electronic components and connections occasionally will need repair depending on environment and stress. my ehterwave had been extremely reliable and then it stopped working one day - a year later it started working again.
it would be prudent to make a connection with a shop that does electronic music repairs.
there is no warm up to worry about. environmental changes and the proximity of other people are to worry about. your physical scale is liable to change at a moments notice. no big deal - your mind just recalculates the positions.
walking bass lines are popular because pitch accuracy is not nearly as critical in lower frequency notes (sine waves and other waveforms with less harmonics also makes pitch accuracy less critical). the restriction is on how fast you can accurately move your hand the often more significnat distances between notes.
fingers on a fretted or unfretted bass are ALWAYS going to be faster and more accurate than the theremin. notes played with the fingers are precise and fast. notes played by moving your hand and/or arm will never match that speed and precision.
if you want to play walking bass lines, a bass guitar, bass viol or keyboard will be a better choice.
if you do it on a theremin, you will attract far more attention and interest though.
bending notes and sliding up or down to the note is the nature of the theremin and that characteristic will be far more useful in jass than the walking bass technique in my opinion. you can get blue notes and purple, ultramarine, cobalt, aquamarine and turquoise notes without even trying. as a matter of fact, you will have to try your best NOT to get them. which make the theremin a perfect instrument. for jass and other music that doesn't require the artist to be drawing within the lines.
it would be prudent to make a connection with a shop that does electronic music repairs.
there is no warm up to worry about. environmental changes and the proximity of other people are to worry about. your physical scale is liable to change at a moments notice. no big deal - your mind just recalculates the positions.
walking bass lines are popular because pitch accuracy is not nearly as critical in lower frequency notes (sine waves and other waveforms with less harmonics also makes pitch accuracy less critical). the restriction is on how fast you can accurately move your hand the often more significnat distances between notes.
fingers on a fretted or unfretted bass are ALWAYS going to be faster and more accurate than the theremin. notes played with the fingers are precise and fast. notes played by moving your hand and/or arm will never match that speed and precision.
if you want to play walking bass lines, a bass guitar, bass viol or keyboard will be a better choice.
if you do it on a theremin, you will attract far more attention and interest though.
bending notes and sliding up or down to the note is the nature of the theremin and that characteristic will be far more useful in jass than the walking bass technique in my opinion. you can get blue notes and purple, ultramarine, cobalt, aquamarine and turquoise notes without even trying. as a matter of fact, you will have to try your best NOT to get them. which make the theremin a perfect instrument. for jass and other music that doesn't require the artist to be drawing within the lines.