remember doctor who was actually on synth keyboards and quite an elaborate system of various machines. The making of the song was brilliant to watch as the same man attempted to remake the song from scratch with his own system. Watching him key everything in was astounding. So much work went into that song.
@@theghost6412 But the Dr. Who theme wasn't written by a man, it was written by Delia Derbyshire. Everyone keeps saying Ron Grainer wrote it - it even says that in the Dr. Who credits - but that's SO sexist. He had the idea. Delia made it into a reality. It wouldn't have existed without her. She was one of the first synth. pioneers and nobody even remembers her now! So sad. Chris.
Yes, Jonathan. And we all know that there is a wealth of theremin lesson materials out there. Music stores can’t keep them in stock. They go flying off the shelves.
Pretty well done, though perhaps a suggestion, an absolute beginner on the theremin might first want to know how to set their zero beat point with the pitch dial and learn how the 'volume' dial is not a conventional setting for the volume output of the instrument, but adjusts the sensitivity and 'snappines' for the volume loop. About 1 year ago I got myself an Etherwave Plus, after first getting my feet wet with a Theremini. And soon after I also got a Loop Station (RC-202) as improvising/composing tool. I recently started my YT channel and uploaded some of my recent tracks there, most also have theremin in them. Happy celebrating 100 years of Theremin :)
I guess I should make a video for that. Just calibrated my client’s Etherwave today. She had bought it brand new and the tuning was way off. Took half an hour to find the proper scale since the instructions from the 1990s Big Briar Etherwave didn’t work exactly the same way. Especially people who are new to theremins in general would benefit of a video on how to set up an Etherwave and fine tune the pitch knob according to their setup and body proportions.
I have wanted one of these for about 40 years since I first saw one. This video is making me reconsider getting one. After all, who wants to die with a zero balance on their credit cards?! Just your simple beginner tutorial was so clear that it made me sure I could learn it... and even if I don't master it, there are days that are easily healed just by some weird new practice. I've been attempting to learn the harmonium. Perhaps I will set my self a goal of reaching a certain point on the harmonium and then as a gift of achievement, buying the Theremin. The only problem with that is that I cheat when I get impulsive. At any rate, thanks for this great video. It made my night and reminded me of huge number of possibilities that are open to me. Please keep doing tutorials. I'm gong to need you! (Jimmy Page, eat your heart out. ;)
This is on my instrument list next, i just purchased a Ocarina, and i have a few other instruments that i play, as i am a music lover of many different instruments and sounds and i love many genres of music as well. Blessings all.❤
I recently got the Valve Index headset and bought the VR Theremin program VRemin yesterday. Your video was very helpful and will get me on my way, thank you :D
The big mistake most users make is waving hands frantically around it, in fact a fist with tiny extensions of fingers works as well. All a Theremin is doing is reacting to how close you are to it.
Thank you. I saw this used and asked a musician what it was . I had no idea! This is so cool. I would have gotten one of these a s a kid had I known! How interesting!! Easy to understand vid. You do learn something new every day!!
Dang! I can't imagine how the theremin would sound like when my nephew and I start playing it. Both of us can't sit still, can't standstill. Once we hear music, any music, our head would start bobbing then arms, shoulders, hands then hips then the feet!
Hi Caroline, I first saw this wonderful instrument more than 2 years ago, I am trying to learn how to play it, please help me lol. i have one, its beautiful piece of art.
I Just bought a Theremin plus I'm trying to play it for two days, I like very much it but Im thinking about to send it back because it's very hard to learn. Some people say it's about 11 years to learn it well. I hope to learn a scale and some easy melody in one week. I study for 2 or 3 hour for days. I use an App for tuning. Anyway your lesson is good. Thanks
You don’t need a decade for that if you are determined. Hyrtis Gladys Hulot had played for three years before winning the Theremin 100 performance contest but she trained for three hours every day. I’ve seen pretty good advancement from several of my clients in just weeks.
Antennae refers to the things found in insects and antennas to the things found in radios and theremins unless you're British and use antennae for both. A good lesson btw!
