Midsomer Murders theme tune on theremin

I was bored over the May bank holiday weekend, so decided to dictate the Midsomer Murders theme tune by Jim Parker, sequence the instrumental parts, then learn and record the theremin part -- as one tends to do when they're at a loose end.

My theremin playing is pretty dire (having never tried to play the instrument properly before today), and my "technique" leaves a lot to be desired; in fact, it looks downright dodgy! My intonation isn't much better either...

Category:

Music

Tags:

• theremin
• midsomer
• murders
• theme
• tune
• jim
• parker
• dodgy
• technique

[ThomasGrillo]

I agree with BlueCougar. Not bad. Is that a Kees Ankelaar theremin?

[potatohermits]

Hi Thomas. Yes - it is.

[BlueCougar]

Not as bad as you claim, actually. Have heard worse from self-appointed "pros" here on Youtube. As a fact, I was first wondering if you weren't just playing "air theremin" to the original recording with Celia Sheen. If you are really a beginner, you are quite good.

You should check your technique, though. You get finer intonation by turning your hand palm facing away from the antenna aund using your fingers - watch a thereminist you really like (with good intonation) and how (s)he does it...

[potatohermits]

Thanks, BlueCougar. I have been looking at a few videos of Clara Rockmore playing, but haven't quite figured out what my fingers are supposed to be doing yet! My intonation was much worse when I tried to mimic her, so I'm clearly doing something wrong...

[Gasoline85]

This is probably one of the creepiest themes ever made for TV.

Imagine if you were walking in the woods at night and listening to this on your iPod etc...

[ogge581]

Idiot. It takes extreme musicality to be able to play these things. and i can't see the connection between being musically skilled and a homosexuall.

[kuroakasou]

Air Theremin, that's what it is!

[invasionfilms]

giving a ghost a handjob haha

[ClickKopf]

haha how fake

[huggiebear100]

Sounds too good to be true. Are you not just Air Theraminning ?

[soptunnebanansol15]

That instrument is so amazing!

[respectivanda]

I heard the complete version of this song on theremin at the Teknisk Museum, in Oslo, for which I am truly grateful. Really truly

[pulse779]

if you play left 4 dead 2 then this should sound like dark carnivle

[sturroma]

you're being too modest, that was actually quite good!

[MarisPallitax1]

@ximulady you could always just buy it off the internet or something?