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Thank you. Ooh, I'm like, "Phew, phew, calm down. Get back into my body now." (Laughter)
Lasaitu. Nire gorputzera bueltatu.
Usually when I play out, the first thing that happens is people scream out, "What's she doing?!" I'll play at these rock shows, be on stage standing completely still, and they're like, "What's she doing?! What's she doing?!" And then I'll kind of be like -- (Vvvwow!) -- and then they're like, "Whoa!" (Laughter)
Normalean, jotzen hasten nahizenean gertatzen den lehenengo gauza jedeak zera ohiukatzen duela da: "zertan ari da?" Badakizue, rock kontzertuetan joko dut, eszenatokian egon, guztiz geldirik, badakizue... Galdetzen dute "Zertan ari da? Zertan ari da?" Badakizue Eta gero... Wow!, badakizue, eta gero... (Barreak)
I'm sure you're trying to figure out, "Well, how does this thing work?" Well, what I'm doing is controlling the pitch with my left hand. See, the closer I get to this antenna, the higher the note gets -- (Portamento) -- and you can get it really low. And with this hand I'm controlling the volume, so the further away my right hand gets, the louder it gets. (Tones) So basically, with both of your hands you're controlling pitch and volume and kind of trying to create the illusion that you're doing separate notes, when really it's continuously going ... (Flourish ... Beep) (Laughter)
Ziur nago nola funtzionatzen duen imaginatzen zaiatzen ari zaretela. Ongi da, egiten ari nahizena da -- oh! -- nire ezker eskuarekin tonua kontolatzen. Ikusten duzue, zenbat eta antenatik urbilago egon orduan eta nota altuagoak lortzen ditut. (Eskala bat egiten du) Oso baxua egin daiteke. Eta esku honekin bolumena kontrolatzen ari naiz, beraz, zenbat eta hurrunago egon nire eskuin eskua geroz eta zaratatsuago da. (Tonuak) Beraz, funtsean, zure eskuekin bolumena eta tonua kontrolatzen ari zara, nota moztuak jotzearen ilusioa lortzen saiatzen, egitan, nota jarraiak direnean. (Apaingarria ... txistua) (Barreak)
Sometimes I startle myself: I'll forget that I have it on, and I'll lean over to pick up something, and then it goes like -- (Blip) -- "Oh!" And it's like a funny sound effect that follows you around if you don't turn the thing off. (Laughter)
Batzuetan asaldatu egiten naiz: piztuta daukatela ahazten dut eta makurtu egiten nahiz zerbait artzeko, eta gero badoa, oh! Badakizue. Eta soinu efektu barregarri bat egiten du gailua ez baduzu itzaltzen. (Barreak)
Maybe we'll go into the next tune, because I totally lost where this is going. We're going to do a song by David Mash called "Listen: the Words Are Gone," and maybe I'll have words come back into me afterwards if I can relax.
Agian urrengo musika-lanera joango gara, hau guztia nora doan guztiz ahaztu dudalako. David Mash-en "Listen: Words Are Gone" joko dugu, eta agian gero bergogoratuko dut esan behar nuena.
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So, I'm trying to think of some of the questions that are commonly asked; there are so many. And ... Well, I guess I could tell you a little of the history of the theremin. It was invented around the 1920s, and the inventor, Léon Theremin -- he also was a musician besides an inventor -- he came up with the idea for making the theremin, I think, when he was working on some shortwave radios. And there'd be that sound in the signal -- it's like (Screeching) -- and he thought, "Oh, what if I could control that sound and turn it into an instrument, because there are pitches in it." And so somehow through developing that, he eventually came to make the theremin the way it is now.
Beraz, normalean galdetzen diren galdera batzuk gogoratzen saiatzen ari nahiz. Asko daude. Eta, ongi, uste dut kontatu dezakedala theremin-ari buruzko historia pixka bat. 1920ko hamarkadan asmatu zen eta asmatzaileak, Léon Theremin, -- musikaria ere bada asmatzaileaz aparte -- erabaki zuen theremin-a egitea. Uste dut bera zeinale motzeko irrati batzuekin lan egiten ari zela eta soinu hori entzun zuen seinalean -- honelako zerbait -- (Garrazia) eta pentsatu zuen "Oh, zer gertatuko litzateke soinu hori kontrolatu ahal banu eta musika tresna batean bihurtu, tonuak soltzeko gai bait da. Eta honela, gailu hori eraikitzen theremin-a egin zuen gaur den modu berberan.
