Eltjo Haselhoff
Encyclopedia
Eltjo Haselhoff is a Dutch 'fingerstyle'
guitarist
and composer
. He has played guitar since he was 8 years old, but has never had one single guitar lesson. He does not read or write music
. He also plays several other musical instruments, besides the guitar.
. Soon, the American label Solid Air Records picked Haselhoff's music for release in the USA. Since then, Haselhoff also appeared on various cover albums, including Cole Porter: DeLovely Guitar, Poppin' Guitars: A Tuneful of Sherman and A Guitar for Elvis. Haselhoff's second solo album, Guitar Magic, was released in November 2007. Besides audio CDs, Haselhoff also produced fingerstyle guitar instructional DVDs in English, Dutch and German. This is the only instructional DVD ever made with the same artist speaking three different languages (an Italian version is forthcoming). Eltjo Haselhoff is currently living in the USA.
Fingerstyle guitar
Fingerstyle guitar is the technique of playing the guitar by plucking the strings directly with the fingertips, fingernails, or picks attached to fingers, as opposed to flatpicking ....
guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
and composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
. He has played guitar since he was 8 years old, but has never had one single guitar lesson. He does not read or write music
Musical notation
Music notation or musical notation is any system that represents aurally perceived music, through the use of written symbols.-History:...
. He also plays several other musical instruments, besides the guitar.
Fingerstyle Guitar
After more than 30 years of playing and composing, Haselhoff released his debut CD Fingerstyle Guitar Solos in the year 2005, with the small label Peghead Productions. Fingerstyle is an advanced guitar technique, with the guitarist playing the melody, chords and bass lines all at the same time. The CD was well received, particularly in the USA, where Haselhoff is sometimes compared to guitarist Chet AtkinsChet Atkins
Chester Burton Atkins , known as Chet Atkins, was an American guitarist and record producer who, along with Owen Bradley, created the smoother country music style known as the Nashville sound, which expanded country's appeal to adult pop music fans as well.Atkins's picking style, inspired by Merle...
. Soon, the American label Solid Air Records picked Haselhoff's music for release in the USA. Since then, Haselhoff also appeared on various cover albums, including Cole Porter: DeLovely Guitar, Poppin' Guitars: A Tuneful of Sherman and A Guitar for Elvis. Haselhoff's second solo album, Guitar Magic, was released in November 2007. Besides audio CDs, Haselhoff also produced fingerstyle guitar instructional DVDs in English, Dutch and German. This is the only instructional DVD ever made with the same artist speaking three different languages (an Italian version is forthcoming). Eltjo Haselhoff is currently living in the USA.
Discography
- A Guitar for Elvis (2010)
- Jail House Rock
- Poppin' Guitars (2009)
- Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
- Guitar Magic (2007)
- White Lightning
- The Promised Land
- The Graft
- Little Mill
- Lenentine
- Song for JT
- Never Time To Say Goodbye
- Googol
- Turkey in the Straw
- Summerfield
- Joe Nagle
- Fanny Power
- Planxty Irwin
- Lovers in Las Cruces
- DeLovely Guitar (2007)
- You'd be So Nice To Come Home To
- Acoustic Highlights Vol. 5 (2006)
- Tap Your Other Foot!
- Fingerstyle Guitar Solos (2006)
- Tap Your Other Foot!
- Myosotis
- Tumbo
- Snow in London
- Mugle
- Phoelix & Grimm
- Cornerstone
- The Lowlands of Holland
- Roundback Rag
- Morgan Magan
- Pingu
- Jantine
Videography
- Gitaarlessen voor Kerstmis (Peghead Productions, 2009)
- How to play Fingerstyle Guitar (Peghead Productions, 2009)
- Fingerstyle Gitarrenspiel: Ein kompletter Kurs (Peghead Productions, 2008)
- Complete Cursus Fingerstyle Gitaar (Peghead Productions, 2008)