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Pamelia Stickney performing in 2009

Theremin 101: How to sound like a flying saucer

Theremin virtuoso Pamelia Stickney teaches a lesson in the eerie electronic instrument.

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AAAmanda Aronczyk

Pamelia Stickney performing in 2009

Music Unlimited 23 by Andy Newcombe/CC BY 2.0

Remember the eerie flying saucer sound effect from old B-movies? It's produced by a theremin, the only instrument you play without touching. Kurt Andersen gets a lesson from theremin virtuoso Pamelia Stickney.

Kurt's theremin lesson:

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Pamelia Stickney performs:

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(Originally aired September 4, 2009)