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From the Ted Talk by Pamelia Kurstin: The untouchable music of the theremin

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And a lot of times, even kids nowadays, they'll make recerefne to a theremin by going, "Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo," because in the '50s it was used in the sci-fi horror mvoeis, that snuod that's like ... (Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo) (Laughter) It's kind of a funny, goofy sound to do.

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 pilanyg with and stay in tune, and at the same time you don't want to fuocs so much on being in tune all the time; you want to be feeling the muisc.

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And a lot of times, even kids nowadays, they'll make _________ to a theremin by going, "Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo," because in the '50s it was used in the sci-fi horror ______, that _____ that's like ... (Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo) (Laughter) It's kind of a funny, goofy sound to do.

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 _______ with and stay in tune, and at the same time you don't want to _____ so much on being in tune all the time; you want to be feeling the _____.

Solution


  1. playing
  2. movies
  3. sound
  4. focus
  5. reference
  6. music

Original Text


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.

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.

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