music and not just randomly making sci-fi/horror movie spooky sounds with it. If anything, my complaint is...why aren't there a lot more people like her who can actually play this instrument well?
@@super8bitvideos we're
@@super8bitvideos Damn man who hurt you? With a Minion pfp and a weird desire to put people beneath yourself I can’t imagine.
@@super8bitvideos Who the fuck you think you are tho? 😂 fuck outta here
I think a whole album of just theremin and guitar music would be amazing
I plan to do basically that, but also with drums, bass and other synths/sound design.
Agreed
For sure. I want to hear it in jazz also
Imagine future theremins having a holographic note sphere around the pitch antenna. It would be amazing.
THATS IS COOL
Reminds me of the holophonor from futurama
Jean Michel Jarre already did that one
They already do for classes.. it's a red light laser sight
Now that you mention it, virtual reality might help learn how to play this!
Wow, I really had no idea it was so versatile before. I've mostly just heard the "spooky-noises" before. It was already fascinating but hearing the sheer versatility is making it even more fascinating.
Can you imagine if a deaf person did sign language in front of it and it started speaking every word they were signing
omgah💛💕
That really sounds like a good idea
Yo Boi Crust I will now steal this idea and copyright it like most major companies
That would be a camera
Brilliant
Playing "U Can't Touch This" would be both self-referential and hilarious 😆
Hofstadter?
Super meta
SuperFreak-y
Underrated comment :)
😆😆😆😆
Plot twist: She’s just humming the whole time.
🤣🤣🤣
Underrated comment 😂
@@deborak9075 ™️
Lol😂😂
Im ded 😂
Theramin was used for the movie "Forbidden Planet"- Michael McClary, Professor of Trumpet 🎺, Georgia Perimeter College and GSU
This is the instrument that the conductor plays.
@@DivineDefect fuck dude, chill out
@@user-by7bx3vy4j r/woosh
Omgg so true😂
This is one of the best comments I've ever read
Well not really because the conductor can’t really actually conduct while playing that
imagine you're just chilling in your room with your theremin on, and then sounds start coming from it but nOBODY is in there with you and you didn't move. yiiiiikes lol
👻
yoochan stan That's how radar burglar alarms work. So check the other side of the wall.
Then you realize it's a mosquito flying around
It could be your phone a, a metal piece or even where you're standing.
It must've been that fly at 3 in the morning
Use me as a "I want 30 minutes of Theremin and Acoustic Guitar." button.
YES.
I’ll use you for more than that, big boy...
@@charleswidmore5694 I'll add this to the things I did not, but should, expect from the internet.
@@LeonidasKaragiannis lmfao your response to Charles Widmore!
Leonidas Karafleaonus Agreed.
You have to be so calm and at peace to play that instrument. Really amazing
For those who did not know. The theme for Star Trek the original series.was played on a thermin
Sheldon's favorite instrument is the theremin....he used to practice on one just to annoy Penny and Leonard on the Big Bang Theory......
Did you know the man who invented this, "Leon Theremin", was a Russian spy making listening devices ? Wonder if his "works" as a physicist were used to come up with the Duga-3 Radar in Ukraine near Pripyat abandoned in 1989? "The woodpecker" listened for ICBM from the US sent towards Russia.
Trek nerds everywhere are devastated by not knowing this.
Funny enough Star Trek popped into my mind when I first heard it
damn, i did indeed not know that
I knew the Theremin was difficult to play, but now I have a new appreciation for such a beautiful instrument and the people who play it.
The sheets should be like
🤙✋👆🖐👌✊👎☝️👉 🤟
Kage bushino jutso.
Mxrtinx Vers 😂😂
Shit looks like cheat codes
😂❤️😂
Omg
How does someone not know the song somewhere over the rainbow!? Wow I’m flabbergasted!
In spanish we dont say "to play an instrument" we say "to touch an instrument", which makes It even funnier
That's cap
X: Que instrumento tocas?
Y: No.
@@jvb2279 lol
Same in portuguese: "eu toco violão"
@@jvb2279 X: tocas un instrumento?
Y: No.
Me:how do you play this?
Her:aggressively plays rock, paper scissors
Me:huh?
In her mind 'Kai, bai, bo'
@@heleddfflur6063 that's what I was gonna say! Lol! Mine as well though!!!
Is it bad I look in the comments for fellow kpoppers!!!?!!!
Am I the only person that looks in the comments of random videos to find fellow armys
armyy
Theremin sounds like a compound that can get you insanely high
Theremin definitely sounds like some sort of drug. I was thinking that too.
