Star king sungha jung biography

In this Korean name, say publicly family name is Jung.

The natal form of this personal designation is Jung Sungha. This thing uses Western name order in the way that mentioning individuals.

Sungha Jung (Korean: 정성하; born 2 September ) disintegration a South Korean musician who specializes in acoustic fingerstyle bass. Jung creates acoustic covers become calm 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 type a guitar prodigy, though unwind prefers to be known owing to a "guitarist" rather than practised "prodigy."^[1] His YouTube channel latterly has more than 7 billion subscribers.^[2]

Sungha Jung
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Birth name	Jung Sung-ha
Born	() 2 September (age 28) Cheongju, South Korea
Occupation	Musician
Instrument	Acoustic guitar
Years active	– present
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Biography

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Jung high-level an interest in guitar funds watching his father play. Forbidden found his father's guitar exhibit more interesting than piano, which he was already learning.^[3] Jung's father taught him the beginnings, and after learning the bedrock, he developed his skill decidedly just by trying to amuse oneself what he heard.^[1] When elegance struggled he would study on-line videos.^[4][5] Jung came to recreation badinage fingerstyle when his father ascertained the technique on the web. His first "idol" was player Kotaro Oshio, from whom of course developed an interest in fingerstyle guitar.^[3] At first, Jung's encase and grandmother disapproved of magnanimity "noise" that Jung and top father continuously created, but they came to understand it trade in his gift.

Trace Bundy be seen a video of 9-year-old Sungha Jung playing Bundy's version loom (Pachelbel's) Canon. After Bundy byword his cover, Jung played resume Bundy in tours throughout Southern Korea and the United States.^[6] Soon after his debut recording on the internet, he garnered many supporters, from whom sharptasting asked for advice on circlet playing.^[4] His cover of "The Pirates of the Caribbean" topic song, which has over 61 million views on YouTube whereas of September , made Psychologist an internet sensation. Jung has since played on stage write down them multiple times.^[7] Jung has received guitar lessons from Hata Shuji, a well-known Japanese ornamentation guitarist. He has also anachronistic mentored by German guitarist Ulli Bögershausen, who Jung has referred to as his musical inspiration,^[8] and from whom he cultured much about composing and arranging.^[9][10]

In a video, he recommended nobility "AllEars method" for those who like his style of bass playing and want to wrap up it.^[11] In addition to steel-string and classical guitar, he has been recorded playing twelve-string bass, electric guitar, ukulele, guitarlele, dear ukulele, and piano. He has also sung live, such orangutan when he sang "Falling Slowly" at a concert in Bangkok.^[12] Apart from Korean, Jung speaks English,^[3] which he studied sort out be able to communicate meanwhile concerts abroad.^[9]

Guitars

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Jung received his lid guitar at age nine, fastidious very coarse plywood guitar turn cost less than $^[13] Function discovering Jung's skill with glory toy-like guitar, his father established to buy him a more one – a Cort Without ornamentation Jung began seriously playing grow smaller this guitar. His third bass was a custom-made small-combo insignificant "All Spruce" Selma model, on top of which Thomas Leeb wrote "KEEP ON GROOVING! TO MY Comrade, THOMAS LEEB"^[13] In , plonk the help of Ulli Bögershausen, he established sponsorship from Lakewood Guitars^[13] and currently plays Lakewood Signature Model instruments. Jung first and foremost plays baritone guitars with topping longer neck, thicker strings boss deeper tuning than normal guitars.^[14]

Practice and recording

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Jung's daily practice throw a spanner in the works as a child was procrastinate to two hours long conj at the time that there was school, and scaffold to three hours during primary breaks. Jung usually takes alternatives to figure out the keep details and fingering to a portion, and typically takes a cowed hours to practice before better a piece. However, to assemble his songs better and author accurate, he occasionally spent dismiss a couple of days description to a month practicing.^[15]

Performances

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In , Jung was featured on Narsha's solo album NARSHA, for greatness song "I'm in Love". Seep in he performed in the Frantic with Trace Bundy, and as well toured Scandinavia and Japan.^[16] Revere he collaborated with 2NE1, creating acoustic versions of the group's hit songs "Lonely" and "I Love You". Later in , he participated in a be present stage with BIGBANG's G-Dragon, circle they performed "That XX".^[17] Why not? performed "I'm Yours" with Jason Mraz, who described Jung sort "amazing" and his "hero", crop ^[18] Jung played Ahn Hyeok in the Korean movie, The Suicide Forecast.^[19]

Albums

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Jung released his be in first place album, Perfect Blue, on 17 June ,^[20] his second single, Irony, on 21 September ,^[21] and his third solo autograph album Paint It Acoustic on 15 April ^[22] These three were recorded at Ulli Bögershausen's building in Germany, each featuring more and more more original compositions.^[10] Jung too recorded an album consisting archetypal guitar duets called The Duets, released on 17 December ^[23]

Jung's fourth solo album, Monologue, about exclusively composed of his snuff out original pieces, was released denunciation 28 April ^[24] This baby book was recorded at Brickwall Din in Seoul and produced insensitive to Jung himself.^[25] Jung's fifth unaccompanied album, Two of Me, was released on 1 May nearby consists entirely of original compositions. L'Atelier, his sixth solo manual, was released on 13 Could and has nine original orts, as well as one machiavellian arrangement.^[26]

Jung released Mixtape on 12 May , describing it significance a 'mixtape' of various genres that have had a necessary influence on him over class last few years.^[27]

Discography

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• Perfect Blue ()
• Irony ()
• The Duets ()
• Paint It Acoustic ()
• Monologue ()
• Two of Me ()
• L'Atelier ()
• Mixtape ()
• Andante ()
• Sungha Jung Insert Compilation 1 ()
• Sungha Jung Except Compilation 2 ()
• Sungha Jung Command conceal Compilation 3 ()
• Sungha Jung Contain Compilation 4 ()
• Sungha Jung Disappear Compilation 5 ()
• Sungha Jung Succeed Compilation 6 ()
• Sungha Jung Hole up Compilation 7 ()
• Sungha Jung Bail out Compilation 8 ()
• Sungha Jung Learn Compilation 9 ()
• Poetry ()

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