How Does an Instrument Play Without Touch? The Theremin Explained

Have you ever seen an instrument that makes music without being touched? In today s episode, Hank introduces you to the theremin- a device that turns your body into part of a capacitor, and allows you to play music without touching anything! Special thanks to Jay Bruns of nojayart.com for lending us his theremin, and Mike Emmons for setting up our meeting. ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn t make SciShow without them! Shout out to Justin Ove, Coda Buchanan, Lucy McGlasson, Accalia Elementia, Mark Terrio-Cameron, Saul, Kathy & Tim Philip, Kevin Bealer, Christopher Collins, Thomas J., charles george, Andreas Heydeck, Patrick D. Ashmore, Justin Lentz, Will and Sonja Marple, Ed Shelley, Chris Peters, Tim Curwick, Philippe von Bergen, Fatima Iqbal. ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: http://web.physics.ucsb.edu/~lecturedemonstrations/Composer/Pages/60.17.html http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gadgets/audio-music/theremin.htm http://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au/jw/LCresonance.html http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/mastascu/elessonshtml/lc/capac1.htm https://books.google.com/books?id=6DHlQJcMpBQC http://web.physics.ucsb.edu/~lecturedemonstrations/Composer/Pages/44.51.html http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/sound/beat.html#c3