Only for European peaple: the power supplay (alimentatore) cames without the ground central pole, It need to wire the amplifier to the graund to stabilaze the electric field, you cannot play it
They used to have a grounded power supply until around 2005. After that they were supposed to be played with a grounded amplifier. But if you have an ungrounded amplifier or record straight to a computer you’d better have a grounded power supply. I still have my original 2002 Big Briar PSU but had to manufacture a grounded one for my client and today got another client who needs one. Basically you need to find any PSU that outputs around 14 volts, remove the rectifier/diode bridge and add a grounded cord, connecting the ground wire to the centre pin. Alternatively you can just attach a wire to a radiator but unless the venue you’re playing at doesn’t have any you might get into trouble.
OK, OK, I’ll bite. “What’s a nice, beautiful, bright gal like you doing hanging out with a weird instrument like THAT??? 🤓. I kid, I kid, of course. That’s just a play on the old line about a nice gal who’s got a creep for a boyfriend..or as expressed in a Joe Jackson song, “Is She Really Going Out With Him?” ). I thought your video was terrific. I am an amateur musician (pianist) and had known of the theremin and it’s distinctive sound for years.. But I never gave it much thought. Your video was a terrific explanation of and demonstration on the instrument. Really fascinating. Congrats to you and thanks for shining some light on this unique instrument. Best wishes to you…JT
Love that beautiful almost vocal tone. I'm guessing with arthritic hands... and limited digit flexibility, this probably isn't the right time to learn! lol
I wonder if it's possible to translate the device's outputs into a control scheme for a vehicle. With some kind of simple "deadman's switch" failsafe to disengage the system when you're doing something else and don't want to accidentally move your hand the wrong way and crash. It would take a crazy amount of programming, but it could produce about the most responsive and smooth control system ever. A bit like those weird color-balls on Goa'uld ships in the Stargate shows.
Can you find those anywhere? I feel like calling up my sales engineer at the music instrument store where I bought my keyboard in Fort Wayne Indiana and ask him if they sell it.
Wow you rock! Just a small question - Is it possible to play it the other way around? Like pitch would be left hand and volume with the right? (Violinist here asking)
The easiest way to play left handed is to play the instrument from the back. Or you could flip the instrument upside down. Otherwise you would need to get a custom theremin.
I'm so glad you asked! The theremini is hands down the best starter theremin for the price, and you can also do zero interest payment plans with Sweetwater here: sweetwater.sjv.io/5gDAnN Here's one of my videos on the Theremini: ruclips.net/video/p3iFQBfOx-4/видео.html
Hi there! I always recommend the Etherwave to folks who ask... it's SUCH a great quality theremin, and my personal go-to. Here's the link to check it out! Good luck. sweetwater.sjv.io/g1Ga09
They actually used something similar, an Electro-Theremin developed by trombonist Paul Tanner and amateur inventor Bob Whitsell. It makes similar sounds but using a pitch slide and volume knobs rather than hand control.
People mistake Good Vibrations, Star Trek theme and some other popular songs to be performed on a theremin. Instead, the Midsomer murders theme was really performed on a theremin by the late Celia Sheen.
I have a theremin that my husband bought me years ago I've lost the electrical connection how much voltage does it take to plug in it's a little hole in the back with a little piece of metal in the center
You should look up the owner's manual online and check the specs. Or call the company. I have a Moog etherwave and the power supply is 14 volts AC with 200 milliamps output. It would not surprise me to find that all different types of power supplies are used and damage could occur if you use the wrong one.
It sounds like playing a….saw! You’ve heard someone play a saw?! I think Groucho Marx played a ….. saw. You’ve heard a saw played? It sounds… like a saw.
Includes preset scales and pitch correction, for those naive enough to think she's playing those scales in the beginning without help from the programming.
I've been wanting to get a Theremin for decades (mainly thanks to Doctor Who), finally bought one this morning, a Moog Theremini.
I have a Theremini. I love it!
remember doctor who was actually on synth keyboards and quite an elaborate system of various machines. The making of the song was brilliant to watch as the same man attempted to remake the song from scratch with his own system. Watching him key everything in was astounding. So much work went into that song.
My Theremini is arriving tomorrow!
@@theghost6412 But the Dr. Who theme wasn't written by a man, it was written by Delia Derbyshire. Everyone keeps saying Ron Grainer wrote it - it even says that in the Dr. Who credits - but that's SO sexist. He had the idea. Delia made it into a reality. It wouldn't have existed without her. She was one of the first synth. pioneers and nobody even remembers her now! So sad.
Chris.
@@chrisburke5937 incorrect, he wrote it but she finished it. She is not well known outside of Britain unless people are into that sort of thing.
