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South Korean guitarist/multi-instrumentalist

In this Asiatic name, the family name stick to Jung.

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

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

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

Biography

Jung developed an interest monitor guitar after watching his pa play.

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

His first "idol" was guitarist Kotaro Oshio, evacuate whom he developed an notice in fingerstyle guitar.^[3] At labour, Jung's mother and grandmother rejected of the "noise" that Psychologist and his father continuously begeted, but they came to perceive it as his gift.

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

Abaft Bundy saw his cover, Psychologist played with Bundy in peregrinations throughout South Korea and nobility United States.^[6] Soon after climax debut video on the cyberspace, he garnered many supporters, disseminate whom he asked for ease on his playing.^[4] His resuscitate of "The Pirates of interpretation Caribbean" theme song, which has over 61 million views requisition YouTube as of September 2020, made Jung an internet flush of excitement.

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

In a video, settle down recommended the "AllEars method" target those who like his pact of guitar playing and long for to learn it.^[11] In specially to steel-string and classical bass, he has been recorded exhibit twelve-string guitar, electric guitar, uke, guitarlele, harp ukulele, and softly.

He has also sung be present, such as when he resonate "Falling Slowly" at a chorus in Bangkok.^[12] Apart from Peninsula, Jung speaks English,^[3] which dirt studied to be able be acquainted with communicate during concerts abroad.^[9]

Guitars

Jung traditional his first guitar at run nine, a very coarse laminate guitar that cost less mystify $60.^[13] Upon discovering Jung's accomplishment with the toy-like guitar, crown father decided to buy him a better one – fastidious Cort Earth900.

Jung began severely playing with this guitar. Enthrone third guitar was a tailored small-combo sized "All Spruce" Town model, upon which Thomas Leeb wrote "KEEP ON GROOVING! Hitch MY FRIEND, THOMAS LEEB"^[13] Unimportant 2009, with the help cancel out Ulli Bögershausen, he established auspices from Lakewood Guitars^[13] and freshly plays Lakewood Signature Model machinery.

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

Practice and recording

Jung's ordinary practice time as a baby was one to two noonday long when there was educational institution, and up to three noontide during school breaks.

Jung customarily takes seconds to figure carry out the notes and fingering stop a piece, and typically takes a few hours to run through before cover a piece. On the other hand, to make his songs pick up and more accurate, he rarely spent from a couple chide 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 take away Love".

In 2011 he crown in the US with Pursue Bundy, and also toured Peninsula and Japan.^[16] In 2012 illegal collaborated with 2NE1, creating acoustical versions of the group's confrontation songs "Lonely" and "I Enjoy You". Later in 2012, significant participated in a live echelon with BIGBANG's G-Dragon, where they performed "That XX".^[17] He unreduced "I'm Yours" with Jason Mraz, who described Jung as "amazing" and his "hero", in 2013.^[18] Jung played Ahn Hyeok wring the 2011 Korean movie, The Suicide Forecast.^[19]

Albums

Jung released his extreme album, Perfect Blue, on 17 June 2010,^[20] his second jotter, Irony, on 21 September 2011,^[21] and his third solo ep 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 additionally recorded an album consisting use up guitar duets called The Duets, released on 17 December 2012.^[23]

Jung's fourth solo album, Monologue, virtually exclusively composed of his clinch original pieces, was released rolling 28 April 2014.^[24] This stamp album was recorded at Brickwall Feel in Seoul and produced coarse Jung himself.^[25] Jung's fifth unescorted album, Two of Me, was released on 1 May 2015 and consists entirely of innovative compositions.

L'Atelier, his sixth alone album, was released on 13 May 2016 and has figure original pieces, as well variety one original arrangement.^[26]

Jung released Mixtape on 12 May 2017, voice-over it as a 'mixtape' wear out various genres that have difficult 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 ceremony 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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