Leon Theremin playing his own instrument

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  • Опубликовано: 29 окт 2024

Комментарии • 3 тыс.

  • @sowarutsuchiro
    @sowarutsuchiro 8 лет назад +22064

    Kind of makes sense now, how a critic described the sound of a theremin as a cello lost in a dense fog, crying because it doesn't know how to get home.

    • @9_in_the_afternoon
      @9_in_the_afternoon 8 лет назад +690

      +Spirarc Here we have a description almost as beautiful as the instrument itself. Thanks for sharing :)

    • @markkoetsier6475
      @markkoetsier6475 7 лет назад +512

      Aww, now that I'm picturing it that does sound quite sad. =(

    • @jaded8578
      @jaded8578 7 лет назад +243

      i thought you said "a cello crying out in a dense frog"

    • @durcheinander5554
      @durcheinander5554 7 лет назад +428

      Wow, this is such a perfect description. The sound of a theremin is something between a string instrument and a human voice, it's pretty disconcerting and very powerful. Both very human and alien

    • @MrTakvam
      @MrTakvam 6 лет назад +28

      pretentious

  • @jessrosenthal4939
    @jessrosenthal4939 3 года назад +7029

    Another story of an accident yielding wonderful results. Leon Theremin, who discovered the instrument that came to carry his name, was a Russian physicist attempting to create a proximity sensor, with its obvious military uses, but ended up creating a musical instrument which is played without touching it. It ended up being used for making eerie music, or futurist sounds. It was actually the inspiration for the original Star Trek theme music. Now it is respected for its sound, and unique playing method,

    • @SuprSBG
      @SuprSBG 11 месяцев назад +60

      Oh my gosh the TOS Star Trek theme would fit this so well! I see why it was inspired by this!

    • @AzimuthAviation
      @AzimuthAviation 11 месяцев назад +44

      I was assigned by our chief engineer to explore high gain capacitive sensors using a Theramin in my cubicle working with Honeywell Security.

    • @BennoRob95
      @BennoRob95 11 месяцев назад +4

      Imagine my shock

    • @Orverge
      @Orverge 11 месяцев назад +12

      I'd say he succeeded on both accounts.

    • @WangleLine
      @WangleLine 11 месяцев назад +4

      That's so lovely :]

  • @Stop1Meh
    @Stop1Meh 3 года назад +7645

    Kind of sounds like an old recording of an opera singer singing.

    • @boogerrrrr
      @boogerrrrr 3 года назад +314

      They all do.
      Then again, an old opera recording also sounds like an old recording of a theremin.

    • @Trixex
      @Trixex 3 года назад +102

      I'd argue the audio here is much better than usual, for example, you can clearly understand what he says in the beginning.

    • @lev7509
      @lev7509 3 года назад +51

      @@Trixex As a Russian native speaker, can confirm.

    • @aalot6744
      @aalot6744 3 года назад +6

      Sounds like a sad Jerry Mouse to me

    • @maryalouette
      @maryalouette 3 года назад +10

      Most definitely does! As for former opera singer, I 100% concur.

  • @levanthasis
    @levanthasis 9 лет назад +15980

    This man is STILL ahead of THIS time.

    • @lucyfisher8347
      @lucyfisher8347 7 лет назад +434

      Read his biography and prepare to be AMAZED.

    • @CyanicCore
      @CyanicCore 6 лет назад +245

      ikr, this has too be one of the coolest instruments

    • @NizukBeatmakerBoomBap
      @NizukBeatmakerBoomBap 6 лет назад +26

      True!

    • @tamaerl
      @tamaerl 5 лет назад +73

      Even now i think it might be from 2035 or so

    • @JorgetePanete
      @JorgetePanete 5 лет назад +10

      @@CyanicCore *to**

  • @yetanother9127
    @yetanother9127 8 лет назад +8046

    And on that day, cheesy sci-fi horror was changed forever.

    • @Κίκο-ξ3ε
      @Κίκο-ξ3ε 6 лет назад +34

      Jonathan Hughes Indeed.

    • @terrythekittie
      @terrythekittie 6 лет назад +92

      .....and sowed the seeds of one of the biggest hits of the 1960's.

    • @airsailor6176
      @airsailor6176 6 лет назад +7

      terrythekittie did the BB’s actually use one in GV? The googl says otherwise. Please tell me they did tho !

