Musical instruments are instruments that can play timbre and rhythm, and from ancient times to the present we have countless instruments, both simple instruments such as triangle iron and complex instruments such as pianos. Of course, just as the so-called "forest is big and there are birds", there are some very strange instruments among the massive instruments, such as instruments played by the mind, which sounds a bit chatty, but it does exist, what kind of instrument is it? If you also want to know, let the editor reveal the secret to you from the beginning.
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Musical instruments have a long history, dating back to the primitive social period tens of thousands of years ago, perhaps people at that time did not know what a musical instrument was, but the sound of them tapping with stones or wooden sticks was also the earliest playing instrument. After arriving at civilized society, the ancestors had a new understanding of vocal music, and also began to consciously make a variety of different vocal instruments, such as bone whistles, bone flutes and stone chimes, and also noticed that different instruments had different timbres and tones, so musical instruments were developed, and various instruments also mushroomed, such as percussion instruments, orchestral instruments and gas instruments.
There are thousands of musical instruments in the world, each of which has a different role, but if you think about it carefully, you will find that almost all musical instruments have a common point, that is, the human body must be in contact with it to make a sound, such as string instruments need to be plucked by hand, blowing instruments need to be blown with the mouth, percussion instruments need to be hit with things, etc., in short, someone needs to touch it with the body, but there is also a unique instrument that does not need to be, it sounds with "thoughts".
This unique instrument is the Tremen, whose inventor is called Lev Termen, a famous physicist in the former Soviet Union and a cellist. In 1991, Professor Termen took his students to do air density shock tests, and he was surprised to find that the test instruments sounded differently at different air densities, and also had certain regularities. After studying and improving his test instruments, and also connected a high-powered speaker that could multiply the sound emitted, Professor Termen invented an instrument and named it Tremen. Experts say the Tremen is also the first electronic instrument in the history of the world.
The Tremento is distinctive in that it consists of a square box and two metal antennas, inside which is a complex LC oscillating circuit board and a sounding unit that senses a faint change in air density and then transmits this change to the inside of the circuit for a sound signal. These two antennas are crucial, one erected on the right, responsible for the change of pitch, and the other is circular, fixed on the left, responsible for the volume level.
In the beginning, Professor Termen did not know how to play the tremen, although it could make sounds, but the sound was very messy, but after several years of research and exploration, he finally mastered the way and rhythm of playing the tremen. First of all, if you want to play the Tremen, you must have a certain understanding of vocal music, at least to know how to play one other instrument. Secondly, when playing, pay attention to the coordination of both hands, the right hand moves left and right next to the erect antenna and back and forth, and the tone becomes higher and lower when approaching the antenna; the left hand moves up and down on the curved antenna, and the volume becomes larger near the antenna, and the volume becomes smaller. Finally, there must be no wind in the recital hall, otherwise it will affect the change of air, which in turn will affect the sound of the instrument.
This is the basic way to play the tremen, the human body does not need to have contact with the tremen, so many people who do not know why they think that the player is playing with "ideas", but in fact, there is a strong physics behind it. It has been more than 100 years since the birth of the Tremen, but the cumulative number of Tremen players is only more than 20. Not to mention ordinary people, even some experts in the field of musical instruments do not know how to start when facing the tremen, so the tremen has always been an extremely unpopular type of instrument, but in some film and television dramas, it can have the opportunity to see.
For example, in the American drama "The Big Bang Theory", the movie "Symphonic Lover's Dream Ending" and the variety show "I Am a Singer", there are tracemen figures, in addition to "Beach Boys" also used tremen piano soundtrack, but also used the album "The Art of Tremen". If you've heard the sound of the Tremen playing, you'll see that its melody isn't very beautiful, and there's even some dread, making you feel like you're on a foggy forest path, and then suddenly flashing by a woman in white... Therefore, this is also one of the reasons why the tremen is not liked by many people.
In short, the tremen is not a beloved instrument, just like durian and herring canned, people who like it are regarded as a natural sound, think that the tremen is a genius invention, and those who do not like it are regarded as grass mustard. So do you really like or dislike the Tremen?
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"Extraordinary Musical Instruments" by [Jie] Stepan kasekaniova Publisher: Guangxi Science and Technology Press
Wenlan Hairun Studio Editor-in-Chief Wen Xiucai, this article is written by: Special History Writer: Liu Lijiang's