AETHERPHON, global theremin family

Beautiful post, Kip!  Thank you for sending that!


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brickblad wrote:
>>Who gives theremin lessons?>
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> I do, also. For a while, I was posting segments of my methodology in 
> response to people asking about study and technique, and the 
> segments can be found in various forum topics on Thereminworld. I 
> stopped after a while because the majority of responses usually 
> expressed disbelief and skepticism.
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> I'm tickled by folks who engender doubts about the value of lessons 
> while putting out their own DVDs and instruction books. This past 
> year has seen THREE new books on how to play the theremin published 
> and purchased. All of them essentially impart the same information 
> with variations on fingering along with scale and interval training. 
> My personal opinion is that there is much more beyond this to 
> explore.
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> My approach is much less conventional than the books currently on 
> the market. It  uses exercises that move beyond the isolated 
> mechanics required for playing into techniques that promote
> understanding of body awareness, techniques designed to enhance 
> unconscious physiological and neurological processes that are 
> happening while one plays. There is also performance approach, 
> exercises that help make the leap from simple mechnical techniques 
> to interpretive skill, and (horror of horrors) I MAKE IT FUN!! Many 
> of the exercises and techniques ARE weird, but students are 
> definitely responding well.
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> Once someone buys a theremin, the instrument is so accessible and so 
> responsive, that the natural tendency is to jump right in start to 
> play. This is great \ufffd it's a very liberating process. Some people 
> are quickly able to discern the basics of playing songs (playing 
> using definite pitches to accurately interpret an existing piece of 
> music) and others go wild with sonic textures, effects, etc. It's 
> all good! Some can read music, others have yet to learn how. My two 
> newest students are a husband and wife. They are both vastly 
> different in terms of their musical abilities and goals. They 
> clearly learn at different rates and respond to different 
> procedures. The teaching is always adapted to fit the needs of each 
> individual student.
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