The prospect of such precise hand-hewing has Patrick La Chapelle, a 25-year-old apprentice, salivating.
Because it is played with precise hand movements through the air, the theremin is notoriously difficult to master.
With enormous eyes that accentuate frequent facial contortions, and her quick, precise hand gestures, Ferran, 25, is an effortlessly entertaining storyteller.
With precise hand gestures Mr. Nelsons blocked out Bartok's complex meter changes while the rest of his body turned, danced and lunged like that of a fencer.
They have agreed to stop aerial spraying within 300 yards of lakes, bays and rivers, where more precise hand-spraying is now the rule.
The theremin is played by manipulating an electrical field with tiny, precise hand gestures; the smallest movement of the player immediately affects pitch and volume.
So everyday communication in a geographic language provides the most intense imaginable drilling in geographic orientation (it has been estimated that as much as 1 word in 10 in a normal Guugu Yimithirr conversation is "north," "south," "west" or "east," often accompanied by precise hand gestures).
We estimate a precise hand position using mean shift [16, 17], a local maximum detection method.
Those changes in hand anatomy gave rise to more powerful and precise hand motions, according to hand surgeon Scott Wolfe.
Neuroscientists have long been puzzled by how our brains work out the three-dimensional (3D) shape and position of objects from 2D retinal images, a talent needed to plan precise hand movements such as catching a ball midflight.
