Ondes Martenot et Theremin music instrumentist

[KatieohsoRaNdOm]

totally weird and random but I was watching The Black Cauldron (don't ask) and I heard the Martenot I thought it was a theremin. Guess I was wrong but man both of those machines give me the chills, they sound so other worldly.

[chubbyfacejohn]

He rocks. Totally. I love it. I haven't watched it in years.

[nebardooo]

q grande milky jaj

[duefriday0]

wow, his technique on the theremin is terrible though. He seems to have a hard time with intonation...

[Mrbluegold1]

French 80 year old Bubbles from TPB at 2:05

[neonwind]

Toujours un plaisir d'écouter et regarder cette vidéo.

[TheRunner75]

Thanks for this instructive video. Really fantastic. I would like to know if in the instrumental end of "Entangled" by Genesis ("Trick of the Tail" album), is the instrument playing this brilliant melody the Theremin ?

[alguien963]

no es solo un theremin, lo que parece que es un teclado creo que le llaman tannerin... creo

ambos suenan hermosos.

[leelithese]

magnifique chemise a pois

[GrotrianSeiler]

Tres bizarre, oui?

[cslevine]

non je n'ai pas étudié à l'IRCAM bien que cela aurait été franchement passionnant !

[ondineclaudel]

Amazing , you are right it extends the thinking and creativity process all based on magnetic field variation ..so ingenious cs Levine ..avez vous étudié à l'Ircam?

[nemomatou]

Bonjour,

Je ne connaissais pas du tout les ondes Martenot. C'est tout aussi féérique que le Theremin. Quand vous dites que cet instrument peut développer une sensibilité extraordinaire chez les musiciens et donner la drôle d'impression que c'est le prolongement direct de la pensée, je vous comprend...

Merci pou cette belle vidéo :)

[binji61]

je dois avouer que vous etes un trés bon compositeur

[cosmogang]

Beautiful. I am a huge fan.

[punkistran19]

Beatiful!! Song!! awezome! is really and very very very very very!! beatiful

[TheMiguelfahlen]

amical is beautiful! what composer?

[cslevine]

me. ( 1990 )

[spaceboyjosh]

vos vidéos sont super chouettes!

ils me fait jalouses! je veut maintenant mon propre ondes martenot!

merci!

[pitiedfool13]

where can I get that guy's shirt? that should be in a museum

[cslevine]

well, maybe are you jocking, maybe not. I love this boosted yellow color chemise, it gives some hapiness.

Well, it's a provencal pattern, and the name evocated is "Soleïado"... but it's not that. Only a 5 € shirt in a simple tourist shop, and, unfortunatly, it has definitively dissapeared from the market.

Soleïado sell said more cute ones, ...with dead colors. But i love LIVE colors, not as other french peaple.

[DieByTheDrop]

@pitiedfool13 Lmao, i genuinly laughed at that comment xD

[Paullove89]

woops, commented before I saw the whole video. soz

[Juanjolead]

hello im from spain and whant too het one of this

where can i find one??

which one its the 3:00 Melody?

[ImperialDan]

La Mer, from Charles Trenet

[theBore]

the melody you're talking about is "Somewhere beyond the sea".

[mcnablerakawumpyjoe]

The song at 3:00 is called Beyond The Sea.

[organdude44]

A unique technique of theremin playing with magnificent musical results. Bravo!

[Paullove89]

It's not a theremin, it's an ondes martenot. They're different instruments.

[Microsloth]

What does the little box on the lower left do?

[danielinsporto]

tone control, basically.

[Microsloth]

Thanks.

[coasterman16]

Is there a recording of the music at 3:30? It's really coo! I'm going to check amazon right now!

[taniatikaram]

Beautifull song and performance .. great instrument

Does anybody has the audio of this song or any other song where ondes maternot are been played.. cause i have to do a homework about ondes maternot and I have to expose in front of the class.. so I need a song besides the ones that I already have from Radiohead .. If somebody has a song please send me a personal message ..

Thank you!!

Sorry for my terrible english ..

