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F14- Theremin
Most widely recognized as the haunting lead sound heard on the
Beach Boys "Good Vibrations" (and some say that wasn't actually a
Theremin at all, I have no way of verifying this). Jimmy Page
controlled a Theremin with his hands in the movie "The Song
Remains The Same". Clara Rockmore, a European woman who
passed away some time ago, was probably the world's best Theremin
player. It was and is still a very difficult instrument to play, not a
keyboard, but a sort of plate mechanism between two antennae.
Don't ask me exactly how it works, I only know you wave your hands
between the antennae and something resembling music is produced.
Quite lovely music at that if you're good enough at it, although
probably not for everyone.
Ethervox Theremin. Note one antennae sticking up, the other antennae laying
horizontally on the left.
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