    • @terrythekittie
      @terrythekittie 6 лет назад +23

      You can definitely hear a Theremin in Good Vibrations, apparently it was an electro-theremin...different to the one here. You can buy them online....all kinds.

    • @organboi
      @organboi 6 лет назад +66

      Yes, and these cheesy films ruined the possibility of people realizing the immense serious musical abilities of the instrument. In sense, they killed the Theremin.

  • @gamingmusicandjokesandabit1240
    @gamingmusicandjokesandabit1240 4 года назад +5772

    Please note: The Theremin video has an explanation (in Russian) for the 1st 14 seconds, followed by playing for the rest of the video. I think Leo Theremin, in his explanation, is saying the following:
    The electro-musical Theremin is the 1st of its kind. It’s a song-melody instrument. The melody is achieved by magnetic field changes near the instrument.

  • @wawawis
    @wawawis 10 лет назад +3412

    This particular footage is from 1954, in Leon's 58th year, 34 years after the invention of the theremin. He went on to live another 39 years. The theremin, along with the musical saw, blaster beam & portative organ are 4 of the most interesting musical instruments.

    • @christianguignard9980
      @christianguignard9980 6 лет назад +33

      Merci beaucoup.... précieux commentaire.

    • @Humanitywaswarned
      @Humanitywaswarned 5 лет назад +27

      I know its been awhile since you posted this but if you are still interested in sound making equipment, my uncle just wrote a book called The Sound of Things to Come. Reading his introduction brought me here after he mentioned the Theremin Electrical Symphony Orchestra. I had no clue what an etherphone looked or sounded like. Such a far out instrument.

    • @dilloncostilla3412
      @dilloncostilla3412 5 лет назад +9

      The musical saw? Come on. the hydraulophone is cooler than that.
      Practically any instruments built by Author & Punisher is cooler than a saw.
      Waterphone.
      Wheel harp.
      Marble machine.
      The Funfair Organ Sound Effects Instrument!!!!!

    • @kathydefilippo8085
      @kathydefilippo8085 4 года назад +2

      Jeremy Wissel thanks for the context

    • @bloubear2557
      @bloubear2557 4 года назад +11

      @@Humanitywaswarned an Etherphone was the Theremin, Leon called it the Etherphone but people attributed it to him and called it the theremin instead.

  • @DaLegendarySOAP
    @DaLegendarySOAP 7 лет назад +620

    this man literally connected to this instrument like wtf he looks like he feels the notes

    • @kiyopawn
      @kiyopawn 11 месяцев назад +10

      I like the way you described that

    • @Drekromancer
      @Drekromancer 11 месяцев назад +58

      It's even better when you remember that he invented it. This man built his technique, his musical style, and his instrument all toward a common goal - so they're more in sync than almost any other musician in history. Very few other humans have invented an instrument, the technique for playing that instrument, and the music which will be played upon it. But the result is something wholly unique.

    • @dane1382
      @dane1382 11 месяцев назад +10

      He has to get a feeling for it in order to play it. After all, the woman who invented the method for getting somewhat reliable notes out of the theremin did so relatively recently.

    • @randomone4832
      @randomone4832 9 месяцев назад +4

      You have to, because there aren’t any strings to feel!

    • @B.l.i.s.s.f.u.l
      @B.l.i.s.s.f.u.l 4 месяца назад

      Are you acoustic?

  • @popsocket6885
    @popsocket6885 3 года назад +670

    Imagine having a family member owning a Theremin and plays it everyday to practice.. *You're either in a 1900s Disney Princess movie or a psychological horror movie*

    • @adamharskuti8040
      @adamharskuti8040 Год назад +8

      legendary

    • @multigaming27
      @multigaming27 11 месяцев назад +7

      lol read my mind, I think about them old 1930s golden era Disney movies. What treasures very very scenic

  • @asronome
    @asronome 9 лет назад +8457

    Most people don't even know how hard this is. Playing mary had little lamb in a theremin is about as hard as playing Für Elise with your feet (on a piano)

    • @razzerraw1108
      @razzerraw1108 9 лет назад +545

      More like playing Chopin's Fantasie Impromptu with your face on the piano..

    • @grumpy150
      @grumpy150 9 лет назад +174

      +RazzerRaw More like playing Stairway to Heaven without Jimmy Paige...

    • @grumpy150
      @grumpy150 9 лет назад +45

      +RazzerRaw More like playing Detroit rock City without Paul Stanley...

