Theremin Walking Bass - Pamelia Kurstin

Theme: "Autumn Leaves". Theremin virtuosa Pamelia Kurstin plays for TED.com

Full talk and performance:
http://www.ted.com/talks/pamelia_kurstin_plays_the_theremin.html

Category:

Music

Tags:

• ted
• pamelia
• kurstin
• theremin
• walking
• bass
• baixo
• móvel

[quelorepario]

I can't hear the theremin at all

[cordeiropascoal]

@quelorepario it needs to be heard with bass-capable loudspeakers

[neurocelso]

oh cmon this is one of the coolest videos on youtube and so little views? there's something wrong with the world

[cordeiropascoal]

@awsomeististy This device is an electronic musical instrument called the Theremin. It allows the musician to control two properties of sound: volume (loop antenna) and pitch (rod antenna). The theremin is played without being touched by the musician. It senses the electrical capacitance of the human body in mid air.

[translucency]

this is super groovy.

[purity4all]

@cordeiropas Huh....weird, but interesting......thanks.

[cordeiropascoal]

@purity4all No singing/humming. The sound comes from a loudspeaker and is 100% electronically generated. The theremin is the only analog instrument that doesn't require physical contact to be played :)

[purity4all]

@cordeiropascoal But are you singing or humming too?

[cordeiropascoal]

@purity4all the closer the hand is to the rod antenna, the higher the note. The farther from the loop antenna, the louder the sound.

[purity4all]

@cordeiropascoal How do the moving hand affect the sound?

[MrZombieRyan]

@neurocelso cats.

[grigoridj]

wow, this video just made my day!

[Govadina]

I think I know why people think they can't hear the Theremin, it sounds so much like a contrabass, they don't think the Theremin's the one which makes the sound.

[msalberti1]

The 'world' must be watching on a laptop or small desk unit. I am on a MacOsX Snow Leopard, 24" screen and the balance between the piano and theremin is just fine. Great piece of music and engineering. (musician)