Hi all, at first please excuse my bad English, but I'm native speaker of French, German and php...
Having heard a theremin for the first time in my life (I'm 43 years old) on a webradio from Netherlands ("Concertzender") in november 2007, I started gathering informations until I decided some days ago to order a B3 Theremin which will arrive here in eastern France only on 01/19.
When I was a young pupil, then student and had yet neither business nor family, I learned to play violin, piano and flute.
Now I decided to restart making music, almost 20 years later, but this time on a theremin.
There are great videos on youtube, mostly from Thomas Grillo, which will surely help me at the beginning. But all videos have some lacks: sound and picture are not in time an the camera angle gives not a detailed view on the hands when "fingering". A view from behind the right side of the player would be more helpful...
It was Thomas Grillos Vocalise by Rachmaninov played on a B3 on youtube which helped me with my decision to order it, since he showed that it is in fact playable. I'm less worried about linearity since a violin string is also not linear - each next higher octave has only the half distance of the previous one. And I didn't want to spend too much money on a hobby since I have still to nourrish a wife and four daughters...
After the arrival of my instrument and its conversion into a 230V 50Hz version I'll surely come back with lots of questions or needing encouragement.
Thank you in advance for your patience and your help.
Having heard a theremin for the first time in my life (I'm 43 years old) on a webradio from Netherlands ("Concertzender") in november 2007, I started gathering informations until I decided some days ago to order a B3 Theremin which will arrive here in eastern France only on 01/19.
When I was a young pupil, then student and had yet neither business nor family, I learned to play violin, piano and flute.
Now I decided to restart making music, almost 20 years later, but this time on a theremin.
There are great videos on youtube, mostly from Thomas Grillo, which will surely help me at the beginning. But all videos have some lacks: sound and picture are not in time an the camera angle gives not a detailed view on the hands when "fingering". A view from behind the right side of the player would be more helpful...
It was Thomas Grillos Vocalise by Rachmaninov played on a B3 on youtube which helped me with my decision to order it, since he showed that it is in fact playable. I'm less worried about linearity since a violin string is also not linear - each next higher octave has only the half distance of the previous one. And I didn't want to spend too much money on a hobby since I have still to nourrish a wife and four daughters...
After the arrival of my instrument and its conversion into a 230V 50Hz version I'll surely come back with lots of questions or needing encouragement.
Thank you in advance for your patience and your help.
