Monthly Archives: May 2013

Lesson 58
The Xtremes: Moving Toward Free Flow, Part 3

Here, you’ll pick up where the first two Free Flow exercises, Lessons 13 and 14, left off (that was way back in The Fundamentals). You’re beginning lessons where you’ll dig into exploring your own personal means of self expression. And once again, we want to do it in a way that feels as if it [...]

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Lesson 48
The Xtremes: Xtreme Pitch Jumping, Part 5

Please make sure to practice Part 4 before working on this one. Part 5 is directly builds on the previous lesson. In this final pitch jumping exercise you’ll play along with music again and you’ll eliminate all traces of sliding. In addition to your ability to listen and consistently intuit the locations of compatible pitches, [...]

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Lesson 47
The Xtremes: Xtreme Pitch Jumping, Part 4

This lesson focuses on refining muscle memory, building on your natural ability to intuit, pinpoint and play pitches that are far apart. You will have to adapt your earlier skill set of sliding from one pitch to the next, because here, while you are intentionally sliding and accentuating each destination pitch, you will also be [...]

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Lesson 43
The Xtremes
Working at the Threshold, Part 2

IMPORTANT NOTE: Be sure to view Part 1 before trying this lesson; it can make a big difference in your progress with most of the lessons that follow. Without making the interior adjustment described in Part 1, you may find a) that your volume hand is so close to the volume loop that you hit [...]

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Lesson 42
The Xtremes
Working at the Threshold, Part 1

WATCH THIS VIDEO IN ITS ENTIRETY BEFORE MAKING ANY CHANGES TO YOUR THEREMIN.   This is the first in the series known as “Extremes.” As such, they’re the most challenging lessons in this course, with each one a) building on everything from the the preceding lessons, and b) each lesson becoming increasingly difficult. But first… [...]

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