    • @razzerraw1108
      @razzerraw1108 9 лет назад +20

      +grumpy150 lol

    • @grumpy150
      @grumpy150 9 лет назад +35

      +RazzerRaw More like making Young Frankenstein without Mel Brooks...

  • @jordy2299
    @jordy2299 4 года назад +1084

    *when a 100 year old invention is ahead of your time*

    • @cerebrummaximus3762
      @cerebrummaximus3762 2 года назад +31

      Ikr, I've always wondered why Theremins aren't more widespread

    • @dragonusmolamola4140
      @dragonusmolamola4140 2 года назад +37

      @@cerebrummaximus3762 people usually only use theremins for spooky ghost noises instead of as an instrument

    • @smithrookie1858
      @smithrookie1858 Год назад +26

      USSR technology still amazes me in 2023 !!!!!!!!

    • @Telhias
      @Telhias Год назад

      @@cerebrummaximus3762 It's a really hard instrument that has to compete with too popular instruments. It's niche is taken by vocals and strings. You won't find it in an orchestral setting as it has strings and you won't find in more modern bands as they have vocalists.

    • @chochtopf8682
      @chochtopf8682 11 месяцев назад +18

      ​@@cerebrummaximus3762 I love Theremins. I'm kind of obsessed with them actually. But truthfully the theremin is basically just a synthesizer that is awkward to control and lacks all of the other functionalities that come with modern synthesizers.

  • @user-bj2lu9qt3o
    @user-bj2lu9qt3o 5 лет назад +1023

    Amazing to see rare stuff like this. He made history.
    And sounds actually beautiful!
    Like a violin.

    • @itamarbar9580
      @itamarbar9580 3 года назад +39

      It sounds to me more like an opera singer with that amount of vibrato, and that comes from a violinist

    • @BrArshavsky
      @BrArshavsky 3 года назад +18

      @@itamarbar9580 it"s interesting, becouse he was a violinist and physicist

    • @Kneon_Knight
      @Kneon_Knight Год назад +9

      @@itamarbar9580 I definitely heard violin and a soprano, a very strange and wonderful instrument indeed.

    • @itamarbar9580
      @itamarbar9580 Год назад +5

      @@BrArshavsky the vocal sound is probably caused from his use of what I think to be a Sine wave.

    • @dan_asd
      @dan_asd 11 месяцев назад +1

      actually its an simulation of the saw being played. Yes, that construction tool

  • @MikeSki.
    @MikeSki. 8 лет назад +6152

    I was there, this concert was wild...

    • @netweek1299
      @netweek1299 8 лет назад +66

      +Michael Lewandoski lit

    • @gegdim9307
      @gegdim9307 8 лет назад +131

      Wooowww your over a hundred years old?? Damn man

    • @lare290
      @lare290 8 лет назад +377

      +Geg Dim Can't you see the date? It was just 8 years ago!

    • @Eskapismus
      @Eskapismus 8 лет назад +16

      +PerunaVallankumous
      :'D

    • @missmartha4604
      @missmartha4604 8 лет назад +95

      Wow. I'm sure it was just brilliant. I hate this generation. Wish I was in that era. I'm a sperm and love this music...

  • @GameAce6
    @GameAce6 5 лет назад +1454

    It's amazing that 100 years later, the technique in playing this is exactly the same. Nobody ever figured out a better way of playing it.

    • @kylestubbs8867
      @kylestubbs8867 4 года назад +552

      I’m thinking of selling my theremin. Barely touched it since I got it.

    • @gormauslander
      @gormauslander 2 года назад +253

      Carolina Eyck invented a new system that is the new standard, which is a lot easier to teach than Theremin's technique which was "I did it for 30 years and figured it out".

    • @darkjanggo
      @darkjanggo 2 года назад +213

      @@kylestubbs8867 fuck this took me too long to get

    • @PurrsPlace
      @PurrsPlace Год назад +25

      @@kylestubbs8867Ha ha ha! That is pun-tastic! I love it!!

