Theremin (An instrument you play by not touching it) 

Me: what instrument do you play? Her: The electromagnetic field.

"Nobody is allowed to touch my instrument..not even me"

for some reason this instrument sounds so nostalgic, it feels like i’ve heard it a lot when i was a child.

If Theremin becomes a mainstream instrument, Carolina will be regarded as a major player (heh) in music history for the technique she invented. And then, this video will become a testament to how it came to be. You could be watching a video that will be featured in many documentaries 100 years from now. This is so cool.

Music teacher: Do not touch any of the instruments unless I tell you. Me on the Theremin:

This woman is not just a theremin player. She's probably the best theremin player in the world. She literally invented the technique that she uses to play, wrote a book about it, and now everyone plays it the way she does. Amazing.

It turns out this woman is not just any Theramin player. She legit invented the whole theory behind how she plays it and wrote a book on it. Thats insane. Shes actually crazy talented.

Theremin is an invention of the Russian engineer Leo Theremin. Several years ago i saw in Moscow his great-grandson Peter Teremin. He is a composer and the theremin player too. Thank you for this video, best regards from Russia.

Friend: what instrument do you play? Sign language

Me:plays theremin Bd:what note is that? Me:👌

6:47 That "This is Halloween" duet was amazing ❤

idk why but the bit at 7:45 made me start tearing up? the music feels so peaceful and somehow nostalgic for something I haven't heard before. really makes you remember that music is a form of art haha

So basically theremin players would be the best air benders.

"Hey what instrument do you play" "Sign language"

This is the 1st time I was introduced to a theramin. She is amazing and I'm in awe, watching this beautiful woman make such beautiful music.

This instrument is so magical. The way it sounds, the way it's played. What a crazy invention

Her technique is so interesting. It looks like she's casting spells with her very precise hand movements.

Me: so how do you play it if you don't touch it? Her: *furiously throwing gang signs*

Incredible how the sound she uses sounds like a mix between strings and voice. She's insanely talented too. Great video!

I shared the stage with Theremin’s grandson once. And he is a great player too. Seeing this live is very impressive

Can you imagine if a deaf person did sign language in front of it and it started speaking every word they were signing

Me: trying to sleep The mosquitoes in my room:

That's so beautiful. I would love to hear her play all by herself. But watch too. It's so surreal the way she just seems to pull the notes out of nowhere.

I’m 29 and just recently got into music by buying a piano, I’ve always loved music but haven’t tried playing any since I was a child. Your channel is showing me and teaching me a lot! I didn’t even know this instrument existed.

I like to think that the theremin is just shy and it screams when you get too close to it

Plot twist: She’s just humming the whole time.

I adore her technique for playing the Theremin. I’ve always liked it as an instrument, but having seen this technique I feel like it has really grown in my heart. While the way you play the instrument is so radically different, skilled players make such intense, passionate gestures as part of this technique, it’s a pleasure to watch. I hope it grows in popularity as an instrument across the globe, it has such a wonderful sound.

as someone who’s messed with a theramin before, this lady is a GODDESS at it.

Air guitarist: There’s nothing cooler than an air guitar. Thereminist: Hold my pitch nob.

I loved the part when she said “👌🏽🖖🏽👋🏽” sounded beautiful.

Wow, I really had no idea it was so versatile before. I've mostly just heard the "spooky-noises" before. It was already fascinating but hearing the sheer versatility is making it even more fascinating.

Theramin was used for the movie "Forbidden Planet"- Michael McClary, Professor of Trumpet 🎺, Georgia Perimeter College and GSU

Who the hell created this and thought: "That turned out EXACTLY as planned!"

Woman: *plays theremin* Medieval peasants: “atlas a witch*

Let's just take a moment to appreciate that the technique she invented is being adopted by other players. Creative genius!

I would LOVE to try a Theremin one day! This combo sounds beautiful ❤

Me: how do u play this instrument?? Her: *hits the woah*

When she's playing the theramin: angelic, beautiful, divine. When he's playing the theramin: *unholy screaming, Satan is summoned*

As someone who has zero music skills (and had this video randomly recommended to me although I already knew of the instrument), I absolutely respect people dedicated to their craft.

