Music of the Ages

[asterroc]

This video of someone playing the Legend of Zelda theme on a theremin would've been amusing even if it didn't introduce me to the only instrument I know of that operates on the same principles of an RLC circuit.

Meanwhile, Gabe prefers this one, chirruping in time to it, and on pitch too. :-P

ETA: Oh, and if you can get me a better description of the physics behind the theramin, you get a virtual cookie!

Comments

[oh-chris.livejournal.com]

http://www.oldtemecula.com/theremin/observations.htm ?

[oh-chris.livejournal.com]

there's also

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there's also <a href-"http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1998AmJPh..66..945S">an article</a>, if yr library offers access to the American Journal of Physics.

[oh-chris.livejournal.com]

that'd be "=", not "-". feh.

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

Ooh, AdsAbs! My fave. Why don't other fields besides astro do this?

Yeah, I was being lazy not looking them up. The former link appears a bit handwavy; I expect the latter will be insane and look forward to perusing it at legnth. :)

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

We do not have online access to that journal at my school. The catalog says we don't have physical copies either, but one of the librarians told me we do. I'm checking back in with her on it...