This is easily the best first theremin lesson I have ever seen, thanks!
Yes, Jonathan. And we all know that there is a wealth of theremin lesson materials out there. Music stores can’t keep them in stock. They go flying off the shelves.
@@jamestierney2531 Is that supposed to be funny?
@@jamestierney2531Kind of an unnecessary moment to be a dick
Uh, oh. That looked way more fun than I was expecting. Now, I need a theremin. 😱
Go to the opera and step a cantatrice on the foot... you have the same result.😊
Pretty well done, though perhaps a suggestion, an absolute beginner on the theremin might first want to know how to set their zero beat point with the pitch dial and learn how the 'volume' dial is not a conventional setting for the volume output of the instrument, but adjusts the sensitivity and 'snappines' for the volume loop. About 1 year ago I got myself an Etherwave Plus, after first getting my feet wet with a Theremini. And soon after I also got a Loop Station (RC-202) as improvising/composing tool. I recently started my YT channel and uploaded some of my recent tracks there, most also have theremin in them. Happy celebrating 100 years of Theremin :)
I guess I should make a video for that. Just calibrated my client’s Etherwave today. She had bought it brand new and the tuning was way off. Took half an hour to find the proper scale since the instructions from the 1990s Big Briar Etherwave didn’t work exactly the same way.
Especially people who are new to theremins in general would benefit of a video on how to set up an Etherwave and fine tune the pitch knob according to their setup and body proportions.
Nice clear lesson. I can't wait until my Theremin arrives to try this out. Thanks.
Beautifuly Done, the hand gestures part helped a lot. I have a Theremini and am finally getting " Music" out of it.
I have wanted one of these for about 40 years since I first saw one. This video is making me reconsider getting one. After all, who wants to die with a zero balance on their credit cards?! Just your simple beginner tutorial was so clear that it made me sure I could learn it... and even if I don't master it, there are days that are easily healed just by some weird new practice. I've been attempting to learn the harmonium. Perhaps I will set my self a goal of reaching a certain point on the harmonium and then as a gift of achievement, buying the Theremin. The only problem with that is that I cheat when I get impulsive. At any rate, thanks for this great video. It made my night and reminded me of huge number of possibilities that are open to me. Please keep doing tutorials. I'm gong to need you! (Jimmy Page, eat your heart out. ;)
Did you get one?
What a lovely blue little piano!😊
This is on my instrument list next, i just purchased a Ocarina, and i have a few other instruments that i play, as i am a music lover of many different instruments and sounds and i love many genres of music as well. Blessings all.❤
thanks so much!!
I want one! I got a chance to play one at the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix in 2017. Way cool.
I recently got the Valve Index headset and bought the VR Theremin program VRemin yesterday. Your video was very helpful and will get me on my way, thank you :D
Bro what, I’ve been looking for a theremin for FOREVER, Didn’t know the index had this app
@@alexpeak1008 And it's dirt cheap too. Don't know how it compares to an original of course, but when not on sale it's 2 EURO's.
The big mistake most users make is waving hands frantically around it, in fact a fist with tiny extensions of fingers works as well. All a Theremin is doing is reacting to how close you are to it.
Thank you. I saw this used and asked a musician what it was . I had no idea! This is so cool. I would have gotten one of these a s a kid had I known! How interesting!! Easy to understand vid. You do learn something new every day!!
Thanks for the intro, will you make more video lessons?
This instrument is so interesting
Great video!!!!! What is this Theremin?
Keep the lessons coming!!
Best of any beyond shadow doubt
Dang! I can't imagine how the theremin would sound like when my nephew and I start playing it. Both of us can't sit still, can't standstill. Once we hear music, any music, our head would start bobbing then arms, shoulders, hands then hips then the feet!
Hi Caroline, I first saw this wonderful instrument more than 2 years ago, I am trying to learn how to play it, please help me lol. i have one, its beautiful piece of art.
Great thank you, your tutorial helped alot 😊
I Just bought a Theremin plus I'm trying to play it for two days, I like very much it but Im thinking about to send it back because it's very hard to learn. Some people say it's about 11 years to learn it well. I hope to learn a scale and some easy melody in one week. I study for 2 or 3 hour for days. I use an App for tuning. Anyway your lesson is good. Thanks
You don’t need a decade for that if you are determined. Hyrtis Gladys Hulot had played for three years before winning the Theremin 100 performance contest but she trained for three hours every day. I’ve seen pretty good advancement from several of my clients in just weeks.
