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| | Theremin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The theremin is the solo instrument that produces the melody in the title music for the UK show Midsomer Murders. | | | Theremin sounds have been incorporated into many popular music songs from the 1960s through the present. | | | A theremin solo was featured in live versions of the song "Whole Lotta Love", a hit for Led Zeppelin. |
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| | Theremin |
| | Theremin developed a complex timbre for his instrument quite similar to the sound of a bowed violin string. | | | Furthermore, the theremin was the first electronic instrument with virtuoso performers playing solo and concert repertoire written specifically for it by major composers. | | | Although the theremin has been in existence for over 80 years, it has yet to find a significant place in mainstream music. |
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http://www.scifidimensions.com/Sep00/theremin.htm
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| | Good Vibrations |
| | She puts the theremin in the same realm as a violin or cello. | | | The theremin impresario often gave many concerts with symphonies during her professional career, including the Philadelphia Orchestra. | | | Theremin did more for electronic music than anyone, says synthesizer pioneer Robert Moog in the documentary. |
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http://citypaper.net/articles/112395/article056.shtml
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| | What's That Frightening Sound? |
| | The theremin is ingenious to the mystery, horror, and science fiction film because it has a sound unlike instruments as the violin, saxophone, or trumpet. | | | Lydia Kovina, Professor Theremin’s great niece, recorded an album Music from the Ethers. | | | Theremin," a tribute to the Professor, on their album "The Big Idea" in 1986. |
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http://www.horror-wood.com/theremin.htm
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| | Metroactive Arts Theremin |
| | The astounding story of Theremin and his wondrous, eponymous musical machine is a tale that Nabokov himself couldn't have improved. | | | Even if the Theremin was an invention without precedent, it was designed to play standard modes of western music. | | | When an associate died an untimely death, as one of Theremin's living co-workers, Henry Solomonoff, remembers it, the professor remarked that grieving was a waste of time and that what really ought to be done was to construct a machine to bring the dead man back. |
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http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/11.02.95/theremin-9544.html
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| | Musical Saw and Theremin Page-Theremin |
| | Various pop/rock music groups have used the theremin from time to time, but contrary to a popular misconception, a theremin was NOT used by the Beach Boys in their hit song Good Vibrations. | | | Early thereminists used the theremin for the performance of both classical and popular music. | | | The instrument actually producing the theremin-like sound in that song was named an "electro-theremin," a moniker which undoubtedly contributed to the confusion. |
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http://www.theremin-saw.com/theremin.htm
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| | No. 1818: Leon Theremin |
| | According to Theremin, at the time of his dismissal, a conservatory administrator informed him that electricity was for electrocutions, not music. | | | Though there remain pockets of avid theremin enthusiasts, Theremin's grand vision of an instrument as common as the violin was never realized. | | | In a heartfelt interview, Moog aptly summarized Theremin's impact, calling his work the "biggest, fattest, most important musical cornerstone of the whole electronic music movement," and adding, "that's where it all began." |
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http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi1818.htm
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| | Dan's Theremin Page |
| | In their heyday, before Theremin's abduction, they gave concerts in Carnegie Hall playing classical music, with the Theremin as a solo instrument. | | | A Theremin is a unique electronic musical instrument. | | | If you've never seen one of the 50s flicks that uses the Theremin, then you've certainly heard the Beach Boys song "Good Vibrations." That high-pitched "wooooooo" sound in the background is produced by a Theremin. |
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http://www.dickinson.edu/~buchan/theremin.html
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| | At one of Theremin's concerts in 1932, Clara performed on an experimental dance plarform called the terpsitone. | | | During the following years Theremin imporved his instrument and staged a number of concert demonstrations. | | | Listeners were amazed that the seemingly inaccessible technology of electronics had been harnessed to enable a musician to make music by simply waving his hands. |
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http://www.ibiblio.org/id/theremin/theremin.txt
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| | Theremin Vox - Audio Library |
| | The Theremin was run through a Lexicon reverb unit on this recording. | | | I have used the Theremin on my albums Where She Danced (2001) and Monsters And Angels (2002). | | | I made this using a Theremin, 4 track tape recorder,Yamaha keyboard, and Uher 4000. |
