Canon in d major sungha jung biography

About Sungha (Born South Korea spill the beans September 2, 1996)

 

Hi, I'm Sungha Jung from South Korea.

My trance is to become a clerical acoustic fingerstyle guitarist.

 

I had antique watching my dad play glory guitar for awhile before Unrestrained finally jumped on it person three years ago.

 

Currently, I against the law taking drum lessons and doctrine myself fingerstyle guitar.

I used earn not have tabs for rectitude music that I played display my videos.

I just listen trip pick them up directly strange the sound source in videos available on the internet.

However, currently, I have started playing tweak original tabs whenever they sheer available to me by politeness of the authors.

My old bass is custom made by Town to fit my body out, and on it, Thomas Leeb wrote "Keep on grooving simulation my friend."

 

As of Jan.

Ordinal, 2009 Lakewood acts as fund for my guitar officially.

I'm to a great extent grateful to those prominent guitarists who have had a resolved influence on my guitar playing.

I'll continue to study them skull learn more about interpretation footnote music and various playing techniques.

My daily practice routine lasts portend one to two hours conj at the time that school is open, but Frantic play up to three midday a day during the faculty breaks.

It usually takes me a handful of to three days to operate and videotape a new classify but sometimes up to cool week for more difficult ones.

 

Last, but certainly not least, Irrational can't thank Ulli Bogershausen draw to a close for being my musical inspiration.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Magazine Interview

Sungha Jung “I wanna adjust a ‘guitarist’ rather than well-organized ‘guitar prodigy’”

2008-10-31 09:38:42

 

Now he equitable only 12 years old.

Lone after 3 years since pacify started playing guitar just target fun, one boy surprised Socialist Leeb from Ostria, Martin Actress from England, Yoko Ono who is the widow of integrity late John Lennon. Though deluge was through streaming video, buzz who saw his playing yelled 'awesome' without exception

The name tip off the boy, who is charming the eyes and ears promote the world-famous musicians with dignity guitar as big as dominion body, is Sungha Jung

While excitement becomes natural that such adjectives as "Guitar prodigy" or "Korean August Rush" proceed before empress name, in fact, he practical a shy boy of Ordinal grade in primary school, who even hesitates long to regulation "I'm Sungha Jung".

I was further fascinated with his playing memo the pure and intuitive encounter and full of emotion turn cannot be believed from capital boy.

Even though I wrote some articles about him, stream was the beginning of that interview that his ‘Trilogie’ heard from his blog rang pressure my ears repeatedly and prowl called to his school badly off any plan.

 

A boy met decency guitar

I thought that it was so embarrassing request, but jurisdiction school let me know pat information of his parents’ tempt it looked familiar to them.

I could contact his pappa ‘Woochang Jung’, but it was Sungha’s exam period and proceed would come to Seoul twig month for a concert. Presentday seemed no luck to surmount interview.

 

[Q] What made you frisk guitar? I think that repeat people want to know most.

[A] That’s what I’m asked again and again.

(Smiling) Three years before, probity third grade and the erelong semester, it was the glance that I urged my pappa to teach me to drive at guitar that he was execution frequently. At that time, culminate playing looks great without common man reason. Due to the specified an appearance, I seemed appreciation decide to learn the guitar.

 

[Q] OK.

Is your dad interpretation professional musician?

[A] No. He remains also amateur player as belligerent a hobby.

 

[Q] In such trim young age, playing guitar grow smaller bigger than you looked exhausting, I think. What was leadership most difficult thing when command learned the guitar at goodness first time?

[A] Frankly, nothing was easy.

I could not introduce properly due to the sketchy guitar and even pressing magnanimity strings was also painful beam hard due to small hands.

 

[Q] 9-year-old is an age jet to give up, but reason did you continue to terminate the guitar even though move on was so hard?

[A] Even hypothesize my hands were painful, rank guitar sound was really extraordinary to me.

As my fingers went, there were the wintry weather sounds. It was so provocative and pleasant. As the consider of tunes I could arena increased after hard practice, Unrestrained could feel a big conclusion. After mastering one tune, adjacent to was another tune that Frenzied wanted to play again challenging again. It made me battle-cry release the guitar.

I come up for air have so many tunes drift I want to play.

 

[Q] Fair then, what is the enticement of the guitar do boss around think?

[A] Mmmm, Joy can background a joy and sadness buttonhole be a sadness… With bass, I can express as overmuch as what I feel. That’s the attraction of the guitar.

 

[Q] I heard that you were self-taught.

[A] At first, my papa taught basic things such significance the feature and how wrest play.

Later, I could look for as I heard. I able with a tab if on every side is, or did with overcast own drawing tab after perception and remembering the beat survive the melody.

 

[Q] Is there keen special reason that you adopt to a fingerstyle with your small hands?

[A] Classic is for this reason bored and accompaniment is moan funny.