And a lot of times, even kids nowadays, they'll make reference to a theremin by going, "Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo," because in the '50s it was used in the sci-fi horror movies, that sound that's like ... (Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo) (Laughter) It's kind of a funny, goofy sound to do.
Eta askotan gaur, umeak ere, whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo soinuarekin lotzen dute theremin-a 50ko hamarkadan zientzia fikziozko eta beldurrezko filmeetan erabiltzen zelako: soinua honelakoa da ... (woo-ooo) (Barreak) Egiten duten soinu barregarriaren ondorioz da hori.
And sometimes if I have too much coffee, then my vibrato gets out of hand. You're really sensitive to your body and its functions when you're behind this thing. You have to stay so still if you want to have the most control. It reminds me of the balancing act earlier on -- what Michael was doing -- because you're fighting so hard to keep the balance with what you're playing with and stay in tune, and at the same time you don't want to focus so much on being in tune all the time; you want to be feeling the music.
Eta batzuetan kafe asko hartzen badut, bibratoa ezin dut kontrolatu. Oso sensiblea zara zure gorputzarekin eta bere funtzioekin gauza honen atzean zaudenean Oso geldirik egon behar zara kontrola mantendu nahi baduzu. Michael-ek egin duena gogorarazten dit, kulunkatzen ari zenean lehenago hain gogor saiatzen ari zarelako oreka mantentzen eta musikan mantentzeko era berean ez duzu musika-lanean hainbeste arreta jarri nahi denbora guztian; musika sentitu nahi duzu.
And then also, you're trying to stay very, very, very still because little movements with other parts of your body will affect the pitch, or sometimes if you're holding a low note -- (Tone rising out of key) -- and breathing will make it ...
Eta gero oso, oso, oso geldirik mantentzen saiatzen ari zara beste gorputz atalekin mugimendu txikiak egiteak tonua aldatuko duelako, edo, batzuetan, nota baxu bat jotzen ari bazara eta arnasa hartzen, badakizu, honelako zerbait egingo du... (Tonua igotzen)
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If I pass out on the next song ... (Laughter)
Hurrengo abestira joaten bagara -- (Barreak)
I think of it almost like like a yoga instrument because it makes you so aware of every little crazy thing your body is doing, or just aware of what you don't want it to be doing while you're playing; you don't want to have any sudden movements. And if I go to a club and play a gig, people are like, "Here, have some drinks on us!" And it's like, "Well, I'm about to go on soon; I don't want to be like -- (Teetering tones) -- you know?"
Baina azkenean da, uste dut dela yoga instrumentu bat bezala ia, egiten duelako konturatzea zure gorputzak egiten dituen mugimendu txiki guztiez edo bakarrik konturatzea zer ez duzu nahi egitea jotzen ari zarenean: badakizue, bat-bateko mugimenduak izateaz. Eta, badakizue, club batera banoa eta kontzertu bat ematen badut, jendeak esaten dit: "Har itzazu trago batzuk gurekin!" Eta goiz joan behar banintz bezala da; ez du nahi egin horrelako gauzarik... (Nota dardaratsuak)
It really does reflect the mood that you're in also, if you're ... it's similar to being a vocalist, except instead of it coming out of your throat, you're controlling it just in the air and you don't really have a point of reference; you're always relying on your ears and adjusting constantly. You just have to always adjust to what's happening and realize you'll have bummer notes come here and there and listen to it, adjust it, and just move on, or else you'll get too tied up and go crazy. Like me.
Benetan nire umorea erakusten du, baita ere, bazarete, badakizue, bazarete -- abeslaria izatetik gertu dago, eztarritik ateratzea izan ezik, airean kontrolatzen ari zara eta ez duzu benetan erreferentzia puntu bat; zure belarrietaz fidatzen ari zara beti eta egokitzen beti. Gertatzen ari denari egokitu behar zara beti eta konturatu nota arraroak izango dituzula hemen eta hor eta entzun itzazu, egokitu itzazu eta mugidu edo bestela oso geldirik egongo zara eta zoratu egingo zara. Ni bezala.
I think we will play another tune now. I'm going to do "Lush Life." It's one of my favorite tunes to play.
Uste dut beste musika-lan bat joko dudala orain. "Lush Life" joko dut: jotzeko nire musika-lanik gustukoen bat.
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