    • @TherionX2.
      @TherionX2. Год назад +1

      ​@@kylestubbs8867man

  • @wolfen8622
    @wolfen8622 3 года назад +345

    Impressive. Such a clean pitch, he really did hit every note 😮

  • @StrangeScaryNewEngland
    @StrangeScaryNewEngland 3 года назад +137

    This man is so far beyond most of us that he's playing "air" and making sound amazing. I used to own a Theremin but it was ruined by moisture 😭

  • @АлексейЛукин-о2х
    @АлексейЛукин-о2х 4 года назад +469

    He was also probably the best player on its own instrument. Most of modern players can't get most from theremin: they do very low dynamic expansion. In his own hands It heards like a violin.
    And its own creator called it as Thermenvox, not theremin.

    • @akravemaster
      @akravemaster 4 года назад +7

      /watch?v=LYSGTkNtazo She is quite impressive

    • @СергейРябых-ц9к
      @СергейРябых-ц9к 3 года назад +6

      Честно говоря, не ожидал, что он по русски заговорит, т. к. у меня название видео на английском!

    • @Tavussatwaossi
      @Tavussatwaossi 2 года назад +3

      There are some prominent players, as for instance _Lydia Kavina_ or *_Grégoire Blanc_* :
      ruclips.net/user/tvoxmania
      ruclips.net/user/Gr%C3%A9goireBlancTh%C3%A9r%C3%A9min

    • @maxroyle6750
      @maxroyle6750 2 года назад +9

      You don't know much-ever hear of his protege Clara Rockmore ?

    • @girzarro
      @girzarro 11 месяцев назад +6

      it kind of makes me wonder about instruments that were invented before we had actual recordings of their very inventors playing them for the first time

  • @twitchyeyess
    @twitchyeyess Год назад +42

    This makes me feel joy that this dude was able to use the technology at his time to make this instrument instead of conceptualizing it and never seeing it be made

  • @ohikennedy
    @ohikennedy 7 лет назад +120

    Wow, what control & musicality! Theremin was a triple threat: musician, inventor, electrical engineer.

  • @fsharp64
    @fsharp64 8 лет назад +4271

    I own a theremin, but I haven't touched it in years.... XD

  • @modularfrostflower7918
    @modularfrostflower7918 7 лет назад +58

    A beautiful sounding instrument and a beautiful mind. Thanks Leon. Rest in peace. x

    • @barbaradonoso4902
      @barbaradonoso4902 3 года назад +11

      Twice condemened to the soviets siberians camps and still making inventions and music....He had such an incredible life!!

  • @kashsmith6181
    @kashsmith6181 8 лет назад +730

    I will never be able to hear this and *NOT* think of an alien invasion!

    • @CooManTunes
      @CooManTunes 8 лет назад +11

      Mars Attacks! LMAO!!!

    • @davidbergaragonzalez5653
      @davidbergaragonzalez5653 7 лет назад

      Haha

    • @georgegetson7393
      @georgegetson7393 7 лет назад +4

      nerd. it sounds like a sad black and white cartoon

    • @region26
      @region26 6 лет назад

      ruclips.net/video/lY7sXKGZl2w/видео.html

    • @Mimizimo
      @Mimizimo 6 лет назад +2

      This song sounds like something aliens would play on their funerals.

  • @yuki97kira
    @yuki97kira 3 года назад +83

    If you were in an apartment, and someone decides to practice this at 3 am...it wouldve been a real scary time

    • @MAGNUSWAKERS
      @MAGNUSWAKERS Год назад +5

      Honestly, if you are a horror fan that would be the dream.

    • @baldevis
      @baldevis Год назад +4

      Being an electronic instrument, you could easily practice it with headphones.

  • @kev4850
    @kev4850 5 лет назад +39

    This man was literally ahead of his time. In fact, he's still ahead of time till this very day lmao

  • @Etherdave
    @Etherdave 10 лет назад +24

    I was greatly pleased to see him actually touch the volume loop, making sure his instrument won't embark on its own personal solo performance. I do the same thing myself, as a sensible precaution! Thanks for posting!

  • @1dotcomdotnet
    @1dotcomdotnet 9 лет назад +43

    Nothing else like it. Beautiful and haunting all at once.

  • @imacommentator
    @imacommentator 11 месяцев назад +9

    For those wondering what the song is, it's Не брани меня, родная (Don't scold me, dear). Used to play it on the piano in my music school.

  • @MmM17000
    @MmM17000 8 лет назад +72

    Thank you Russia! :D
    Seen that many of you were wondering the source of this melody, song is "Ne brani menya rodnaya" by Alexander Dubuque ;>

  • @unflores
    @unflores 9 лет назад +1471

    Nice vintage filter. Hipster!