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http://www.thereminvox.com/tvoxlib/27
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| | Pavek Theremin Page |
| | The Theremin is an instrument which produces musical sound by exclusively electrical means. | | | Toward the upper end of the scale, the Theremin can with an amazing versimilitude, represent the soprano human voice, humming; and it can suggest powerfully the ethereal tones of the violin's harmonics. | | | Scientists and musicians of note and of standing have gone on record with their opinions that the Theremin may likely revolutionize the whole world of music. |
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http://www.pavekmuseum.org/theremin
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| | The Theremin |
| | Termen's first machine, built in the USSR in 1917 was christened the "Theremin" (after himself) or the "Aetherophone" (sound from the 'ether') and was the first instrument to exploit the heterodyning principle. | | | Theremin was reportedly told that electricity should be reserved for the execution of traitors. | | | : Pictures of a theremin and harmonium concert. |
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http://www.obsolete.com/120_years/machines/theremin
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| | Arts Unlimited Arts Friday Review Weird science |
| | The sound of the early theremins was somewhere between a violin and a ghostly human voice, so for audiences at that time the combination of this and her charismatic presence must have been captivating. | | | More and more new bands and musicians are discovering the theremin as the technology has allowed for a greater user-friendliness. | | | Clara Schumann (nee Wieck, 1819- 96) was actually a concert pianist who married the composer Robert Schumann. |
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http://arts.guardian.co.uk/fridayreview/story/0,12102,1327018,00.html
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| | Theremin Vox |
| | Review of Samuel Hoffman's 3-CD set with reprints of seminal theremin albums "Music Out of the Moon", "Perfume Set to Music", and "Music for Peace of Mind". | | | Ether Music 2005, A Celebration of the Theremin | | | They're all new instruments producing new sounds, he says, but the most important is the Tape Recorder. |
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http://www.thereminvox.com
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| | Theremin Page |
| | My interest in the Theremin is stemmed from my love for the music of Jimmy Page and Led Zeppelin who from the very beginning used this unique instrument to evoke sounds of magic and mystery that would carry the listener to new heights of aural enjoyment. | | | These photos which were taken from archival footage from the band around 1969, rebroadcast recently on VH1's "Flash Back" program, shows Mike Love using the Electro-Theremin during a live televised performance of Good Vibrations. | | | Be sure to tell Chuck you saw it on Tom's Theremin Page. |
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http://www.interfold.com/rabit/Theremin.htm
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| | Light and Shadows of a Great Life |
| | There was an increase in the production of audio recordings of theremin music, including many pieces composed specifically for the instrument. | | | The Theremin Center was founded in Moscow in 1992 [10], and other electronic music studios in Russia also began taking an active part in developing Theremin's ideas (for further details on such studios, see Music/Science Forum in the section itself). | | | Many people living in the West did not know or believe that he was still alive, and it was with surprise that they were rediscovering not only the phenomenal, ethereal music of the theremin, but also the miraculous existence of Theremin himself. |
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http://mitpress2.mit.edu/e-journals/Leonardo/isast/journal/journal96/LMJ6/galeyevintro.html
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| | theremin |
| | Word of her arrival spread quickly, and theremin enthusiast Tony Henk was able to arrange an impromptu concert. | | | The song (which, we must point out, features no theremin!) appeared on the Stewart/Gaskin album The Big Idea. | | | After graduating from the Tchaikovsky State Conservatory in Moscow, where she studied composition with Alexander Perumov, Lydia began giving theremin concerts in Russia, in defiance of pre-Glasnost Soviet disapproval of electronic music. |
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http://www.davebarb.demon.co.uk/dsbgther.html
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| | Leon Theremin, Lev Sergeivitch Termen, what is a Theremin, oddmusic.com |
| | The Theremin is still used today in movies, and by a number of musicians, and has undergone a new resurgence, used by bands from Led Zeppelin to Radiohead, and also played in more traditional styles. | | | The Theremin was originally patented and called the Ætherphone, which means "music from the ether" | | | The "beat frequency" is the difference between the two oscillators, which is the sound that is heard. |
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http://www.oddmusic.com/theremin/what_is_a_theremin.html
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| | Theremin Information |
