Theremin 101: How to sound like a flying saucer
Pamelia Stickney performing in 2009
Music Unlimited 23 by Andy Newcombe/CC BY 2.0
Remember the eerie flying saucer sound effect from old B-movies? It's produced by a theremin, the only instrument you play without touching. Kurt Andersen gets a lesson from theremin virtuoso Pamelia Stickney.
Kurt's theremin lesson:
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Pamelia Stickney performs:
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(Originally aired September 4, 2009)
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