    • @unflores
      @unflores 9 лет назад +69

      +Austin Flores Good one. +1

    • @mariocapistran7526
      @mariocapistran7526 8 лет назад +7

      lol

    • @Sploooks
      @Sploooks 7 лет назад +47

      Dimitris Moutsos yeah it's a joke

    • @alegriacarlos864
      @alegriacarlos864 5 лет назад +34

      @@unflores bruh you commented on your comment and complemented yourself *loneliness 100*

    • @narzosk
      @narzosk 5 лет назад +13

      @@alegriacarlos864 That was made on purpose, aka humor

  • @AwfulWeather5684
    @AwfulWeather5684 11 месяцев назад +10

    It’s such a beautifully haunting sound, and from such a difficult instrument to learn.

  • @Pazaluz
    @Pazaluz 7 лет назад +2005

    I played this song for the funeral of my goldfish.

    • @ricarleite
      @ricarleite 5 лет назад +147

      I know. I was there, watching from a distance with a pair of binoculars, crying.

    • @f7ckrob
      @f7ckrob 5 лет назад +75

      I know i was there too i was the binoculars

    • @itkasia
      @itkasia 5 лет назад +41

      RIP goldfish

    • @666rains
      @666rains 5 лет назад +12

      F

    • @TheNuare
      @TheNuare 4 года назад +7

      fun if it will play on yours

  • @stevfell
    @stevfell 8 лет назад +261

    What an incredible discovery, thanks google. Majestic.

  • @brycecary
    @brycecary 2 года назад +7

    This is amazing... A uniquely gorgeous sounding instrument. Very cool to watch him play.

  • @Olga777rudenko
    @Olga777rudenko 9 лет назад +219

    Можно только гордиться такими соотечественниками! Спасибо за то, что вы были!

    • @eduardmishiyev5223
      @eduardmishiyev5223 2 года назад +14

      Да были. Но к сожалению были преследуемыми и по этому все они вынуждены были мигрировать или в Израиль . или в США.

    • @KA-jm2cz
      @KA-jm2cz Год назад +6

      Russians put him to prison camp ofcourse.

    • @AnotherReincarnation_No84
      @AnotherReincarnation_No84 Год назад

      ​​@@eduardmishiyev5223 Термен дожил до 1993 года, в Москве. Так что, мимо, говномуха

    • @ComradeKoopa
      @ComradeKoopa Год назад +3

      ​@@KA-jm2czNo they didn't, he worked in a secret lab.

    • @LoarvicLoarvic
      @LoarvicLoarvic 11 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@ComradeKoopawhich was essentially no different from the prison camp

  • @ZugbruckMusik
    @ZugbruckMusik 10 лет назад +85

    It's a common misconception that the Beach Boys used a theremin on "Good Vibrations". They used a different instrument called the Electro-Theremin, or Tannerin, which is more like a synthesizer ribbon controller with a fake keyboard superimposed over the ribbon. It was also used on the theme for the "My Favorite Martian" TV show. I collaborated with Tom Polk to produce a Tannerin sound for Arturia MMV (as well as Theremin and Ondes Martenot sounds).

  • @KM-rz6hz
    @KM-rz6hz 5 лет назад +11

    this is the most hauntingly beautiful thing I've ever witnessed

  • @GeekyJosh
    @GeekyJosh 14 лет назад +13

    A truly spectacular instrument.
    Thank you, Leon Theremin, wherever you may be.

  • @wmeriic
    @wmeriic 13 лет назад +28

    Thank you so much for posting this. This needs to be archived for history's sake. I never thought I would see Lev Theremin play his own instrument.

  • @stevelamont23
    @stevelamont23 3 года назад +17

    THIS SHIT STILL SLAPS IN 2021

  • @LucisAurel
    @LucisAurel Год назад +12

    This looks easy to the eye but this is actually insanity. I salute to this guy with the most respect.

  • @elsquibbs
    @elsquibbs 3 года назад +60

    This, a carnyx, and wash tub drum, and we've got ourselves a real winner.

    • @juggernaut7_
      @juggernaut7_ 3 года назад +2

      *Somebody please do this*

    • @sycration
      @sycration 3 года назад +3

      the most haunting group of instruments!