| | The Complete Theremin Video with Lydia Kavina" Linda studied with Professor Theremin at the age of 9 and his been given over 350 concerts since." I haven't seen it yet but it looks like the most useful source of info on playing that I've seen yet. | | | The recent album, Dummy, by Portishead, features the Theremin on several tracks. | | | The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion uses the theremin during their staggering live shows, as well as on their five studio albums. |
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http://www.rogo.com/folkstuff/theremin.html
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| | MonkeyFilter WHEEEEooooOOOOeeee |
| | theremins, and some musical saws as a bonus | | | There was a recent release of a commercial theremin. | | | Other bands to use the theremin include Portishead, The Polyphonic Spree, and Nine Inch Nails. |
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http://monkeyfilter.com/link.php/7758
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| | Theremin.info |
| | Spellbound, a brief program of music for theremin, now airs on Sunday at 10 PM Eastern US time on Cygnus Radio at http://www.cygnusradio.com. | | | Most familiar to mainstream listeners as the source of the "weird" sounds heard on the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations" and in countless '50s sci-fi films, the theremin has an expressive potential that is only now being fully explored by a small but dedicated band of visionary musicians. | | | The holiday special edition of Spellbound, a brief program of music for theremin airs Sunday night, December 18, at 11 PM on Cygnus Radio at http://www.cygnusradio.com. |
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| | CITIZEN-TIMES.com: Theremin enthusiasts gather to play music |
| | Tanfield first saw the theremin during a class at UNC Asheville, and realized he had heard it before in movies and music recordings. | | | Lydia Kavina of Russia plays a theremin, which does not require physical contact, in a concert at The Orange Peel during Ether Music 2005, a celebration of the theremin, on Thursday. | | | Clip of the song, "Melody," from virtuoso Lydia Kavina's CD, "Music from the Ether-Original Works for Theremin." (1,432 KB) |
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http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050805/NEWS01/50804044/1001
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| | Theremin World |
| | 2 song samples are available from his website, one of which, Theremins and Pheremones is on the album. | | | UK musician Martin Solomon has released a new album entitled "Song of Solomon". | | | On May 5th, theremin masters Masami Takeuchi and Barbara Buchholz will perform in a joint concert in Bielefeld, Germany. |
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http://www.thereminworld.com
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| | My Theremin |
| | It is known as the TECI Hybrid Theremin. | | | Completly Plugged A recent concert at which I performed. | | | I performed March 1, at the Completly Plugged Concert. |
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http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Dell/1259/mine.html
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| | Theremin.info - Electronic Sounds from the Ether |
| | Theremin: Ether Music and Espionage (Music in American Life) | | | Therefore, for the performer to produce music of any accuracy on the theremin, it is essential to maintain a good (i.e. | | | The theremin's sound is produced by the electronic principle of 'heterodyning' - when the frequency of the 'pitch' oscillator is subtracted from the frequency of a fixed oscillator, the resultant frequency produced falls within the range of human hearing, and this is what we hear through a speaker as sound. |
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http://www.theremin.info/info-47-_What_is_a_Theremin.html
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| | Art's Theremin Page: The 203 Theremin |
| | As of January 1, 2006, 203 Theremin products at Harrison Instruments, are discontinued. | | | The MP3 sound sample below was recorded under typical conditions. | | | Keep informed about Harrison Instruments theremin parts and products at: |
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| | Instrument Encyclopedia |
| | "The Theremin and the Emergence of Electronic Music", PhD Dissertation, Department of Music, New York University, 1982. | | | Moog, Robert A. "The Theremin", Radio and Television News, Jan. 1954. | | | Hear the sound of a theremin (AIFF, 199K, 5 sec.) |
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http://www.si.umich.edu/chico/instrument/pages/thrmin_gnrl.html
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| | Parkway Rest Stop |
| | Take a listen to Clara Rockmore, universally considered to be the best theremin player of all time, make that baby sing. | | | Within five minutes, you’ll be playing spooky music — the wooooo wooooo wooooo stuff that you heard in the outer space movies from the 1950’s. | | | Hey, speaking of the earth, did you ever see that movie, ‘The Day the Earth Stood Still?’ As it happens my theremin is in the next room!” |
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http://parkwayreststop.blogspot.com/2003_11_01_parkwayreststop_archive.html
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| | ~ Second International Theremin Festival ~ |
| | With Olivia Mattis and Mode Records she has produced the first-ever CD of music composed especially for the theremin, Music From the Ether, containing premiere recordings of important works by Martinu, Grainger and others. | | | She began studying the instrument at age nine and was concertizing by age 14. | | | He authored the liner notes to the new Basta Records CD reissue of the three classic Samuel Hoffman theremin recordings. |
