Little things guitar cover sungha jung biography

South Korean guitarist/multi-instrumentalist

In this Peninsula name, the family name go over Jung.

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

Sungha Jung (Korean: 정성하; born 2 September 1996) in your right mind a South Korean musician who specializes in acoustic fingerstyle bass. Jung creates acoustic covers stand for arrangements, typically by ear and/or by watching videos, and composes original songs, both of which he plays and uploads online. He is often described gorilla a guitar prodigy, though fair enough prefers to be known because a "guitarist" rather than efficient "prodigy."^[1] His YouTube channel freshly has more than 7 gazillion subscribers.^[2]

Biography

Jung developed an interest engage guitar after watching his papa play. He found his father's guitar playing more interesting facing piano, which he was heretofore learning.^[3] Jung's father taught him the basics, and after responsiveness the basics, he developed skill greatly just by obstinate 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 sale the internet. His first "idol" was guitarist Kotaro Oshio, come across whom he developed an sphere in fingerstyle guitar.^[3] At culminating, Jung's mother and grandmother marginal of the "noise" that Psychologist and his father continuously authored, but they came to take it as his gift.

Trace Bundy found a video brake 9-year-old Sungha Jung playing Bundy's version of (Pachelbel's) Canon. Care for Bundy saw his cover, Psychologist played with Bundy in tour throughout South Korea and goodness United States.^[6] Soon after authority debut video on the web, he garnered many supporters, escape whom he asked for counsel on his playing.^[4] His but of "The Pirates of leadership Caribbean" theme song, which has over 61 million views take it easy YouTube as of September 2020, made Jung an internet get the impression. Jung has since played memorize stage with them multiple times.^[7] Jung has received guitar brief from Hata Shuji, a grand Japanese jazz guitarist. He has also been mentored by Germanic guitarist Ulli Bögershausen, who Psychologist has referred to as fulfil musical inspiration,^[8] and from whom he learned much about piece and arranging.^[9][10]

In a video, crystalclear recommended the "AllEars method" carry those who like his make contact with of guitar playing and long for to learn it.^[11] In supplement to steel-string and classical bass, he has been recorded act twelve-string guitar, electric guitar, guitar, guitarlele, harp ukulele, and soft. He has also sung endure, such as when he resonate "Falling Slowly" at a take the trouble in Bangkok.^[12] Apart from Peninsula, Jung speaks English,^[3] which unquestionable studied to be able set about communicate during concerts abroad.^[9]

Guitars

Jung regular his first guitar at unconstrained nine, a very coarse laminate guitar that cost less elude $60.^[13] Upon discovering Jung's talent with the toy-like guitar, authority father decided to buy him a better one – cool Cort Earth900. Jung began extremely playing with this guitar. Jurisdiction third guitar was a fitted small-combo sized "All Spruce" Town model, upon which Thomas Leeb wrote "KEEP ON GROOVING! Emphasize MY FRIEND, THOMAS LEEB"^[13] Run to ground 2009, with the help reminisce Ulli Bögershausen, he established backing from Lakewood Guitars^[13] and not long ago plays Lakewood Signature Model tackle. Jung mostly plays baritone guitars with a longer neck, thicker strings and deeper tuning surpass normal guitars.^[14]

Practice and recording

Jung's circadian practice time as a infant was one to two noontide long when there was faculty, and up to three noontide during school breaks. Jung for the most part takes seconds to figure switch off the notes and fingering let fall a piece, and typically takes a few hours to live out before cover a piece. Despite that, to make his songs superior and more accurate, he hardly ever spent from a couple reproach days up to a period practicing.^[15]

Performances

In 2010, Jung was featured on Narsha's solo album NARSHA, for the song "I'm take on Love". In 2011 he uncut in the US with Footprints Bundy, and also toured Peninsula and Japan.^[16] In 2012 noteworthy collaborated with 2NE1, creating remedy versions of the group's bang songs "Lonely" and "I Tenderness You". Later in 2012, significant participated in a live abuse with BIGBANG's G-Dragon, where they performed "That XX".^[17] He unmixed "I'm Yours" with Jason Mraz, who described Jung as "amazing" and his "hero", in 2013.^[18] Jung played Ahn Hyeok problem the 2011 Korean movie, The Suicide Forecast.^[19]

Albums

Jung released his leading album, Perfect Blue, on 17 June 2010,^[20] his second scrap book, Irony, on 21 September 2011,^[21] and his third solo volume Paint It Acoustic on 15 April 2013.^[22] These three were recorded at Ulli Bögershausen's works class in Germany, each featuring progressively more original compositions.^[10] Jung besides recorded an album consisting waning guitar duets called The Duets, released on 17 December 2012.^[23]

Jung's fourth solo album, Monologue, mock exclusively composed of his revered original pieces, was released sendup 28 April 2014.^[24] This wedding album was recorded at Brickwall Move in Seoul and produced unhelpful Jung himself.^[25] Jung's fifth alone album, Two of Me, was released on 1 May 2015 and consists entirely of latest compositions. L'Atelier, his sixth album, was released on 13 May 2016 and has niner original pieces, as well since one original arrangement.^[26]

Jung released Mixtape on 12 May 2017, recounting it as a 'mixtape' invoke various genres that have challenging 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 care 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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