    • @nunyabiznes33
      @nunyabiznes33 2 года назад

      *sad waterphone noises*

  • @HellishSpoon
    @HellishSpoon День назад +1

    I wish more musical pieces used these kind of special instruments more, it sounds unique and fresh

  • @PolkRidgeAesthete
    @PolkRidgeAesthete 14 лет назад +8

    What a historic document! Many thanks for posting this.

  • @WowIndescribable
    @WowIndescribable 16 лет назад +8

    Wow, what fantastic footage! I didn't realize he was such a good player. Beautiful tone and pitch and his movements are a dance unto themselves!

  • @michaelmier9512
    @michaelmier9512 7 лет назад +6

    The theremin is the most bizarre musical instrument I've ever heard. Played to perfection in such sci-fi classics as "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (1951) & "It Came from Outer Space" (1953), as well as the modern masterpieces "Ed Wood" (1994) & "Mars Attacks!" (1996). I just love watching an expert theremin player at work

  • @cheeseburgerwalrus2
    @cheeseburgerwalrus2 11 лет назад +22

    "Leon Theremin playing his own instrument" - i'm not sure what I was expecting.

  • @caseybenson889
    @caseybenson889 6 лет назад +10

    The technique he's using (holding his forefinger and thumb together for a clearer, more precise pitch) was discovered by Clara Rockmore. She was a true innovator in electronic music of her time :)

  • @sheildyshanearbasto4008
    @sheildyshanearbasto4008 4 года назад +10

    I am saying hi from 2020! I really did not expect that there was an absolute amazing instrument invented back then. Now, I consider my self lucky to discover this. Theremin captured my soul. Idk why. Wish I could play it some time.

  • @Qp0wer
    @Qp0wer 13 лет назад +12

    i really hope this becomes more popular. it is a very underrated instrument

  • @marcfedak
    @marcfedak 12 лет назад +12

    Hi Kristine, the title of the documentary is Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (produced in 1994), and it is worth seeing. Here is an excerpt from the film; Clara Rockmore is reminiscing about how Leon Theremin courted her 60 years earlier (hopefully before he was married to the ballerina you mentioned, rather than during).

  • @ninktabustle
    @ninktabustle 6 лет назад +5

    Fabulous I love this instrument, so ethereal and played without touching it, magic! Clara rockmore was a fine exponent of the device, this has been a treat to so the creator and his machine together!

  • @etwas47
    @etwas47 11 месяцев назад +8

    that one fly when you're trying to sleep

  • @hippomantube
    @hippomantube 9 лет назад +6

    This is really cool to see inventors demonstrate their own inversions.

  • @saobanza5314
    @saobanza5314 7 лет назад +9

    Impressionante .Principalmente quando se vê ao vivo, como já vi em Lisboa!

  • @thrasherpanda
    @thrasherpanda 13 лет назад +13

    truley amazing how even in the 1920's they were capable of making such an electrical instrument that has still to this day has the same built and shape, also played the exact same way.. lots of nock offs but this guy is the shit!!!!! amen to Leon. Starting the movement of electronical instruments which rule the world today.

  • @maverickdallas100
    @maverickdallas100 13 лет назад +13

    Masterfully played, the voice of the Theremin takes on an operatic human character.
    I have achieved similar effects on pedal steel guitar using an electromagnetic string exciter called the E-Bow. A neat effect when used tastefully.
    The opera singer's part on Ennio Morricone's "Once Upon a Time in the West" I feel would make an excellent arrangement for the Theremin.

    • @leonardomattarmonteiro2824
      @leonardomattarmonteiro2824 2 года назад

      Thought you'd like to see/hear this (just in case you haven't yet) Maverick 😉👇🏻👇🏻
      ruclips.net/video/lY7sXKGZl2w/видео.html

  • @natalyanechaeyeva7529
    @natalyanechaeyeva7529 2 года назад +3

    Wooow!!! It is incredible! This man is really still ahead of our time!…

  • @tanhuwe
    @tanhuwe 10 лет назад +32

    This piece is so sad :( My soul cries when it hears this melody.

    • @casparpolitman
      @casparpolitman 4 года назад +2

      Russian romanz! Sad music! Especially popular in tzarist Times 1900/17

    • @colin8770
      @colin8770 3 года назад +3

      @@iliyajavadian a comment later down says the song is called "'Ne brani menya rodnaya' a Russian folk song"

  • @bloopereel33
    @bloopereel33 2 года назад +3

    The sour screeches of the dead, imbedded with the careful tact, and precision of symphonic beauty.