I dont know even one music instrument easy to play, all serious instruments are really complex to play.
Wow seems an amazing musical tool, makes sounds similar to Jarre in Oxygen
Antennae refers to the things found in insects and antennas to the things found in radios and theremins unless you're British and use antennae for both. A good lesson btw!
Me encanta ese instrumento.👍💯te conecta con otra forma de musica.
LOVED IT!!! THANK YOU!!!
This looks fun yo
amazing instrument but really hard to actually play notes without changing the pitch. Well done Caroline...
Carolina Eyck changed that for everyone.
Only for European peaple: the power supplay (alimentatore) cames without the ground central pole, It need to wire the amplifier to the graund to stabilaze the electric field, you cannot play it
You can connect it with a wire to the bare part of a radiator, then it should work.
They used to have a grounded power supply until around 2005. After that they were supposed to be played with a grounded amplifier. But if you have an ungrounded amplifier or record straight to a computer you’d better have a grounded power supply. I still have my original 2002 Big Briar PSU but had to manufacture a grounded one for my client and today got another client who needs one. Basically you need to find any PSU that outputs around 14 volts, remove the rectifier/diode bridge and add a grounded cord, connecting the ground wire to the centre pin. Alternatively you can just attach a wire to a radiator but unless the venue you’re playing at doesn’t have any you might get into trouble.
Beautiful thank you
OMG! IM SO EXCITED TO GET ONE. YOU MADE SCHOOL FUN!!! THANKS!!
Amazing!!
Love this!!!!
Fascinating!!
OK, OK, I’ll bite. “What’s a nice, beautiful, bright gal like you doing hanging out with a weird instrument like THAT??? 🤓. I kid, I kid, of course. That’s just a play on the old line about a nice gal who’s got a creep for a boyfriend..or as expressed in a Joe Jackson song, “Is She Really Going Out With Him?” ). I thought your video was terrific. I am an amateur musician (pianist) and had known of the theremin and it’s distinctive sound for years.. But I never gave it much thought. Your video was a terrific explanation of and demonstration on the instrument. Really fascinating. Congrats to you and thanks for shining some light on this unique instrument. Best wishes to you…JT
Thank you.
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ....WOULD A METAL OBJECT, COMING NEAR THE THERAMIN, CAUSE IT TO REACT?!...
5:00 sounded like a violin
Well done. Encouraging.
Love that beautiful almost vocal tone. I'm guessing with arthritic hands... and limited digit flexibility, this probably isn't the right time to learn! lol
Hello... Thanks for opening my understanding on this unique instrument...Where can I buy one?
I highly recommend the Moog Theremini: sweetwater.sjv.io/5gDAnN
Can one be built from scratch? Thank you 🌹❤️ also, can it be made a little longer?
I've had one of Bob Moog's Etherwave units like this one since 1997 and have yet to be able to play a song on it. It's just so frustrating.
Brilliant, can this be played with the lest hand controlling pitch?
I wonder if it's possible to translate the device's outputs into a control scheme for a vehicle. With some kind of simple "deadman's switch" failsafe to disengage the system when you're doing something else and don't want to accidentally move your hand the wrong way and crash.
It would take a crazy amount of programming, but it could produce about the most responsive and smooth control system ever. A bit like those weird color-balls on Goa'uld ships in the Stargate shows.
honestly, that sounds like something mark rober would do
very nice
How do I choose a theremin to buy?
Amazing video! How effects do you use to produce this sound?
Great. Thanks
A question please , are there any theramin models for "left handed" people out there ?
I need to get a theremin! It’s my all time favourite instrument and it makes me so upset to see that it’s one of the more obscure instruments.
I have just bought a tiny theremin with LED display
This instrument is like REM Pod or Ghost Finder
I received this as a gift. I have no idea what you are doing.
Hello Caroline where could I purchase this there in?
Can you find those anywhere? I feel like calling up my sales engineer at the music instrument store where I bought my keyboard in Fort Wayne Indiana and ask him if they sell it.
@Imagineth Thanks.
fast and clear
Formidável voce fazer a escala, demonstra pleno controle. Ual...