You have to be so calm and at peace to play that instrument. Really amazing

The sheets should be like 🤙✋👆🖐👌✊👎☝️👉 🤟

How funny. I also get played, but never touched.

Love hearing her explain her instrument

Truly fascinating. I love the idea of a completely unique, modern instrument, and I've been intrigued since the original Star Trek theme. I'd love to see it used more.

It's about time ghosts have an opportunity to play in a band.

*playing theremin* my deaf friend: whatd you just say about my mom???

I would love to just have that jam session to play on repeat. It's so magical

Ah man, looking at this Instrument's Antennas after 3 years now as an Amateur Radio Operator and pretty much an Electronics Engineer Fascinates me even more. Its SUCH A BEAUTIFUL THING!

This is the instrument that the conductor plays.

Absolutely fascinating! I love unusual instruments and the people who've dedicated themselves to mastering them and sharing with the world. Thank you.

When she plays the melodic sounds with Rob it reminds me of some good slide guitar players I've seen where they have free seamless notes they can play and they can fade the volume in and out using their pedals. Very different instruments but they almost seem to me to have a similar style

“Hey, what instrument do you play?” *Oxygen*

Imagine a fly passes it and you're like "WHO'S IN MY HOUSE?"

Watched this video for the 1st time years ago. This time, I like the instrument even more. Sci-fi, spooky and everything else, just beautiful. I could listen to it for many hours.

please never stop with this series. i watched 4 of them now and its always an awesome interesting person coming with these instruments. and you really do a great job!

This is what the guy in the middle of the orchestra plays

It's almost 100 years old? Even today it looks like a scifi instrument from a distant planet.....

Only super sensitive musicians alone can master the instrument. Madam we bow to you...❤

The fun thing about coming to this video from a wikipedia rabbit hole about theremin (just having learned about the instrument) is that it's THE Carolina Eyck

Man, talk about muscle memory. There is absolutely no tactile feedback at all with this instrument. To play accurately is 100% determined through your muscle memory and nothing else. It’s honestly amazing. She is really impressive.

I'm selling my theremin I haven't touched it for years.

I can say now that I saw everything on youtube. Bravo Madame

How amazing is she?! What wouldn't I give to have a go on this instrument?! They never had anything like this at school. All we had were recorders and tambourines. Just wow. Love love this so much. Am in absolute awe of her and the instrument. Where would you even learn to play it? I have so many questions. This is the first time I have even heard of this instrument. Am in love with it.

I think a Theremin VR game that shows notes distances would be a great way to learn the instrument.

I feel like asking a Theremin player to play "that spooky sound" is like asking a guitar player to play "Stairway to Heaven" or a saxophone player to play "Careless Whisper".

This is an amazing instrument that I've never heard of but definitely mesmerized by it!!!❤😳😂 Thanks for sharing!!! She's very talented to have mastered this unique piece of musical art!!!

She is brilliant and the technique she came up with will be way theremin are played. She does an incredible job of making the theremin interesting to people who have never seen one.

