How to Play the Theremin : How does a Theremin Work?

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Uploaded by on Oct 22, 2008

A theremin creates sound by broadcasting a signal to itself when a player's hand interrupts the magnetic field between its antennae. Learn more about how a theremin works in this free music lesson video from a professional avant garde musician.

Expert: Barry Schwam
Bio: Barry Schwam has been a professional musician for more than thirty years and continues to perform in Southern California, where he now lives.

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  • Wait, wait, wait....I ACTUALLY LEARNED SOMTHING FROM EXPERT VILLAGE??

  • that is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

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  • There's very little about his explanation that is correct.

  • Weirdest instrument Ive ever seen, but also one of the coolest.

  • @ninjaamaster That's why it's a village :P Not a very big population..

  • @kleenex303

    oh yehh its a theremin

  • simpsons brought me here

  • Soo, ExpertVillage has only upload 138 000 videos. Thats not so much -.-

  • @yansube until you see him with your kids in his van...

  • Now this comment has nothing to do with the Theremin at all, I'm just going to say. That old man that is talking looks so awesome and trsutworthy, like you could trust him for anything. Now finally about the Theremin, its witchcraft plain and simple.

  • Those theremins look pretty awesome.

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