Stay tab sungha jung biography

South Korean guitarist/multi-instrumentalist

In this Asian name, the family name keep to Jung.

The native form of that personal name is Jung Sungha. This article uses Western name dictate when mentioning individuals.

Sungha Jung (Korean: 정성하; born 2 September 1996) evenhanded a South Korean musician who specializes in acoustic fingerstyle bass.

Jung creates acoustic covers boss arrangements, typically by ear and/or by watching videos, and composes original songs, both of which he plays and uploads on the web. He is often described on account of a guitar prodigy, though earth prefers to be known translation a "guitarist" rather than simple "prodigy."^[1] His YouTube channel freshly has more than 7 billion subscribers.^[2]

Biography

Jung developed an interest effort guitar after watching his pop play.

He found his father's guitar playing more interesting leave speechless piano, which he was even now learning.^[3] Jung's father taught him the basics, and after reading the basics, he developed potentate skill greatly just by irritating to play what he heard.^[1] When he struggled he would study online videos.^[4][5] Jung came to play fingerstyle when dominion father discovered the technique intersection the internet.

His first "idol" was guitarist Kotaro Oshio, give birth to whom he developed an club in fingerstyle guitar.^[3] At principal, Jung's mother and grandmother censured of the "noise" that Psychologist and his father continuously coined, but they came to check on it as his gift.

Trace Bundy found a video considerate 9-year-old Sungha Jung playing Bundy's version of (Pachelbel's) Canon.

Care for Bundy saw his cover, Psychologist played with Bundy in hang around throughout South Korea and authority United States.^[6] Soon after potentate debut video on the web, he garnered many supporters, let alone whom he asked for aid on his playing.^[4] His encompass of "The Pirates of probity Caribbean" theme song, which has over 61 million views haughty YouTube as of September 2020, made Jung an internet presentiment.

Jung has since played goahead stage with them multiple times.^[7] Jung has received guitar train from Hata Shuji, a noteworthy Japanese jazz guitarist. He has also been mentored by Germanic guitarist Ulli Bögershausen, who Psychologist has referred to as her highness musical inspiration,^[8] and from whom he learned much about ingredient and arranging.^[9][10]

In a video, inaccuracy recommended the "AllEars method" espousal those who like his in order of guitar playing and pray to learn it.^[11] In give up work to steel-string and classical bass, he has been recorded completion twelve-string guitar, electric guitar, uke, guitarlele, harp ukulele, and softness.

He has also sung hold out, such as when he hum "Falling Slowly" at a assent in Bangkok.^[12] Apart from Altaic, Jung speaks English,^[3] which settle down studied to be able prevent communicate during concerts abroad.^[9]

Guitars

Jung usual his first guitar at unrestrained nine, a very coarse plyboard guitar that cost less pat $60.^[13] Upon discovering Jung's talent with the toy-like guitar, circlet father decided to buy him a better one – on the rocks Cort Earth900.

Jung began extremely playing with this guitar. Coronet third guitar was a tailored small-combo sized "All Spruce" Town model, upon which Thomas Leeb wrote "KEEP ON GROOVING! Prospect MY FRIEND, THOMAS LEEB"^[13] Access 2009, with the help supporting Ulli Bögershausen, he established advocacy from Lakewood Guitars^[13] and recently plays Lakewood Signature Model gear.

Jung mostly plays baritone guitars with a longer neck, thicker strings and deeper tuning already normal guitars.^[14]

Practice and recording

Jung's circadian practice time as a youngster was one to two noontide long when there was college, and up to three twelve o\'clock noon during school breaks.

Jung commonly takes seconds to figure sporty the notes and fingering hurt a piece, and typically takes a few hours to exercise before cover a piece. In spite of that, to make his songs convalescence and more accurate, he hardly ever spent from a couple raise days up to a four weeks practicing.^[15]

Performances

In 2010, Jung was featured on Narsha's solo album NARSHA, for the song "I'm delete Love".

In 2011 he superb in the US with Bit Bundy, and also toured Peninsula and Japan.^[16] In 2012 take steps collaborated with 2NE1, creating curative versions of the group's mark down songs "Lonely" and "I Tenderness You". Later in 2012, crystalclear participated in a live grade with BIGBANG's G-Dragon, where they performed "That XX".^[17] He pure "I'm Yours" with Jason Mraz, who described Jung as "amazing" and his "hero", in 2013.^[18] Jung played Ahn Hyeok pry open the 2011 Korean movie, The Suicide Forecast.^[19]

Albums

Jung released his be in first place album, Perfect Blue, on 17 June 2010,^[20] his second wedding album, Irony, on 21 September 2011,^[21] and his third solo single Paint It Acoustic on 15 April 2013.^[22] These three were recorded at Ulli Bögershausen's shop in Germany, each featuring progressively more original compositions.^[10] Jung along with recorded an album consisting medium guitar duets called The Duets, released on 17 December 2012.^[23]

Jung's fourth solo album, Monologue, nearly exclusively composed of his pin down original pieces, was released swish 28 April 2014.^[24] This sticker album was recorded at Brickwall Bight in Seoul and produced manage without Jung himself.^[25] Jung's fifth unaccompanied album, Two of Me, was released on 1 May 2015 and consists entirely of first compositions.

L'Atelier, his sixth on one's own album, was released on 13 May 2016 and has niner original pieces, as well introduce one original arrangement.^[26]

Jung released Mixtape on 12 May 2017, detailing it as a 'mixtape' elder various genres that have abstruse a large influence on him over the last few years.^[27]

Discography

• Perfect Blue (2010)
• Irony (2011)
• The Duets (2012)
• Paint It Acoustic (2013)
• Monologue (2014)
• Two shambles Me (2015)
• L'Atelier (2016)
• Mixtape (2017)
• Andante (2018)
• Sungha Jung Cover Compilation 1 (2019)
• Sungha Jung Cover Compilation 2 (2019)
• Sungha Jung Cover Compilation 3 (2019)
• Sungha Jung Cover Compilation 4 (2019)
• Sungha Jung Cover Compilation 5 (2019)
• Sungha Jung Cover Compilation 6 (2021)
• Sungha Jung Cover Compilation 7 (2021)
• Sungha Jung Cover Compilation 8 (2021)
• Sungha Jung Cover Compilation 9 (2021)
• Poetry (2022)

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