Hey, here's a cat playing a theramin. - Democratic Underground

Skip Intro

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Sat Nov-21-09 05:45 PM
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Hey, here's a cat playing a theramin.

Edited on Sat Nov-21-09 06:44 PM by Skip Intro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ONJfp95yoE&feature=fvsr

on edit - here's a guy with a real theramin - an instructional video - Try not to laugh...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd4jvtAr8JM&feature=fvsr

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Call Me Wesley

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Sat Nov-21-09 06:11 PM
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1. Way cool!

Too bad it's just a toy Theremin. I think they'll be able to play the big ones, too. (And I'll get one, occasionally ...)

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Sat Nov-21-09 06:19 PM
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2. I want one too. Cool instrument - I don't even think I'd need lessons, lol.

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Call Me Wesley

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Sat Nov-21-09 06:39 PM
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6. See my reply to Moondog.

And here's the inventor playing it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5qf9O6c20o

Very interesting (and very sad) life: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Theremin

And we just watched this documentary, great stuff: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theremin:_An_Electronic_Odyssey

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Skip Intro

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Sat Nov-21-09 07:15 PM
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9. Cool info, thanx. I want to play like this guy:

Edited on Sat Nov-21-09 07:16 PM by Skip Intro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPBPo232gco&NR=1

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brentspeak

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Sat Nov-21-09 06:28 PM
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3. Can the cat play the intro to "Good Vibrations"?

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Moondog

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Sat Nov-21-09 06:29 PM
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4. Anybody know where one could purchase a theramin?

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Call Me Wesley

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Sat Nov-21-09 06:34 PM
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5. Moog makes them,

and you can either get a kit or the assembled one. For the toy one showed off here, it's best to look at eBay - there's also a Japanese one for around $100. The Moog ones are a bit higher in price.

http://www.moogmusic.com/theremin/

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kentauros

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Sat Nov-21-09 06:53 PM
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7. There are also kits and plans:

http://www.thereminworld.com/shop_theremins.asp
http://www.thereminworld.com/schematics.asp
http://www.oldtemecula.com/theremin
http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/piaa-theremax-kit
http://home.att.net/~theremin1/101/101.html

This is a great site for more than just shopping, too: http://www.thereminworld.com

:D

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Yavin4

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Sat Nov-21-09 06:56 PM
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8. At 1:55, The Dude In the Video Mentions A Technique Call "Aerial Fingering"

*snort*

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