Hello everybody .. I am a bass player in adventure with a theremim and my goals is to really play good the instrument to put in a pratical way ( solos ,play beatifull melodies and I loved the ideia to use a theremim like a brass...) I am here looking for tips for beginner (free internet classes) because its doset not have teacher where I live .. if you can help me i will apreciate =)
thank you !!
New theremim player
hi mateus,
welcome here.
you might find a lot of answers for your burning questions here at thereminworld.
peter pringle has always some good advices for theremin novices...
check out carolina eyck's you-tube videos for some basics. or pamelia stickney's walking-bass-playing technique on the theremin.
do you allready have a theremin? hope your etherwave has the espe-module inside for the extended bass range.
Thank you Xtheremin8 . Yes I allready have one ,bougth last year !
But I dont know how to begin in a technique way .When I play I aways try to play some melodie ( tryng ) and do experimental thing but I really want to know to play a scale and intervals in a clean way
practice, practice and some more practice.
i came across musescore some time ago:https://musescore.org a very cool software to play along with and it became my #1 practice tool for the classical songs. it also has a huge user library with tons of classics. it's free and safe etc.... i have a chromatic tuner also attached to the headphone out.(pitch preview) that helps me to determinate at least the proper starting note when i play on my own. elsewise i play a song in a wrong key and doesn't even care.
i have a good ear but not perfect pitch.
for the finger technique i don't know. whatever fits you. youtube is your friend here.
but:...as a bass player, you already know many scales, on the theremin: play those boring scales without using the volume hand. hellofafun!
Hey everyone,
i do a lot of experimental modular sounds and some week ago I really get hooked on thermin and to play it!
i know it is a lot of practice to play it right but I totally on it and so my first question is: what is a good alternative amp to the moog one to play it?
Thanks for for a forum like that and that I can talk to other theremin lovers or is there a special name for theremin players??
Goosebane:
I tried out several guitar amps before I found one that was in my price range that worked OK.
I got to be friends with a local used musical instruments dealer, and asked him if I could buy an amp, try it out and bring it back for exchange if I didn't like it.
I wanted a small one and the first two I tried out had awful artifacts / resonance at particular frequencies that made them awful with my Moog Etherwave with the ESPE01 Standard Pitch Extension.
I ended up with the quite tiny Kustom KLA10:
https://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTAyNFg5NDQ=/z/UTAAAOSwiZVbg-dL/$_86.JPG
I wouldn't worry about damaging the amp. How does it sound? Does it sound great throught the theremin's range?
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