Theremins: World's First Electronic Music

Stuff You Should Know

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🗓️ 29 December 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In 1919 a brilliant Russian scientist accidentally stumbled onto the first electronic musical instrument in history – the theremin – which you play not by strings, keys, or even percussion, but by moving your hand in the air around it. Prepare to science!

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0:51.2	That was a pretty good therement impression, don't you think?
0:57.1	Hey, not bad.
0:59.2	I am a little bit proud of myself because the therement turns out it's very, very tough
1:04.6	to play and it's even tougher to imitate.
1:08.1	So that was something of an accomplishment for me.
1:11.6	Have you ever tried to play one?
1:13.8	No, I haven't.
1:16.4	I have not.
1:17.4	No.
1:18.4	It's weird that you had to think about that.
1:20.9	Well, I mean, I was just trying to think like I think there's one in the House of
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