Good job girl
Wow you rock! Just a small question - Is it possible to play it the other way around? Like pitch would be left hand and volume with the right? (Violinist here asking)
The easiest way to play left handed is to play the instrument from the back. Or you could flip the instrument upside down. Otherwise you would need to get a custom theremin.
@@argcargv cool tnx I'll try 🙏✨
Wow. How did I not know about this bizarre instrument until today.😲
There's no way to buy this instrument in my country, shame because it's very interesting
Ive got a question, i have a Theramini i am wondering if this instrument is harder to play than the original one by MOOG.
I just discovered the Theramin. What is the best starting Theramin without breaking the bank?
I'm so glad you asked! The theremini is hands down the best starter theremin for the price, and you can also do zero interest payment plans with Sweetwater here: sweetwater.sjv.io/5gDAnN
Here's one of my videos on the Theremini: ruclips.net/video/p3iFQBfOx-4/видео.html
I’m trying so har not to get one. I’ve wanted one since I was a child 😭
I've had mine for a week. I'm beginning to understand that it is not a kazoo.
Best video about theremin I’ve seen. Which theremin should I buy to learn this? Can you recommend? Thank you
Hi there! I always recommend the Etherwave to folks who ask... it's SUCH a great quality theremin, and my personal go-to. Here's the link to check it out! Good luck. sweetwater.sjv.io/g1Ga09
(Me doesn't have theremin but will still learn it.)
Beach Boys used one on Good Vibrations.
They actually used something similar, an Electro-Theremin developed by trombonist Paul Tanner and amateur inventor Bob Whitsell. It makes similar sounds but using a pitch slide and volume knobs rather than hand control.
People mistake Good Vibrations, Star Trek theme and some other popular songs to be performed on a theremin. Instead, the Midsomer murders theme was really performed on a theremin by the late Celia Sheen.
Where can you buy one
The Beach Boys wanted this for their "Good Vibrations" recording! But I think they couldn't find someone able to actually play the instrument.
Can you switch anntana locations so I can play it left handed
Where do you buy a Theremin?
MOOG website or Amazon
Theremin also sells Etherwaves and Thereminis.
I have a theremin that my husband bought me years ago I've lost the electrical connection how much voltage does it take to plug in it's a little hole in the back with a little piece of metal in the center
I would love to be able to play my Thurman can someone please help me
You should look up the owner's manual online and check the specs. Or call the company. I have a Moog etherwave and the power supply is 14 volts AC with 200 milliamps output. It would not surprise me to find that all different types of power supplies are used and damage could occur if you use the wrong one.
Now I need to learn how the hell does this work.
im gonna create more accounts and subscribe from there thank u for the lesson
It sounds like playing a….saw! You’ve heard someone play a saw?! I think Groucho Marx played a ….. saw. You’ve heard a saw played? It sounds… like a saw.
💗
Antennae are only on insects while antennas are on theremins.
I don't have a theramin.
BABY U'RE GREAT!!!!!! 👏👏👏🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Subbed 😍
Nice! But ... "one of the only"? And "played without sound"?
Good tutorial but the hardest thing being where to buy it :P
sweetwater.sjv.io/k0JPv3
Awesome. I was clueless. Now I can make my amp explode! But great tutorial. Onto chops!
Alguien sabe quién me puede vender un theremin ❤️
The sound on this video is so low, I can't hear what the person is saying.
then turn ur volume up 🔥🔥🔥
@@majora_03 Volume is up as high as it can be.
@@FreeSpirit47 well the video is loud for me, so its probs an issue on ur end
I refuse to believe this isn't magic
John Otways fans bought him a theremin for his birthday. Bad mistake
You keep your left hand more strait in relation. Flip the box around
first comment !!!!!! theremin win !!
You should have been closer to the Mic.. Hard to hear you.
Maybe do volume up or put yourself closer to the screen. I listen to her and its ok. Please verify on your end
Sounds like opera 😮
too bad a good one is 800 dollars
1. That’s not very expensive for any quality instrument.
2. That’s blatantly false. The theremini is plenty good and it’s $382.
why does she want to shoot my dog and light my arms on fire? im so confused at her signing.
this is not a real instrument
Why ?
Kind of pointless to have something playing in the background when you're teaching a different instrtument?
Nice t!ts.
just got a theremin this evening, really. helpful @carolinescruggs
Includes preset scales and pitch correction, for those naive enough to think she's playing those scales in the beginning without help from the programming.