Moon River Theremin

Here, I play "Moon River". This practice session is to focus on playing in tune with no accompaniment. It's VERY important, perhaps even VITAL, that one ends in the same key in which they begin.

Recording your practice sessions is a good habit to get into, so you can play it back and listen objectively to your own performance. It also allows you to compare the start and end of the performance to see if you have drifted throughout, and if so, how much.

If your goal is precision playing, I would highly recommend using pitch preview (constant pitch regardless of volume loop). I am still getting used to my new pitch preview (thank you again, Mark!) and am making great (in my opinion, compared to my other videos without it) progress with it. The stuff you see on my volume loop is to prevent grounding of the instrument may I touch it. Not a big deal without pitch preview, but can be very disorienting with it, because of the constant tone.

Constructive criticism is always welcome!

Enjoy! :)

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[theremin137]

Very nice playing. Glad to see you are using a good fingering technique. I'll only comment on the tone quality of the theremin -- try to find a texture that's more vocal; it will give you a much more pleasing and interesting result. What you're using now sounds somewhat like a muted brass instrument - Seek that "Singing Lady" quality and you'll be much happier, I think. The Etherwave is capable of producing that sound; you just have to find it.

[carport888]

Thanks for the suggestion! I've noticed that the amp I use makes a big difference in tons, as well. This was played on my dinky little guitar amp, which seems to give everything a more brassy tone. I have a bigger amp that is more rich and string-like with the same settings. Also, the higher register seems to do "Singing Lady" better than the mid and low registers, I've found.

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[carport888]

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How do you feel about manipulating recordings to get the tone you want?  I think it could be nice as a separate track, but not much help for live gigs.

[ooo6]

Dang! I wanna play that piece. Man, you're progress with intonation and muscle memory on the Etherwave Standard just blows me away!

Everybody, Dan has the goods! The Etherwave is not an easy instrument to play!

[carport888]

How on EARTH did you view this vid so quickly! I JUST posted it! :)

[BirdOfParadise777]

That was really nice!

Now, I'm gonna check out your newest video! :)

BOP

[cendon151]

impresionante

[conquerearth]

Very nicely played. I think i'll give playing this one a go. Thanks for the inspiration!

[InvaderDavy]

Mooooooon Riiiiiiveeeeer...

This one is on my want-to-play-list as soon as I'm capable, and it's your fault! :)

[dvision23]

You play that piece very gracefully and effortlessly. It makes me realize I don't practice enough. Personally I think your muted sound works well here.

[rbbrdcky188]

This is nice too ... a tad short though .. LOL Encore!

[imdeanam]

This one is awesome too!