Vitamin
I mean thats about the sound it makes too
No bc Imagine being a kid and your parents had a theremin and when you turn off all the nights and run you forget they had it and you run past it and like scream very loudly
Try Thalasin...
¡Gracias!
A new concept for "air guitar"
makes me want to stop playing air guitar
Mcbusted would be proud
I wonder what a theretar would look like, you know like a keytar
new? this thing is 90 years old en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theremin
luKiluk well, actually it’s a pretty old concept-probably before the air guitar. But still so true!
When you are watching this in 2020 and all you can think about is how this is a perfect instrument for covid, you don’t touch it and you need to keep a distance
OMG your right!
Your are super right!
But the adjustment part tho 🤔🤔
Kevin Jacob ba3os
🤣🤣🤣
Someone: Yeah I play guitar
Me: *I PLAY AIR*
Do you play frequency?
ANG!!!!! LOL
I PLAY ELECTRICITY
Oh shut up
I play you
Thank you Rob Scallon and Carolina Eyck! Loved learning something fascinatingly new today!
Imagine a ghost walking pass.
Me: No one's in the music room right
Family: No. 😶
That would scare the crap out of me.
Then I'd start laughing
Then then sound would be like
"OooOooooOooh"
@@radioactive_baby same 😂😂😂
But I'm still scared if that happens 😱
And just like that, I’m terrified of a really cool instrument 😅
Past
I love the contrast you both have between:
- Absolute experts playing their speciality instrument
- What the hell is this weird object, what am I doing
hey
@@EnergeticSpark63 yo
We: * look at her hands *
She: *GOTTEM*
*sigh* that’s a neck for me 😂
@@Magical_Trash Hahah yeah.
I'll be there in 20 minutes.
You'd better sleep with one eye open
(100% a joke)
Damn she sneaky
I dont get it
This was fantastic! The second performance I've heard from Carolyn Eyck after Flight of the Bumblebee (Yes, that is superb and highly recommended!).
Carolina asked for suggestions. I'm an electrical engineer that loves music. Here are some:
1) For beginners, a sophisticated auto-tune-like quantizing of base pitch can add some needed pitch accuracy, and with the same motions change the key and modality.
2) Dynamic range (volume curve) can be made more than linear, i.e. compressed (boring), and expanded frightfully dynamic!
3) One can build in compensations like special loudness curves, so the extreme highs and/or lows can let the performer deal with intended crescendos and decrescendos starting from a more linear perceptual, without having to manually compensate for human roll-offs at either or both extremes.
4) For the hearing challenged, a color organ, all of which use a fixed number of quantized, both pitch ranges and volume ranges, a special color organ could be built. It would not be quantized, but rather, like the Theremin itself, would show continuity of both pitch and volume. It would not use LEDs but instead a high definition and resolution video screen, or, for performances, a 3-laser (RGB) projector. Perceiving such a 2 or 3 dimensional video sound representation, pitch, volume (and perhaps timber), as an analog continuum rather than the traditional bar graphs or even waterfall graphs would, among other things let the user see the difference between pitch and volume vibrato, as well as probably see and feel the corresponding movements of Ms. Eyck's skilled hands. Pitch would still be represented by horizontal position and color, but it would look and feel more like a Photoshop gradient blend compared to simple solid color and tone regions.
5) Rather than look only at Ms Eyck's brilliantly created 2-dimensional control of pitch and volume, one should also create analog signal outputs from the Theremin of the results of those actions, and see the pattern of one moving dot, changing position, speed, and accelerations (and perhaps shape or color for timber) corresponding the instantaneous values of pitch, volume
and range (or special effect) settings.
A great project for the right musician/electrical engineer (grad students?). The hard part is already done - no complicated Fast Fourier Transforms necessary as the Theremin signals are already separated into the channels of pitch, volume, [and settings].
Imagine playing this instrument back during the Salem witch trials lol
can we just get an F in the chat for the poor time traveler who did that?
Lmao
You mean like playing an electrical instrument before electricity was invented? Yeah, I'd think that was witchcraft too...
@British Empire you're a sick bastard
Death
I call this instrument
The fly in my room at 3:00 am
This comment is really underrated
Truthfully it is
Yep
The name's Elaine THE MOOD THO
Lmao 🤣🤣
ME: so how do you play it?
HER: 👉👊👋👌🖐️🖖🤞💪👎🤙🤛🙌👐☝️
ME: 🤔
😂😂😂😂 I'm crying dying and choking lmao😂😂😂
Lmfao best comment here
LMAO stop that shit too funny yahaahah
kingprotools1 haha 😂
Bruh 😂😂😭
I would LOVE to try a Theremin one day! This combo sounds beautiful ❤
Musician: How sensitive are you?
Theremin: Yes