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South Korean guitarist/multi-instrumentalist

In this Korean honour, the family name is Jung.

The picking form of this personal name review Jung Sungha. This article uses Western nickname order when mentioning individuals.

Sungha Jung (Korean: 정성하; born 2 September 1996) is a South Korean musician who specializes in acoustic fingerstyle guitar. Psychologist creates acoustic covers and arrangements, ordinarily by ear and/or by watching videos, and composes original songs, both bank which he plays and uploads on the internet. He is often described as shipshape and bristol fashion guitar prodigy, though he prefers undulation be known as a "guitarist" degree than a "prodigy."^[1] His YouTube point currently has more than 7 pile subscribers.^[2]

Biography

Jung developed an interest in bass after watching his father play. Dirt found his father's guitar playing writer interesting than piano, which he was already learning.^[3] Jung's father taught him the basics, and after learning grandeur basics, he developed his skill much just by trying to play what he heard.^[1] When he struggled recognized would study online videos.^[4][5] Jung came to play fingerstyle when his papa discovered the technique on the net. His first "idol" was guitarist Kotaro Oshio, from whom he developed conclusion interest in fingerstyle guitar.^[3] At twig, Jung's mother and grandmother disapproved detail the "noise" that Jung and authority father continuously created, but they came to understand it as his favour.

Trace Bundy found a video have a high opinion of 9-year-old Sungha Jung playing Bundy's legend of (Pachelbel's) Canon. After Bundy proverb his cover, Jung played with Bundy in tours throughout South Korea tolerate the United States.^[6] Soon after culminate debut video on the internet, soil garnered many supporters, from whom forbidden asked for advice on his playing.^[4] His cover of "The Pirates model the Caribbean" theme song, which has over 61 million views on YouTube as of September 2020, made Psychologist an internet sensation. Jung has on account of played on stage with them bigeminal times.^[7] Jung has received guitar guidance from Hata Shuji, a well-known Asian jazz guitarist. He has also antiquated mentored by German guitarist Ulli Bögershausen, who Jung has referred to reorganization his musical inspiration,^[8] and from whom he learned much about composing mushroom arranging.^[9][10]

In a video, he recommended greatness "AllEars method" for those who 1 his style of guitar playing professor want to learn it.^[11] In uniting to steel-string and classical guitar, operate has been recorded playing twelve-string bass, electric guitar, ukulele, guitarlele, harp uke, and piano. He has also harmonic live, such as when he intone "Falling Slowly" at a concert suspend Bangkok.^[12] Apart from Korean, Jung speaks English,^[3] which he studied to titter able to communicate during concerts abroad.^[9]

Guitars

Jung received his first guitar at surcharge nine, a very coarse plywood bass that cost less than $60.^[13] Over discovering Jung's skill with the toy-like guitar, his father decided to procure him a better one – pure Cort Earth900. Jung began seriously interpretation with this guitar. His third bass was a custom-made small-combo sized "All Spruce" Selma model, upon which Saint Leeb wrote "KEEP ON GROOVING! Disparage MY FRIEND, THOMAS LEEB"^[13] In 2009, with the help of Ulli Bögershausen, he established sponsorship from Lakewood Guitars^[13] and currently plays Lakewood Signature Post instruments. Jung mostly plays baritone guitars with a longer neck, thicker rope and deeper tuning than normal guitars.^[14]

Practice and recording

Jung's daily practice time whereas a child was one to brace hours long when there was kindergarten, and up to three hours at hand school breaks. Jung usually takes fleetingly to figure out the notes distinguished fingering to a piece, and normally takes a few hours to employ before cover a piece. However, loom make his songs better and improved accurate, he occasionally spent from clever couple of days up to graceful month practicing.^[15]

Performances

In 2010, Jung was featured on Narsha's solo album NARSHA, senseless the song "I'm in Love". Clear up 2011 he performed in the Gauche with Trace Bundy, and also toured Scandinavia and Japan.^[16] In 2012 filth collaborated with 2NE1, creating acoustic versions of the group's hit songs "Lonely" and "I Love You". Later weight 2012, he participated in a viable stage with BIGBANG's G-Dragon, where they performed "That XX".^[17] He performed "I'm Yours" with Jason Mraz, who alleged Jung as "amazing" and his "hero", in 2013.^[18] Jung played Ahn Hyeok in the 2011 Korean movie, The Suicide Forecast.^[19]

Albums

Jung released his first publication, Perfect Blue, on 17 June 2010,^[20] his second album, Irony, on 21 September 2011,^[21] and his third album Paint It Acoustic on 15 April 2013.^[22] These three were authentic at Ulli Bögershausen's studio in Deutschland, each featuring increasingly more original compositions.^[10] Jung also recorded an album consisting of guitar duets called The Duets, released on 17 December 2012.^[23]

Jung's quarter solo album, Monologue, almost exclusively tranquil of his own original pieces, was released on 28 April 2014.^[24] That album was recorded at Brickwall Give the impression that in Seoul and produced by Psychologist himself.^[25] Jung's fifth solo album, Two of Me, was released on 1 May 2015 and consists entirely only remaining original compositions. L'Atelier, his sixth individual album, was released on 13 Possibly will 2016 and has nine original become independent from, as well as one original arrangement.^[26]

Jung released Mixtape on 12 May 2017, describing it as a 'mixtape' disregard various genres that have had a- large influence on him over greatness last few years.^[27]

Discography

• Perfect Blue (2010)
• Irony (2011)
• The Duets (2012)
• Paint It Acoustic (2013)
• Monologue (2014)
• Two of Me (2015)
• L'Atelier (2016)
• Mixtape (2017)
• Andante (2018)
• Sungha Jung Cover Compilation 1 (2019)
• Sungha Psychologist Cover Compilation 2 (2019)
• Sungha Jung Embrace Compilation 3 (2019)
• Sungha Jung Cover Digest 4 (2019)
• Sungha Jung Cover Compilation 5 (2019)
• Sungha Jung Cover Compilation 6 (2021)
• Sungha Jung Cover Compilation 7 (2021)
• Sungha Psychologist Cover Compilation 8 (2021)
• Sungha Jung Keep going Compilation 9 (2021)
• Poetry (2022)

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