Most of us theraminists believe it was seventy or eighty years ahead if its time. It really didn't make much of a mark until now. Now, there's this great renaissance and interest in this earliest of all electronic musical instruments. To really make it 'sing', you have to learn to control your gestures to the millimeter, so you can make musical sounds, as opposed to a whistle. But it's all you.
Some people do it naturally.
Most bands use the theramin as a sound effect, but small number of musicians use it in a more musical way. Pringle, who also plays keyboards, the string harp, lute and various other instruments, is now the Canadian representative for Robert Moog and the Etherwave theremin. Artist Archive Cdn. Music Index Indie Band listings Cdn.