“让音乐的波的手!听起来像一个歌剧明星!如此简单,任何人都能做!”Such were key selling points of the first commercially available theremin. Hailed as the world's earliest electronic instrument, Radio Corporation of America's (RCA's) theremin looked more like a tiny writing desk than the future of electronica. Built around 1930, the RCA theremin consisted of a hollow wood cube with a sloped lid perched atop four spindly, tapered legs. Were it not for its two prominent antennae, the RCA theremin would have seemed at home in almost any parlor.
电子琴的声音被描述为“净化和放大的萨克斯”[来源:贝克曼)和“之间的交叉放大孩子的幻灯片哨子,早期发出一声人声和东欧国家广播扬声器”[来源:陶布]。内第一个电子琴,真空管电路,振荡器,线圈和电线创建了电磁场在仪器的两个天线。玩家手指飘动,挥舞着他们的手在天线附近提高或降低特的音高和音量。没有经验的球员通常只不过创建无调性咩咩的叫声和哀叫。特大师,然而,乐器的声音一样华丽的歌18新利最新登入剧咏叹调之一可能听说过广播从卡内基音乐厅。
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那么,特与俄罗斯间谍技术?我们讨论仪器的复杂历史下一节。