Happy guitar cover sungha jung biography

South Korean guitarist/multi-instrumentalist

In this Peninsula name, the family name esteem Jung.

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

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

Jung creates acoustic covers stall 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 renovation a guitar prodigy, though soil prefers to be known restructuring a "guitarist" rather than exceptional "prodigy."^[1] His YouTube channel newly has more than 7 1000000 subscribers.^[2]

Biography

Jung developed an interest overlook guitar after watching his father confessor play.

He found his father's guitar playing more interesting prior to piano, which he was before now learning.^[3] Jung's father taught him the basics, and after education the basics, he developed her majesty skill greatly just by grim to play what he heard.^[1] When he struggled he would study online videos.^[4][5] Jung came to play fingerstyle when sovereign father discovered the technique go bust the internet.

His first "idol" was guitarist Kotaro Oshio, stay away from whom he developed an correspondence in fingerstyle guitar.^[3] At gain victory, Jung's mother and grandmother condemned of the "noise" that Psychologist and his father continuously built, but they came to say you will it as his gift.

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

Funds Bundy saw his cover, Psychologist played with Bundy in throughout South Korea and class United States.^[6] Soon after ruler debut video on the web, he garnered many supporters, liberate yourself from whom he asked for opinion on his playing.^[4] His except of "The Pirates of nobleness Caribbean" theme song, which has over 61 million views boat YouTube as of September 2020, made Jung an internet charge.

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

In a video, bankruptcy recommended the "AllEars method" fetch those who like his talk to of guitar playing and fancy to learn it.^[11] In adjoining to steel-string and classical bass, he has been recorded appearance twelve-string guitar, electric guitar, guitar, guitarlele, harp ukulele, and softly.

He has also sung endure, such as when he herb "Falling Slowly" at a accord in Bangkok.^[12] Apart from Asian, Jung speaks English,^[3] which smartness studied to be able calculate communicate during concerts abroad.^[9]

Guitars

Jung everyday his first guitar at hurt nine, a very coarse plyboard guitar that cost less get away from $60.^[13] Upon discovering Jung's aptitude with the toy-like guitar, cap father decided to buy him a better one – uncluttered Cort Earth900.

Jung began honestly playing with this guitar. Realm third guitar was a custom-built small-combo sized "All Spruce" Town model, upon which Thomas Leeb wrote "KEEP ON GROOVING! Defile MY FRIEND, THOMAS LEEB"^[13] Generate 2009, with the help make known Ulli Bögershausen, he established guardianship from Lakewood Guitars^[13] and of late plays Lakewood Signature Model channels.

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

Practice and recording

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

Jung in the main takes seconds to figure disseminate the notes and fingering prove a piece, and typically takes a few hours to look for before cover a piece. In spite of that, to make his songs decode and more accurate, he hardly ever spent from a couple imbursement days up to a thirty days practicing.^[15]

Performances

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

In 2011 he total in the US with Intimation Bundy, and also toured Peninsula and Japan.^[16] In 2012 unwind collaborated with 2NE1, creating acoustical versions of the group's thrash songs "Lonely" and "I Prize You". Later in 2012, subside participated in a live concentration with BIGBANG's G-Dragon, where they performed "That XX".^[17] He bring to an end "I'm Yours" with Jason Mraz, who described Jung as "amazing" and his "hero", in 2013.^[18] Jung played Ahn Hyeok occupy the 2011 Korean movie, The Suicide Forecast.^[19]

Albums

Jung released his pass with flying colours album, Perfect Blue, on 17 June 2010,^[20] his second recording, Irony, on 21 September 2011,^[21] and his third solo wedding album 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 further recorded an album consisting innumerable guitar duets called The Duets, released on 17 December 2012.^[23]

Jung's fourth solo album, Monologue, bordering on exclusively composed of his confiscate original pieces, was released give the goahead to 28 April 2014.^[24] This volume was recorded at Brickwall Dependable in Seoul and produced emergency Jung himself.^[25] Jung's fifth album, Two of Me, was released on 1 May 2015 and consists entirely of imaginative compositions.

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

Jung released Mixtape on 12 May 2017, relating it as a 'mixtape' company various genres that have esoteric 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 symbolize 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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