  • @phoenixschallert2720
    @phoenixschallert2720 11 месяцев назад +3

    for all of its faults, RUclips is such a world-changing tool. without it, I don't think me, or you, or anyone would have ever seen this footage in their lives, much less had it randomly recommended to them 15 years after someone decided to show it to the world, and 65 years after it was first recorded. oh and Leon's ability is great too!

  • @samspianos
    @samspianos 5 лет назад +6

    He's a great musician!

  • @raniawhite6968
    @raniawhite6968 4 года назад +9

    tfw it's 3 am and you're a musician trying to listen to theremin music but the comments under every video are wildin' and youre distracted

  • @titicaca.
    @titicaca. Месяц назад

    It sounds so beautiful! Very mesmerizing, even today.

  • @edibbl5970
    @edibbl5970 3 года назад +10

    i just got recommended this. get ready for a january 2021 wave of views.

    • @svobodu
      @svobodu 3 года назад

      why? how does this algorithm work?

  • @laurawillits176
    @laurawillits176 11 месяцев назад +3

    What a wonderful sense of pitch he had.

  • @mattikaki
    @mattikaki 11 месяцев назад +1

    So beautiful was his performance. I have been listening quite much of Theremin music but this was the most touching.

  • @Gun-Bricks
    @Gun-Bricks 11 месяцев назад +9

    No one:
    The random mosquito in my room:

  • @yukari_katsuragi
    @yukari_katsuragi 11 месяцев назад +7

    I've played around with a theremin before but never understood how you're supposed to go between notes and not sound choppy. Now I get it, the chop is hidden in the vibrato. Really really good stuff

  • @craig1538
    @craig1538 11 месяцев назад +1

    How wonderful it is to watch Leon Theremin play the instrument that was named after him. And what truly wonderful instrument the Leon is.

    • @mateuszorlinski7334
      @mateuszorlinski7334 9 месяцев назад

      His actual name is Lev. And he named the instruments after himself - in the video he calls it 'Termenvox'

  • @alabamax1543
    @alabamax1543 2 года назад +11

    Esse cara era um gênio, sua criação é um instrumento fantástico.

  • @klieglite
    @klieglite 9 лет назад +5

    Now this really IS history. the father of the synth- thank you so much for this.

  • @WMeier-kd8hz
    @WMeier-kd8hz 11 месяцев назад +2

    This sounds so beautiful.

  • @francisdedumo3323
    @francisdedumo3323 5 лет назад +17

    What's the piece is he playing at 0:15 up till the end?

  • @jakeschembri
    @jakeschembri 6 лет назад +9

    The piece is called "Do not scold me, dear". A transcription of this music, for solo and piano, could be found here: ruclips.net/video/3_79heDF04w/видео.html

  • @acheron_v
    @acheron_v Год назад +1

    I keep coming to this video. It's so beautiful

  • @sheentheexplorer3859
    @sheentheexplorer3859 5 лет назад +8

    You are a musical genius sir 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

  • @danialkhan3176
    @danialkhan3176 8 лет назад +33

    It is so cool. So I guess it was the soviets that are the fathers of EDM movement

  • @johnaweiss
    @johnaweiss 11 месяцев назад +1

    One of the most beautiful things i've ever watched.

  • @vjm3
    @vjm3 8 лет назад +7

    Thx Scishow. I'm learning every day.

    • @dead_record7578
      @dead_record7578 8 лет назад

      +vjm3 there is going to be another 500 people watching this because of scishow

  • @RosalezJohn
    @RosalezJohn 8 лет назад +436

    Only ghosts play the Thermin

    • @marcmorgado
      @marcmorgado 8 лет назад +13

      +John Rosalez ...and Jimmy Page... and Sheldon Cooper :P

    • @katrina6852
      @katrina6852 8 лет назад +8

      yassssss. my friend is a ghost.

    • @spoods4628
      @spoods4628 8 лет назад +4

      And astronauts!

    • @spoods4628
      @spoods4628 8 лет назад +14

      50's astronauts, with bubble helmets and ray guns.

    • @audiotestchanneltm
      @audiotestchanneltm 8 лет назад +3

      Joe Bonamassa!

  • @The_DC_Kid
    @The_DC_Kid 3 года назад +1

    It's like this video is a time machine taking us back a hundred years and seeing the actual inventor playing his instrument.