Imagine playing this instrument back during the Salem witch trials lol

ME: so how do you play it? HER: 👉👊👋👌🖐️🖖🤞💪👎🤙🤛🙌👐☝️ ME: 🤔

This was fantastic! The second performance I've heard from Carolyn Eyck after Flight of the Bumblebee (Yes, that is superb and highly recommended!). Carolina asked for suggestions. I'm an electrical engineer that loves music. Here are some: 1) For beginners, a sophisticated auto-tune-like quantizing of base pitch can add some needed pitch accuracy, and with the same motions change the key and modality. 2) Dynamic range (volume curve) can be made more than linear, i.e. compressed (boring), and expanded frightfully dynamic! 3) One can build in compensations like special loudness curves, so the extreme highs and/or lows can let the performer deal with intended crescendos and decrescendos starting from a more linear perceptual, without having to manually compensate for human roll-offs at either or both extremes. 4) For the hearing challenged, a color organ, all of which use a fixed number of quantized, both pitch ranges and volume ranges, a special color organ could be built. It would not be quantized, but rather, like the Theremin itself, would show continuity of both pitch and volume. It would not use LEDs but instead a high definition and resolution video screen, or, for performances, a 3-laser (RGB) projector. Perceiving such a 2 or 3 dimensional video sound representation, pitch, volume (and perhaps timber), as an analog continuum rather than the traditional bar graphs or even waterfall graphs would, among other things let the user see the difference between pitch and volume vibrato, as well as probably see and feel the corresponding movements of Ms. Eyck's skilled hands. Pitch would still be represented by horizontal position and color, but it would look and feel more like a Photoshop gradient blend compared to simple solid color and tone regions. 5) Rather than look only at Ms Eyck's brilliantly created 2-dimensional control of pitch and volume, one should also create analog signal outputs from the Theremin of the results of those actions, and see the pattern of one moving dot, changing position, speed, and accelerations (and perhaps shape or color for timber) corresponding the instantaneous values of pitch, volume and range (or special effect) settings. A great project for the right musician/electrical engineer (grad students?). The hard part is already done - no complicated Fast Fourier Transforms necessary as the Theremin signals are already separated into the channels of pitch, volume, [and settings].

The theremin with the harmonizer is absolutely enchanting!

This looks like something made in 1990 but created by a person from 2030

Today I realised I’m a born genius. My whole life I’ve treated my piano and guitars like a Theramin by not touching them ever.

This is SO SO cool. I had no idea that instrument existed or was even possible. The sound is mesmerizing!

Thank you for introducing me to an instrument that i have never even heard of. The "50's film sound" & the "spooky sounds" were perfect!! You are amazing with that beautiful instrument instrument, ty very much!! It really sounds like a violin so etimes too. Wow!! Fantastic!!! 💜💜

Good thing it has only been around for about 100 years. Any earlier you would be on trial for witchcraft. Amazing instrument. Amazing musician.

someone said ‘imagine if the theremin started playing by itself in a horror movie’ AND I CANT AGREE MORE

Impressive. I am totally in awe. This young woman is an artist ... what a wonderful instrument & how she is playing it.

When this is the most popular instrument in the world, this woman will historically be known as a musical pioneer, literally creating the technique everyone will use to play with. That's pretty cool to think about...

Use me as a "I want 30 minutes of Theremin and Acoustic Guitar." button.

This is legit the coolest instrument I've ever heard of

I loved this video. It was beautiful and wonderful seeing the both of you play your natural instruments then learn the other's. I resonate a lot with the Theremin.

Playing "U Can't Touch This" would be both self-referential and hilarious 😆

people play me without touching me :(((

This is a very futuristic instrument. Love it

You thought people get crazy guitar face, Rob's Theremin face is hilarious

I call this instrument The fly in my room at 3:00 am

She stacking gang signs out here. Them dudes in Chicago probably got a whole symphony 🤣💀

It seems like the theremin might have been easier to play if flipped. The right hand when playing guitar (or bass), controls the volume of the instrument, and the left hand controls the pitch. So, sitting with the controls on the opposite side of the instrument would feel more natural. Because, with the set up now, the hands are reversed.

I've seen the larger Theremin a while back but it was mostly explaining the instrument. The two of you playing together ❤️. It's just so amazingly beautiful when she plays ❤️❤️

Imagine how good she must be at taking videos and photos because she has such steady hands.

Friend: What u got there? Me: Just an instrument call theremin . Friend: Can I play it? Me: Sure, just don't touch it. Friend: ????

I am glad I found this even though it’s 4 years old. That was amazing and extremely funny. Carolina is so very talented and you did a great job trying.

Speechless. I could watch this lady all day and still find it hard to believe how anybody could achieve this level of skill.

A new concept for "air guitar"

6th grade music teacher: "you can play any instrument you want, what do you choose" Kid: "I want to play the Theremin" Teacher: "God damnit..."

It’s actually crazy how this instrument detects this small capacitance changes 🤯

This puts a whole new meaning to air guitar, lol. This is amazing. She is incredible.

"you need your own personal space to play it" Introverts: I'LL TAKE YOUR ENTIRE STOCK

Suddenly, I have this incredible urge to play this instrument