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Post by imec on May 28, 2009 0:40:40 GMT
I used this word in the Word Game and didn't realize that many people had never heard of it. The Theremin, one of the earliest electronic instruments, was invented by a Russian in 1928. You may recall hearing it used to make eerie sound effects in early "scary" movies.
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2009 4:48:42 GMT
Probably back in 1928 there was a major risk of electrocution using any sort of electrified musical instrument!
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Post by bixaorellana on May 28, 2009 5:37:27 GMT
Back in the eighties, during a brief love affair with new age music, I read a book about it that listed bunches of those odd instruments such as the theremin. The only one that sticks in my mind is something called a glass harp (? - maybe). I think that was the one that was used to make that high warbling note so beloved of 50s scary movies. Imec, do you know what that might be?
Watching that guy play the theremin is amazing. I wonder how he learned it. Air guitar addicts would swoon over this video.
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Post by imec on May 28, 2009 12:13:20 GMT
Not familiar with the glass harp, but I do know that the theremin was used to make that woooooOOOOOoooo sort of sound popular in old scary movies. For any rock fans out there, you may recall tht Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin used to mess with one on stage during the mid eighties too. Apparently they're rather difficult to play.
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2009 12:37:16 GMT
Wasn't that sound made sometimes by playing a saw?
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Post by imec on May 28, 2009 14:28:25 GMT
Yes, I believe so.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 28, 2009 21:10:11 GMT
Yes, Kerouac. You wrap tissue paper around a saw, then put it to your lips and sort of hum over it as you twang it with your hand. You should try it!
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