The theremin is popular for its eerie sound output and its non-contact playing style. While they’re typically built using analog hardware, [Linus Åkesson] decided to make one using the venerable ...

The device is a later version of Theremin which can also be used by musicians as an electronic musical instrument while being powered by batteries. The Squaremin is a small instrument that has two ...

My younger son has taken violin lessons since he was little, but he doesn't practice as much as I'd like. "Is there another instrument you'd like better?" I once asked him. His answer: "I guess a ...

Next year we’re arguably coming up on the centennial of electronic music, depending on whether you count the invention or the patent for the theremin its creation. Either way, this observation is ...

Theremins, if we're being totally honest, look and sound kinda like things plopped down to earth from celestial beings with no instruction manuals. I suppose, in a few ways, cats are fairly similar.

Discover the fascinating world of the theremin, an enchanting electronic instrument played without touch, invented by Leon ...

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In a darkened movie theater, a spaceship hovers high on the big screen. Eerie music wafts in like ectoplasm filling a room. It’s strange and foreboding, like the sound of a disembodied voice, a ...

Of all the musical instruments created over time, the theremin is certainly one of the most intriguing. It almost seems like magic the way the device reacts to moving hands closer and farther away ...