[5Bulldawg0]

i dont know if its too late but Yann Tiersen has quite a few songs he uses the Ondes Martenot in, if you want to know which ones i can tell you a few.

[fenderacolyte]

i want one of those things

[littlemissjonbenet]

me too

[semiflex]

zomg!!! beyond the sea

[lujoebonjo]

OMG this is it!! I was at a Yann Tiersen concert and his female accompanist was playing one of these!! I've been looking for days trying to find out what it was! Thank you so much for solving this mystery! BTW Yann Tiersen is amazing in concert

[cactusfarm]

He sure is! What show were you at, if you don't mind me asking

[Smokewade]

ave maria!!!! what a great peice for the Ondes Martenot

[DagGirl]

It is so beautiful.

[amarr1]

genius.

[YANNICK6580]

Enfin une vraie reconversion pour Lionel Jospin....

Il n'aura jamais rien fait d'aussi bon avant cela!!!

[cslevine]

mdr !

cependant je m'étonne que tout le monde en ait après Jospin comme s'il avait été le pire des dictateurs. Son crime abominable : il était un peu austère.

Mais la comparaison va surement dans le sens de Sarko ou de Kim Jong ill ou de Hitler.

[kenaru09]

Tenemos que hacer un trabajo de este intrumento y es imprecionante la manera de tocar nos encanto el intrumento, como consiguo un video de este instrumento

[qwerfderf]

i think between the midi box sid and the xoxbox i will make one!!! the moog kits are reasonable... now i have to learn the therory behind using a keyboard as a measurement

[mamzellebellamy]

c'est un magnifique instrument !! est ce que quelqu'un saurait me conseiller, par exemple comment l'utiliser,( je fais déja du piano alors ...) si c'est possible d'en acheter ...?? merci d'avance !!!...=)

[rugbytlse]

acheter ? oui, si tu as 100 000 € à dépenser. Toutes les ondes Martenot sont d'origines 1928 pour le premier je crois. Il ne s'en est pas construit depuis les années 40. Je suis moi aussi pianiste et pour avoir essayé les ondes Martenot, je peux te dire que ça n'a rien à voir. Effectivement le clavier est le même.mais chaque touche répond au vibrato appliqué avec le doigt. Le clavier est limitatif. C'est avec la bague que tout le potentiel s'exprime.

[cslevine]

not 100 000 € nor 1 000 000 €; just only... 17000 €.

well : these instruments are made manually by 2 persons - not me - and it's difficult for them to have a lower price, not because they would like too much, nor because of price of the elements,... but because of enterprise gestion during lot of years of research ( and so on, that as a musician i can never understand myself, i'll never be some manager ). There is the try of an explanation of a such big price.

[akm5176]

i bet theres a keyboard...so he can play it with the theramin, and the the theramin doesnt work on the principal of jsut a string....

[BenDalmont]

Great looking shirt.

Whish I could try these instruments, just for the vibratos's sake.

[geasparjons]

fantastic instrument! terrible wallpaper!

[anisometropie]

why is there a keyboard if they use one single finger on a string ?

[thejew2212]

i think it's just in front of the keyboard... i could be wrong though, thats just what i thought.

[snevelin]

It can be used if wanted, probably adds an interesting effect if combined.

[JeanDuBruitDesFruits]

The keyboard allows for the playing of more precise, technical passages. If one wanted to play a scale on the Ondes Martenot, he would use the keyboard. For an atonal glissando, he would use the ring. Et cetera.

[ratsouffle]

What happens if one plays a note on the keys and the pitch 'strip' at the same time? Which one is overridden?

[JeanDuBruitDesFruits]

You couldn't really pull of the ring and the keyboard at the same time; when playing with the ring, your left hand is occupied applying the proper pressure for volume, rhythms, and the like. When playing the keyboard, the ring remains idle.

However, if someone has an example of playing with the ring and on the keyboard at once, please do show me! I'd love to hear that effect.

[august8pm]

I'm almost sure that input is restricted to one or the other - keyboard or the ring - by settings on the control panel at right. One thing I'm sure about: one would override the other, as only one pitch can be played at a time.

[yermyahu]

beautiful. Great pitch reference on the theremin.

