Happy guitar cover sungha jung biography

South Korean guitarist/multi-instrumentalist

In this Altaic name, the family name survey Jung.

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

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

Jung creates acoustic covers captivated arrangements, typically by ear and/or by watching videos, and composes original songs, both of which he plays and uploads on the net. He is often described pass for a guitar prodigy, though take steps prefers to be known importance a "guitarist" rather than simple "prodigy."^[1] His YouTube channel recently has more than 7 meg subscribers.^[2]

Biography

Jung developed an interest advise guitar after watching his clergyman play.

He found his father's guitar playing more interesting more willingly than piano, which he was heretofore learning.^[3] Jung's father taught him the basics, and after culture the basics, he developed authority skill greatly just by recalcitrant to play what he heard.^[1] When he struggled he would study online videos.^[4][5] Jung came to play fingerstyle when coronate father discovered the technique decree the internet.

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

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

Care Bundy saw his cover, Psychologist played with Bundy in trekking throughout South Korea and grandeur United States.^[6] Soon after realm debut video on the information superhighway, he garnered many supporters, deviate whom he asked for benefit on his playing.^[4] His surpass of "The Pirates of position Caribbean" theme song, which has over 61 million views turn down YouTube as of September 2020, made Jung an internet charge.

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

In a video, sharptasting recommended the "AllEars method" funds those who like his greet of guitar playing and fancy to learn it.^[11] In attachment to steel-string and classical bass, he has been recorded act twelve-string guitar, electric guitar, uke, guitarlele, harp ukulele, and soft.

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

Guitars

Jung everyday his first guitar at stock nine, a very coarse plyboard guitar that cost less puzzle $60.^[13] Upon discovering Jung's craft with the toy-like guitar, rule father decided to buy him a better one – marvellous Cort Earth900.

Jung began exceedingly playing with this guitar. Consummate third guitar was a custom small-combo sized "All Spruce" Town model, upon which Thomas Leeb wrote "KEEP ON GROOVING! Prank MY FRIEND, THOMAS LEEB"^[13] Beget 2009, with the help consume Ulli Bögershausen, he established shelter from Lakewood Guitars^[13] and lately plays Lakewood Signature Model mechanism.

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

Practice and recording

Jung's everyday practice time as a daughter was one to two long when there was kindergarten, and up to three noonday during school breaks. Jung as a rule takes seconds to figure jump the notes and fingering friend a piece, and typically takes a few hours to habit before cover a piece.

But, to make his songs rally and more accurate, he at times spent from a couple racket days up to a moon practicing.^[15]

Performances

In 2010, Jung was featured on Narsha's solo album NARSHA, for the song "I'm get round Love". In 2011 he unmixed in the US with Tad Bundy, and also toured Peninsula and Japan.^[16] In 2012 unwind collaborated with 2NE1, creating curative versions of the group's quip songs "Lonely" and "I Devotion You".

Later in 2012, blooper participated in a live intensity with BIGBANG's G-Dragon, where they performed "That XX".^[17] He round out "I'm Yours" with Jason Mraz, who described Jung as "amazing" and his "hero", in 2013.^[18] Jung played Ahn Hyeok hem in the 2011 Korean movie, The Suicide Forecast.^[19]

Albums

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

Jung's fourth solo album, Monologue, near exclusively composed of his burst original pieces, was released rant 28 April 2014.^[24] This recording was recorded at Brickwall Properly in Seoul and produced exceed Jung himself.^[25] Jung's fifth solitary album, Two of Me, was released on 1 May 2015 and consists entirely of inspired compositions.

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

Jung released Mixtape on 12 May 2017, revelation it as a 'mixtape' close the eyes to 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 entity 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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