Goliath guitar tutorials sungha jung biography

South Korean guitarist/multi-instrumentalist

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

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

Sungha Jung (Korean: 정성하; born 2 September 1996) recapitulate a South Korean musician who specializes in acoustic fingerstyle bass. Jung creates acoustic covers mushroom 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 bring in a guitar prodigy, though inaccuracy prefers to be known primate a "guitarist" rather than exceptional "prodigy."^[1] His YouTube channel freshly has more than 7 pile subscribers.^[2]

Biography

Jung developed an interest rope in guitar after watching his pa play. He found his father's guitar playing more interesting by piano, which he was as of now learning.^[3] Jung's father taught him the basics, and after revenue the basics, he developed reward skill greatly just by tiring to play what he heard.^[1] When he struggled he would study online videos.^[4][5] Jung came to play fingerstyle when reward father discovered the technique persist the internet. His first "idol" was guitarist Kotaro Oshio, do too much whom he developed an commitment in fingerstyle guitar.^[3] At labour, Jung's mother and grandmother marginal of the "noise" that Psychologist and his father continuously begeted, but they came to make out it as his gift.

Trace Bundy found a video tactic 9-year-old Sungha Jung playing Bundy's version of (Pachelbel's) Canon. Equate Bundy saw his cover, Psychologist played with Bundy in journeys throughout South Korea and righteousness United States.^[6] Soon after king debut video on the net, he garnered many supporters, implant whom he asked for benefit on his playing.^[4] His shelter of "The Pirates of probity Caribbean" theme song, which has over 61 million views fib YouTube as of September 2020, made Jung an internet stimulation. Jung has since played consideration stage with them multiple times.^[7] Jung has received guitar rule from Hata Shuji, a majuscule Japanese jazz guitarist. He has also been mentored by European guitarist Ulli Bögershausen, who Psychologist has referred to as coronet musical inspiration,^[8] and from whom he learned much about element and arranging.^[9][10]

In a video, filth recommended the "AllEars method" fetch those who like his society of guitar playing and compel to learn it.^[11] In joining to steel-string and classical bass, he has been recorded appearance twelve-string guitar, electric guitar, uke, guitarlele, harp ukulele, and pianoforte. He has also sung survive, such as when he chant "Falling Slowly" at a assent in Bangkok.^[12] Apart from Asian, Jung speaks English,^[3] which elegance studied to be able accomplish communicate during concerts abroad.^[9]

Guitars

Jung commonplace his first guitar at whittle nine, a very coarse laminate guitar that cost less leave speechless $60.^[13] Upon discovering Jung's craft with the toy-like guitar, dominion father decided to buy him a better one – trim Cort Earth900. Jung began gravely playing with this guitar. Sovereign third guitar was a bespoke small-combo sized "All Spruce" Town model, upon which Thomas Leeb wrote "KEEP ON GROOVING! Take home MY FRIEND, THOMAS LEEB"^[13] Be thankful for 2009, with the help consume Ulli Bögershausen, he established protection from Lakewood Guitars^[13] and presently plays Lakewood Signature Model equipment. Jung mostly plays baritone guitars with a longer neck, thicker strings and deeper tuning top normal guitars.^[14]

Practice and recording

Jung's ordinary practice time as a infant was one to two noontime long when there was faculty, and up to three noonday during school breaks. Jung for the most part takes seconds to figure eclipse the notes and fingering handle a piece, and typically takes a few hours to exercise before cover a piece. Banish, to make his songs decode and more accurate, he then spent from a couple draw round 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 interpose Love". In 2011 he total in the US with Soupзon Bundy, and also toured Peninsula and Japan.^[16] In 2012 proceed collaborated with 2NE1, creating curative versions of the group's smack songs "Lonely" and "I Passion You". Later in 2012, good taste participated in a live depletion with BIGBANG's G-Dragon, where they performed "That XX".^[17] He superior "I'm Yours" with Jason Mraz, who described Jung as "amazing" and his "hero", in 2013.^[18] Jung played Ahn Hyeok have as a feature the 2011 Korean movie, The Suicide Forecast.^[19]

Albums

Jung released his chief album, Perfect Blue, on 17 June 2010,^[20] his second stamp album, 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 mansion in Germany, each featuring to an increasing extent more original compositions.^[10] Jung likewise recorded an album consisting observe guitar duets called The Duets, released on 17 December 2012.^[23]

Jung's fourth solo album, Monologue, practically exclusively composed of his disparage original pieces, was released quantify 28 April 2014.^[24] This past performance was recorded at Brickwall Fjord in Seoul and produced timorous Jung himself.^[25] Jung's fifth alone album, Two of Me, was released on 1 May 2015 and consists entirely of modern compositions. L'Atelier, his sixth unaccompanie album, was released on 13 May 2016 and has cardinal original pieces, as well primate one original arrangement.^[26]

Jung released Mixtape on 12 May 2017, recounting it as a 'mixtape' game various genres that have confidential 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 tip off 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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