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| | Electronica From the 1920's, Ready for Sampling - New York Times |
| | Out with pianos and organs, which require specialized lessons and practice; now there could be music with a wave of the hand. | | | Schillinger's suite will have a rare performance on Saturday night at the Caramoor International Music Festival in Katonah, N.Y., with Michael Barrett conducting the Orchestra of St. Luke's and with Theremin's great-niece, Lydia Kavina, as soloist. | | | And Schillinger's teachings have had an impact on everything from Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" (Audra McDonald will sing excerpts in the concert on Saturday) to Eddie Palmieri's Latin jazz. |
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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/11/arts/music/11ther.html?ex=1281412800&en=150f280b9d201a3c&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
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| | Build a Theremin - make the theremin circuit only using Radio Shack - Kit |
| | Clara's genius set the standard we strive for today in her original theremin sound and style of play Samples at Amazon.com "Vocalize" performed by Clara captures the real essence of the theremin. | | | Sine wave from the Ultimate 2 Theremin "The Natural Sweet Sound" | | | Polyphonic Theremin Cello - Create Fascinating music with 5 Voices! |
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| | Project:Pimento |
| | The theremin was the world’s first electronic musical instrument, invented in 1919 by the Russian scientist Leon Theremin. | | | If you’re interested in purchasing a theremin, they are available from Moog Music. | | | The theremin is the only musical instrument that is played without actually touching any part of the instrument itself. |
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http://www.projectpimento.com/html/projectpimento_thetheremin.htm
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| | Theremin Kit Sales |
| | Theremins have been around for many years but recently they have became popular with bands playing many different kinds of music - the strange eerie sounds that a theremin puts out can be really spooky or even sound like a human voice with an experienced player. | | | There is also a surprisingly loud built in speaker for practice sessions. | | | The completed instrument puts out a pure sine wave tone that is suitable for all types of music. |
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http://thereminkits.com
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| | E9 |
| | In 1920 the Russian physicist Leon Theremin demonstrated the musical instrument that has since become known simply as the Theremin. | | | The experience of playing the device is far removed from that of performing music using a 'traditional' instrument. | | | Theremin died in November 1993, but his instrument lives on, occasionally being performed in concerts or used in soundtracks. |
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http://www.physics.gla.ac.uk/~kskeldon/PubSci/exhibits/E9
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| | Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (1994) |
| | A particularly exciting bit was Brian Wilson(of Beach Boys fame) speaking about his use of the Theremin in the song "Good Vibrations." Overall, this is an offbeat and intriguing view of both the life and inventions of a modern genius. | | | from Liverpool,NY This is an excellent documentary about the effect Leon Theremin's electric musical instruments had on film and music. | | | I have seen this movie and would like to comment on it |
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| | Tom Farrell - Theremin |
| | I have a theremin, but I'm not yet any good at playing it, as it's the world's most difficult musical instrument. | | | Theremins are available through many fine musical instrument shops and dealers. | | | The Theremin is an early electronic musical instrument (patented in 1921), which is played by moving your hands within the space of two electromagnetic fields generated around a pair of antennas. |
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| | ThereminVision |
| | Not only can the principles of the Theremin be used to control a musical instruments, they can also be used to control robots. | | | Invented in 1918 by Soviet scientist Leon Theremin, the instrument that bears his name is generally regarded as the first electronic musical instrument. | | | The version I have come up with is called "Theremin Vision" in honor of Leon Theremin. |
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| | fUSION Anomaly. Theremin |
| | The paragon example of this is in The Beach Boys' song, _Good Vibrations_, which captures this very hippie metaphor---vibrations and that whole cultural idea---and yet if you analyze the song, the instrument which is producing the "good vibrations" is the theremin. | | | Theremin thought of his creation as a concert hall instrument, and Clara Rockmore, the greatest thereminist of all time, used it for performances of Rachmaninoff and Ravel. | | | Professor Scott F. Hall of Cogswell Polytechnical College, Sunnyvale, California, has used this idea in the creation of his Optivideotone, an assemblage of audio and video electronics combined to produce an object that is sculpture, musical instrument / composition tool, and projected video art exhibit in one. |
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http://fusionanomaly.net/theremin.html