[ElWeasle]

Um... He's playing it right, it's not a regular theremin.

[V33D0]

He just attached that thing to the keyboard in order to have more precise pitches and make it easier to play

[kenjibeast]

I was talking about 3:08. That's a regular theremin, he's just playing it like a retard. He might get the pitches, but he's completely fucking the timbre.

[ElWeasle]

Ah, right, fair play. The video didn't actually excite me anywhere near enough to warrant 3 minutes and 8 seconds of my time, if I'm honest.

[rawwqq]

What is the keyboard on the Martenot actually for?

[RobotTickleFight]

the keyboard on the Martenot is there for noobs who cant use the ring I think. the keyboard is still pretty sweet on its own, though, cos the whole thing slides back and forth so you can do vibrato!

[iLEE]

ha he just looks like a theremin expert.

I wish I had money to buy said instruments.

[12creations]

He looks like a blueberry ^_^ But a cool one! What is the song that starts at 5:06?

[proudyke]

Claude, I love your unique playing style. Thank you for sharing. And, I LOVE your shirts!

[evhgl87]

his left hand technique makes more sense to me, but then again this is only the 2nd video and 2nd time ive even seen a real theremine in my whole life, so i dont know how its supposed to be done

[SlyHobbit]

Good god....that guy is a complete fruit-cake. Dude, please, come here, and I'll buy you a new shirt.........

[tofPolska]

I'm glad to be french and understand :D I think also that subtitles can be easily added.

[nastrotube]

oh ... here we have the source for nathan fake's "charlie's house". listen to the song at the beginning of this video and then to nathan fake's tune ..

[EccoLima]

¿Can someone add to this video some subtitles? ¡It would be great!

[Clorow]

Uh, the only languages that use ¿ and ¡ are Spanish, Catalán, and Asturian.

[EccoLima]

Nice observation, I tought no one would say something about that. I'm Argentinian, so I speack Spanish. I like to use those simbols just because here people is starting to forget them, because of English influence.

¡Peace!

[Clorow]

Everyone notices it. It's not in their native language. You have a nice concept and a good reason, but it is impractical.

[madamerotten]

¿Why do you think it is impractical?

¡I use them all the time, and they are the height of practicality, because the denote an inquisitive or exclamatory sentence in advance!

[tofPolska]

I guess it is helpfull for intonation ?

[madamerotten]

¡That is also very true!

[chelipechile]

impressive...

brilliant...!!!!

5 stars!!!!

[RoneyBalogna]

Es Muy Bueno! or as they say here in stockton california; Hella Cool!

Peace!

[Meteotrance]

in english "The Martenot Waves" due to the name of the french inventor it's sound pretty close like a russian Theremin execept that there is got a very strange speaker sound like a crystal percussion it's an option. i saw a guy on french tv show plays that with the iron speakers percussion.

[whoispink]

Hey, whats the song at 3:00 ? Please, let me know.

[cslevine]

it's the song " La Mer " from Charles Trenet, the famous french singer and composer.

[lovesGenet]

Great info here. But couln't an organ do some of this. what is fascinant je pense que on peut get pitches that keyboards cant byt the use of hands. a lot can be done and i imagine a lot has been done . Why don't more universities have these it could inspire alot more esp. in regards to film music. La ! there .Mar an Jes us y

[pierreumiushi]

Extraordinaire, merci beaucoup pour cette video.

De la part d'un thereministe debutant !

[coldgreentea]

that old guys shaky hands makes quite some vibrato on that thing

[JohnyVirgil]

Anywhere, does anyone know of anyone know of any place that can provide on how to construct one of these beautiful instruments? (Since there so hard to find)

[JohnyVirgil]

(The Ondes Martenot, that is!)

[jamesaellis]

ondes mkarteno- great!!! whats the song at 2:40

[jesusestebangomez]

Magníficos instrumentos musicales. Recomiendo escuchar la Sinfonía Turangalila, de Olivier Messiaen, donde el generador de "ondas Martenot" se luce plenamente.

[Sephy7777]

This guy is very sympathic and he is a great thermin player

[Parker731]

were do i buy theses???

