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What’s the instrument that Bill plays without touching? It’s called a theremin and has been most famously used in 1950s science-fiction films such as The Day the Earth Stood Still. Bill is one of the few modern representatives of the instrument, and has presented a Radio 4 show called “Good Vibrations: The Story of the Theremin”, and ...
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Jan 17, 2019 · The theremin was a Russian state secret before it became a popular instrument in film soundtracks like The Day the Earth Stood Still. Comedian Bill Bailey explains how it works.
You'll know the sound of this strange instrument from things like Shostakovich's film scores (maybe) or The Beach Boys song "Good Vibrations", but do you know how to play it and where it came from? Comedian and theremin enthusiast Bill Bailey breaks it down for us.
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Dec 9, 2021 · Once you’ve learned a few instruments, you automatically start thinking about the most ridiculous juxtapositions of instrument and song. Metallica on car horns. A dub reggae version of the Downton Abbey theme.
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He does – and exceptionally well. Bill was classically trained, starting on the pianoaged four. As he often recalls in his Victor Borge-like musical comedy sketches, the first piece he ever played in public was Mozart’s ‘Coronation’ Piano Concerto. He performed it at school with a small chamber orchestra, and even wrote his own cadenza. A particula...
Yes indeed. Bill has perfect pitch and plays numerous instruments from the mandolin to the theremin, which he incorporates into his comedy. The comedian’s musical aptitudes were first spotted in school. He was the only pupil in his year to take A-Level Music, which he passed with an A grade. And it was in school that he was given his nickname, Bill...
After winning Strictly Come Dancingin December, Bill’s dance background was brought up for question by a dazzled public. Bill admitted after his win that many years ago, as a teenager, he had ballroom dance lessons encompassing the waltz, the foxtrot and the quickstep. Billy Elliot-style, Bill had attended a dance school across the road from where ...
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Jun 5, 2024 · One of many instruments that Bailey can play (apparently, he’s now up to 63, including the theremin and the kazoo).
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Dec 9, 2023 · How many different instruments can you play? @Lauren Holford, Facebook “Lots of keyboard-type things. Piano, organ, synthesiser… quite a lot of them. A lot of guitar-type things too – guitars, mandolins, mandolas… There’s quite a lot! I’ve started to learn lots of percussion too, so we’re into the dozens.