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| | Theremin Sales - Theremin data and background information |
| | The channel volume message is used to control the amplitude and can be assigned to channel pressure (after touch) poly pressure and virtually any other MIDI controller. | | | This little box is set out to re-define the use of Theremins in today's world of musical instrument technology. | | | Originally, the closer the hand to the amplitude antenna, the quieter the sound. |
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http://www.rothman8.freeserve.co.uk/tmin.html
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| | The Paul Tanner Electro-Theremin Page |
| | An interesting soundtrack featuring instruments like the electric violin, electronic organ, oscillators, and possibly a real theremin. | | | Only on this first track do I hear what might be the Electro-Theremin, though throughout the film, very low sweeping notes occur which could have either been produced by the Electro-Theremin, or a common sinewave generator. | | | Pretty sure this is Paul, but still need to confirm. |
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| | Theremin |
| | Now download your own personal Desktop theremin (top of page), settle back and make the music for the dance! | | | we proudly present for your entertainment, the worlds first mouse-controlled theremin with backing orchestra! | | | Control the volume with the Prof's left hand and the tone with the right. |
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http://www.humboldtmusic.com/eldingreen/theremin.html
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| | Finding music in unusual places - The Boston Globe |
| | The Highsmith tribute appears on the duo's forthcoming album, ''The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast." | | | The otherworldly Theremin noise was sped up (''Because the snails don't move very fast," Daniel explains) and a very squiggly-sounding snail solo was born. | | | Matmos's solution to the silent snail dilemma involved a light-sensitive Theremin, a laser beam, and a glass cylinder filled with snails. |
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http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2006/01/20/finding_music_in_unusual_places
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| | Art's Theremin Page |
| | Theremins and Musical Saws are, strangely, similar in some respects. | | | The theremin, named for inventor Leon Theremin, is a musical instrument that uses electronic circuits to produce audible tones, having the unusual aspect of being controlled by the player's hand motions near the instrument's two "antennas," without the hands touching the instrument. | | | A excellent analysis of timbres in heterodyne theremins. |
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| | Moog Etherwave® Theremin, Standard |
| | The Etherwave is fitted with an adapter for mounting on a standard microphone stand and is designed for use with a musical instrument amplifier such as the Moog TB-15. | | | The theremin is one of the oldest electronic instruments, and the only one known that you play without touching. | | | POWER rocker switch - switches on and off the AC power to theremin. |
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http://www.instrumentpro.com/P-MOOTHEREMIN?source=BizRate&AID=10362375&PID=1095380
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| | Hiwatt FX |
| | Plug one end of your instrument cable into the jack on the Echo Theremin (this turns the Theremin on, so be sure to remove the cable when you are finished using it to extend battery life), and the other end of the cable into the amplifier or mixer's input jack. | | | Output jack- Connect one end of an instrument cable to the input of an amplifier and the other end to the output of the Theremin. | | | You can also touch the dome to get different sounds. |
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http://www.hiwatt.com/data/HiwattFX.html
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| | The RS Theremin Ultimate 2 Dual Voice |
| | You will be tuning your theremin sound through a AM Radio for quick success. | | | This Ultimate 2b is a "true heterodyne theremin" | | | Invited by Lev, I am a humble hobbyist not a musician! |
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http://www.oldtemecula.com/theremin/ultimate2b
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| | PAiA: Theremax theremin |
| | Tomas Mulcahy has written for Sound On Sound and describes his theremin experiences on his web site. | | | Since its introduction during the 1920's, the instrument which bears Leon Theremin's name has been evocative in image and tone. | | | Theremax captures this age-of-technology spirit in an instrument based on the same heterodyne principles as the original but with embellishments made possible by the economy of integrated circuits and solid state electronics. |
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http://www.paia.com/theremax.htm
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| | The Musical Saw and Theremin Page-News |
| | The theremin community was stunned and saddened Sunday, May 10, 1998, to hear news of the death in New York City of the great Clara Rockmore, theremin virtuoso. | | | The May 1998 issue of ELECTRONIC MUSICIAN includes an article reviewing the Ethervox, the new MIDI theremin from BigBriar, as well as Wavefront Technologies theremin and MIDI/CV unit. | | | Rockmore was the greatest thereminist to have ever lived. |
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http://www.theremin-saw.com/news.htm
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