Roger Tallroth
Encyclopedia
Karl Johan Roger Tallroth, born in 1958, is a Swedish
folk musician
and composer, best known as a member of the band Väsen
. He was educated at the Sjövik
Folk High School and the School of Music in Örebro University
. Principally a guitar
ist, he also plays other stringed instruments such as the bouzouki
, ukulele
, mandola
, mandolin
, fiddle
, viola
, oud
and double bass
. He also works as an arranger
, and teaches
at both the Royal College of Music
in Stockholm and in Örebro University
.
In groups such as Väsen
, Tallroth has created a personal playing style which often includes alternative tunings
(especially A-D-A-D-A-D on the guitar
) and distinct rhythmic patterns.
He has worked with musicians such as Annbjørg Lien
and Sofia Karlsson
, and collaborated on the theatrical production Hästen och tranan.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
folk musician
Swedish folk music
Swedish folk music is a genre of music based largely on folkloric collection work that began in the early 19th century in Sweden. The primary instrument of Swedish folk music is the fiddle. Another common instrument, unique to Swedish traditions, is the nyckelharpa...
and composer, best known as a member of the band Väsen
Väsen
Väsen is a Swedish folk music band originally consisting of Olov Johansson , Mikael Marin and Roger Tallroth . Later André Ferrari also joined the group. they have released 14 albums, and have toured every year also outside of Europe...
. He was educated at the Sjövik
Sjövik
Sjövik is a locality situated in Lerum Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 892 inhabitants in 2005....
Folk High School and the School of Music in Örebro University
Örebro University
Örebro University is a state university in Örebro, Sweden.University-level education in Örebro started in 1960s, when Uppsala University started to give some courses in Örebro. On the basis of these activities, an independent högskola was created in 1977 under the name Högskolan i Örebro...
. Principally a guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
ist, he also plays other stringed instruments such as the bouzouki
Bouzouki
The bouzouki , is a musical instrument with Greek origin in the lute family. A mainstay of modern Greek music, the front of the body is flat and is usually heavily inlaid with mother-of-pearl. The instrument is played with a plectrum and has a sharp metallic sound, reminiscent of a mandolin but...
, ukulele
Ukulele
The ukulele, ; from ; it is a subset of the guitar family of instruments, generally with four nylon or gut strings or four courses of strings....
, mandola
Mandola
The mandola or tenor mandola is a fretted, stringed musical instrument. It is to the mandolin what the viola is to the violin: the four double courses of strings tuned in fifths to the same pitches as the viola , a fifth lower than a mandolin...
, mandolin
Mandolin
A mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
, fiddle
Fiddle
The term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...
, viola
Viola
The viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...
, oud
Oud
The oud is a pear-shaped stringed instrument commonly used in North African and Middle Eastern music. The modern oud and the European lute both descend from a common ancestor via diverging paths...
and double bass
Double bass
The double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...
. He also works as an arranger
Arrangement
The American Federation of Musicians defines arranging as "the art of preparing and adapting an already written composition for presentation in other than its original form. An arrangement may include reharmonization, paraphrasing, and/or development of a composition, so that it fully represents...
, and teaches
Teacher
A teacher or schoolteacher is a person who provides education for pupils and students . The role of teacher is often formal and ongoing, carried out at a school or other place of formal education. In many countries, a person who wishes to become a teacher must first obtain specified professional...
at both the Royal College of Music
Royal College of Music, Stockholm
The Royal College of Music, Stockholm is the oldest institution of higher education in music in Sweden, founded in 1771 as the conservatory of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music...
in Stockholm and in Örebro University
Örebro University
Örebro University is a state university in Örebro, Sweden.University-level education in Örebro started in 1960s, when Uppsala University started to give some courses in Örebro. On the basis of these activities, an independent högskola was created in 1977 under the name Högskolan i Örebro...
.
In groups such as Väsen
Väsen
Väsen is a Swedish folk music band originally consisting of Olov Johansson , Mikael Marin and Roger Tallroth . Later André Ferrari also joined the group. they have released 14 albums, and have toured every year also outside of Europe...
, Tallroth has created a personal playing style which often includes alternative tunings
Musical tuning
In music, there are two common meanings for tuning:* Tuning practice, the act of tuning an instrument or voice.* Tuning systems, the various systems of pitches used to tune an instrument, and their theoretical bases.-Tuning practice:...
(especially A-D-A-D-A-D on the guitar
Guitar tunings
Guitar tunings almost always refers to the pitch of the open string, though some tunings may only realistically be attained by the use of a capo on an unmodified instrument....
) and distinct rhythmic patterns.
He has worked with musicians such as Annbjørg Lien
Annbjørg Lien
Annbjørg Lien is a Norwegian musician. She plays the hardingfele , violin, and nyckelharpa....
and Sofia Karlsson
Sofia Karlsson (singer)
Sofia Karlsson , is a Swedish folk singer.-Biography:Sofia Karlsson grew up in Enskede, Stockholm. She attended the folk music department of the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. From 1998 to 2002 she was a full time member in Swedish folk music act Groupa...
, and collaborated on the theatrical production Hästen och tranan.
With Väsen
- Väsen, 1990
- Vilda Väsen, 1992
- Essence, 1994
- Levande Väsen (Väsen Live), 1995
- Spirit, 1997
- Världens Väsen (Whirled), 1997
- Gront, 1999
- Live at the Nordic Roots Festival, 2001
- Trio, 2003
- Keyed Up, 2004
- Live in Japan, 2005
- Linnaeus Väsen, 2007
- Mike Marshall and Darol Anger with Väsen, 2007
- Väsen Street, 2009