[nebulax]

Go to the Analogue Systems website, and look for a device called the 'French Connection'. That's about as close as you can get to one these days.

[bugpowderdust]

nice shirt

[nicetattoostupid]

enough with the radiohead zombies giving thumbs up or down. believe it or no idiots, music exists thats not radiohead.

[GreasyMess]

what radiohead zombies...

[stratman202]

Radioheads great but this was invented a long time ago!

[paneiras]

hello can u please tell me which is the piece with the choir? Thanx

[lanceaureole]

if you cannot read, i can do nothing for you.

[paneiras]

i thought Messiaen was the conductor or sth. i don't listen to that kind of music so...>:-(

[Frambo46]

It's the Trois Petites Liturgies de la Présence Divine (3 little liturgies of the divine presence)of Olivier Messiaen

[libelle156]

what an amazing instrument! more people need to know about this

[Gsenator]

anyone know where i can buy a theremin? I was going for an ondes but i think the theremin is sooooooo coool

[JoesRedGuitar]

do they still make Ondes Martenots?

[terrorson]

Analogue Systems make a similar instrument called the French Connection. If you look hard enough you can find one that's available to buy.

[fututronic]

french conection is just a controller for a modular analogue systems synthesizer.

cheers

[bigbabyjesusicantwai]

i heard that he tought johnny from radiohead how to play this instrument, its very heavily featured in the song national anthem.

[nolyspe]

Magnifique... Bravo...

[urbain03]

totally mindblowing. thanks mr levine

[jamesaellis]

if any of you like the ondes you should listen to Turanglila by Messiaen. it sound superb!

[JugularBean]

wow his technique is totally different from your usual theremin player.

[cslevine]

it's because i adapted my way of playing from the Ondes Martenot technique, so that i play in the same direction for the volume and the pitch.

( The usual theremin technic is the opposite from ondes Martenot.) ... but i recognize that i have less dynamic in the volume with the left hand, than with the normal technique.

[JugularBean]

It still sounds absolutely awesome!!!

[rockercorey999]

hes so lucky. He has an Ondes AND hes played with Radiohead. This guys my hero (and his shirt is awesome)

[cslevine]

Never women speak like that. What have did i made bad in a past life...

[cottonbud78]

What amazing instrument!! thanks for posting

[cslevine]

i have no preference, i love the 2 differently. The question about preference of something is often a "nonsense", as asking what is at the north of the north pole, (to use a Stefen Hawking reply about "what was before the Big Bang ?"

the standard tuning of the 12 strings of the "palm" is in the 12 semitones. But this can easely be changed (with such screws) and if that, it has to be indicated on the score of the piece.

i will post some new videos here soon, so stay tuned.

[clairvoyantpizza]

Great, thanks, looking forward to the new videos.

[clairvoyantpizza]

Thanks for posting this wonderful video Mr. Levine. Do you prefer either instument over the other? Is there a standard tuning for the sympathetic strings on the speaker box of the Ondes Martenot?

[sanchezdot]

awesome!

Kuantika Tv - ★★★★★

[aMtt]

that's amazing

[LivingfortheFather]

a-may-ZIIINNG! aweesome!

[madamerotten]

It is very interesting that he places his volume hand under the loop. I think that making the sound louder for a downward motion is much more logical than the traditional arrangement.

[cslevine]

yes, it is because of a personal adaptation of my technic of playing Ondes Martenot, i found the theremin much years after my 1st price on Ondes Martenot.

[madamerotten]

He is superb on the theremin, which is generally harder to play than the ondes martenot. He does obtain some degree of assistance by resting his pitch hand on the instrument, at times.

[hubbinzki]

O yeah! I recognize it from the 28 days later soundtrack. very good stuff.

[hubbinzki]

What is the name of that song he was doing at the very beginning. Its on the tip of my tongue. And that guy is much more accurate with a Theremin then I have seen anyone. Thanks for posting. I love the Ondes Martenot more than anything.

[cslevine]

this song is simply the Ave Maria from Gounod (Bach/Bounod, Gounod took the famous Prelude from Bach and did this Ave Maria)