Ever heard about this rare musical instrument called Theremin ?!

Today morning my friend Freddy called me up to have a look at a wikipedia entry about a musical instrument. We could have heard its sound in many western movies but i have never seen anyone in Indian Musical World to use it! The sound of it is very mystic indeed! Let us know more about it.

The theremin (/ˈθɛrəmɪn/[1]), originally known as the termenvox or aetherphone, is an early electronic musical instrument controlled without contact from the player. It is named after its Russian inventor, Professor Léon Theremin, who patented the device in 1928. The controlling section usually consists of two metal antennas which sense the position of the player's hands and control oscillators for frequency with one hand, and amplitude (volume) with the other. The electric signals from the theremin are amplified and sent to a loudspeaker.

The theremin is associated with an eerie sound, which has led to its use in movie soundtracks such as those in Spellbound, The Lost Weekend, and The Day the Earth Stood Still. Theremins are also used in art music (especially avant-garde and 20th- and 21st-century new music) and in popular music genres such as rock.

Let us see how it is played and hear how it sounds!