The Tenori-Off Project

Nina brought me to the local Japanese bookstore today because she said that during her last visit, she saw a magazine with a DIY theremin kit included.

I was expecting a cute little theremin replica that would fit in those little Japanese doll rooms with the intricately detailed furniture and knick-knacks.  I was very excited to [...]

I spent most of the day tinkering around with different things.
First, I worked on structuring the lyrics I’ve been writing the past week. It’s finally coming together, I think it’s an okay bunch of words.
I then tried to compose the chorus part on the Tenori-On. I had worked out the main body of the melody earlier [...]

I found this through disquiet.com last night! It’s an amazing piece of hardware that combines a theremin and a keyboard. From the video, it seems like you can play music in the X and Y axis. It looks like you have scales in X and octaves in Y.

It’s just a concept model right now and [...]

I’ve been looking for professional Theremin lessons but there does not seem to be any in my area. As a result, I’ve been learning by following other people play off of YouTube.
I recently found a series of really cool lessons by a guy named Thomas Grillo! This guy is really good. He has amazing control [...]

 
I chanced upon a really cool myspace music page today… The Octopus Project.
The Octopus Project seems to be a synth pop band that uses a theremin. I’m an instant fan.
I should also mentioned that I found this page through a post on Engadget about a solar theremin.
 

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So what is this Tenori thing? Why is this blog called the Tenori-Off Project?
I started this blog because I recently got into creating music with a Tenori-On. And www.tenori-off.com is my attempt at being clever with the domain name. 
Tenori-On which means “sound on your palm” in Japanese is a small aluminum electronic musical instrument with [...]