Come si suona il theremin?
Come si suona il theremin?
È uno strumento che si suona avvicinando e allontanando le mani vicino a due antenne, senza toccarle: lo avete sicuramente sentito in alcuni film horror. Il theremin è uno strumento che si suona muovendo le mani vicino a due antenne senza però toccarle.
Chi usa il Theremin?
Nella musica pop il Theremin è diventato noto grazie ai Beach Boys che, nel 1968, lo utilizzarono per la canzone “Good Vibrations“. Tra gli altri musicisti che hanno utilizzato il theremin troviamo Sting, Tom Waits e Jean-Michel Jarre.
What is a theremin kit?
- A theremin is an electronic musical instrument that is played without any physical contact. The player moves their hands, which is picked up by the antennas, to control volume and pitch. A theremin kit provides all the parts and instructions a person needs to build their own theremin. These allow someone without technical experience to build one.
What is the history of the theremin?
- In the early 1920s, physicist Léon Theremin was doing research on proximity sensors for the Russian government. He was trying to develop something like a land-based sonar device using an electromagnetic field to detect objects that entered a certain zone. Instead, Theremin came up with a musical instrument: his namesake, the theremin.
What is performance technique in theremin?
- Performance technique. Important in theremin articulation is the use of the volume control antenna. Unlike touched instruments, where simply halting play or damping a resonator in the traditional sense silences the instrument, the thereminist must "play the rests, as well as the notes", as Clara Rockmore observed.
What does a theremin sound like?
- In the hands of a master, the theremin can sing with the precision, vibrato and depth of a seasoned mezzo-soprano. When operated by a novice, on the other hand, it produces little more than earsplitting blats and squawks. A theremin works by generating electromagnetic fields around two antennae.