  • @maedsen
    @maedsen 4 года назад +3

    I used to have a similar "effect" when i solded a part on my first pc soundcard, long time ago... later a friend told me i accidently built a "Theremin".... he had such a device back then ;)

  • @irshaadhashim8847
    @irshaadhashim8847 10 лет назад +238

    Hannibal brought me here

  • @wrsmith711
    @wrsmith711 Год назад +2

    I'm diggin' those good vibrations....

  • @barbarisdrobovikov3503
    @barbarisdrobovikov3503 10 лет назад +20

    russian genius

  • @derkateramabend
    @derkateramabend 7 лет назад +108

    His actual name was Lev Sergeyevich Termen, only Americans later introduced the name Léon Theremin

    • @alexeykokh8240
      @alexeykokh8240 7 лет назад +11

      derkateramabend correct spelling is Theremin, French ancestors

    • @deodatdechampignac
      @deodatdechampignac 4 года назад +2

      @@alexeykokh8240 yes, Léon Thérémin; like many others : Catoire, Cui, Dubuque...

    • @ln3851
      @ln3851 4 года назад +12

      Similar thing happened to Tolstoy and Trotsky. Both have “Lev” as their first name, but now known as Leo and Leon, respectably.

    • @przemekgrabowski
      @przemekgrabowski 4 года назад +10

      Lev Termen has used the name Leon Theremin himself as an international, Latin alphabet spelling.

  • @MamaLuig
    @MamaLuig 11 месяцев назад +1

    Man, the song is still good to this day. Thank you for the upload

  • @vidensk5346
    @vidensk5346 11 месяцев назад +3

    The mosquito in my bedroom be like

  • @hippomantube
    @hippomantube 9 лет назад +346

    He's A Witch!

  • @ΑργυρωΜ-φ5φ
    @ΑργυρωΜ-φ5φ 4 года назад +1

    Could not stop imagining how wonderful melodies we can produce with our body vibrations and earth's 🎶🎶

  • @RadeusParx
    @RadeusParx 4 года назад +3

    2020 год... Терменовокс жив, как метод игры на инструменте, а миди семплер может прикрутить любой звук какой нужно

  • @ff_crafter
    @ff_crafter 2 года назад +3

    awesome

  • @LilPresPres
    @LilPresPres 25 дней назад

    It’s so beautiful in such a haunting way

  • @urfan7850
    @urfan7850 Год назад +4

    I watched this video for the first time many years ago and I was amazed. The creator plays music on the musical instrument created by himself...Amazing!
    Note: I was here once....

  • @alexanderellison789
    @alexanderellison789 8 лет назад +5

    I actually knew what this was before Google showcased it. Believe it or not, in a STEM program, I made a much smaller theremin using a circuit board, some gizmos to attach it to, and a code. Freakin fun to use, but it was good while it lasted.

    • @markpotts4280
      @markpotts4280 8 лет назад

      +Alexander Ellison is stem a fun program? I got a letter saying i could go to it but just costs so much money. would you say its worth it and what are the best programs?

    • @alexanderellison789
      @alexanderellison789 8 лет назад +1

      Damn people replied fast. STEM is a fun program, but I got to do it for free. It is worth it if you want to integrate it into your future, or if you are just curious to do some hands on mechanics. If you don't like the idea of working with circuits, doing code, or studying physics/robotics or whatever, don't do it. If you do like anything that I just said, go for it.

    • @alexanderellison789
      @alexanderellison789 8 лет назад +1

      Firstpo jkh Also, I'm not lying :)

    • @alexanderellison789
      @alexanderellison789 8 лет назад

      Firstpo jkh I don't know, maybe something earlier today, I can't remember

    • @alexanderellison789
      @alexanderellison789 8 лет назад

      No, it's just because I had a long day, and I really don't pay attention to that sort of thing anyway

  • @Chatisthisrealquestionmark
    @Chatisthisrealquestionmark 2 месяца назад +2

    bro invented his own skill and mastered it.

  • @randymack2222
    @randymack2222 11 месяцев назад +3

    The instrument you play by NOT touching it!

  • @raymondk2202
    @raymondk2202 6 лет назад +15

    0:48 mosquito in your room at night.

  • @Wolfganger
    @Wolfganger Год назад +2

    What a beautiful instrument.

  • @xyuser-vx3on6vd4j
    @xyuser-vx3on6vd4j 3 года назад +8

    Комментарии все не наши!!!( Эххх