NMC Learning at Home: The Theremin

For NMC Learning at Home, Evan the Educator looks at the theremin, a 100-year-old instrument of the future. It’s the granddaddy of electronic instruments and the only one you play without ever actually touching it!

Look for more lessons that connect science and sound every week, and check out the links below for further exploration:

  • Click HERE to watch “Ode to Joy” with a theremin choir!
  • Click HERE to see the late-great Leon Theremin play a theremin.
  • Dive into previous episodes NMC Learning at Home episodes on the Sonica Synthesizer HERE and The Voice and Spectrograms HERE.
  • Click HERE for our favourite online spectrogram.

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Special thanks to the Rozsa Foundation and Calgary Foundation for their support of the NMC Learning at Home series.