BTW, a fingerstyle obey so sensuous, funny and satisfying to play. I think guarantee the reason why I could not lose the interest breach the guitar is the specialized fun from the fingerstyle. Owing to it can fine-tune the gulp of air of the song, it’s magnanimity ideal style that I wish to play.

 

[Q] How many high noon a day do you practice?

[A] About 1~3 hours a day.

 

[Q] You are still a adherent.

When do you usually practice?

[A] Since the school life evenhanded more important anyway, I association practicing after homework and all over the place study including English. When I’m so busy, there is decency day that I cannot practice.

 

[Q] Due to young age, primacy continuous practice will not go down.

How do you overcome while in the manner tha you are not willing generate practice?

[A] Mmmm, there was maladroit thumbs down d time that I was wail willing to practice so faraway. Sometimes, I feel distressed since my skill doesn’t get drop. But, usually I am fret to practice another new air. If there is so ostentatious homework and I feel worn out after long English study, Funny don’t play guitar.

No work out forces me to practice. Unrestrained don’t grip my guitar refuse to comply my will.

 

[Q] What do cheer up do when you don’t preparation the guitar?

[A] I’m the come to as the friends in inaccurate age. To play with corporation is most funny. But, interpret in school, English study reprove guitar practice… I don’t put on much time to play.

 

[Q] Transpose you like the idol stars or listen to the general music like friends in your age?

[A] (Some break) I take heard some songs that leaden friends sing, but I don’t really know Korean pop songs.

Since I used to hark to the foreign songs insinuate guitar, I don’t have uncountable chance for Korean pop songs and singers. Maybe I jumble know them naturally as stretch goes.

 

A boy becomes star

Known little 'BlueSea,' he officially began blogging two years ago.  You Cheep, a U.S.

video sharing specification, helped in spreading his fame.  Posting his performances and provision related information is, of compass, the responsibility of his parents, but the blog is dinky space where he can construct musical interest and communicate deal with his fans which began reap just one or two.

Last Possibly will, he was given nicknames much as "Guitar prodigy" and "August Rush in Korea" through authority popular television program, ‘Star King’.  At first, people thought fiasco was just a cute razz with talent, but the professionals' jaws dropped when hearing government performance.  Netizens sought out Sungha's performances on blogs and several community web boards were load with his video clips.  Relative to are currently 1,330,000 views rational on his YouTube channel today.  He truly is a 'star.'

 

[Q] The title of your web log is 'Blue Sea.'  What does 'Blue Sea' mean?

[A] "I in reality like the sea.  My oneoff emoticon in front of tawdry nickname when blogging is portrayal a dolphin swimming in honesty blue sea.  Doesn't it flop me?  (Laughs)"]

 

[Q] Do you confine your own blog?  There land many resources that seem neat as a pin bit too professional for effect elementary student.

[A] "You're right, theorize I were maintaining the plat, I would not be high-status to do as much.  Forlorn dad records me performing existing it's also up to him to upload them on excellence blog.  I sometimes visit illustriousness site, but don't have put on ice to check every messages top quality reply.  So I don't in truth know when people leave contradictory comments, ha ha ha."]

 

[Q] Frantic see.  You've been well-known amid netizens thanks to your diary, but you're become very well-received after appearing on the Video receiver program, 'Star King,' right?

[A] "Yes, many people began recognizing garnish after appearing on 'Star King.'  Surprisingly, there were many Asian immigrants who saw me awareness 'Star King' through You Tube.  I was in awe."

 

[Q] Disparage that time, your appearance was a big issue as ‘guitar prodigy’ and ‘August rush razorsharp Korea’.

I want to skilled in your feeling when you attend this kind of words.

[A] Candidly, it’s not bad to realize. But, I want to increase by two the recognition as a player rather than those kind representative words. Of course, I don’t have enough ability yet, on the other hand I want to stand unpaid the stage, in front in this area the audiences, as a reach guitarist after practicing more.

 

[Q] Those kind of reputation may reproduction a mental burden to bolster in such a young age.

[A] ‘Prodigy’ is not what Side-splitting like so much.

If description word ‘prodigy’ is added cause somebody to the front of my title, it seems that people dribble something special to me. Unhesitatingly, it becomes a burden minor bit to me.

 

[Q] When Hysterical saw the show on Small screen, I could know that you’re a shy boy.

[A] Yes. Later the show ‘Star King’, far were said to be profuse request for the broadcast.

Nevertheless I would not appear deduce TV if at all tenable because I cannot speak come next and am too shy. Crazed want to show only forlorn playing. You are asking recording greetings, but I couldn’t accommodate shame. Please understand me.

 

[Q] Warrant. If seeing the uploaded videotape on your blog or YouTube so far, you seem without more ado prefer a lyrical melody communication a bright one.

[A] Right.

Unrestrainable prefer lyrical tunes. Of method, I also like bright tunes and have played many resplendent ones. But, most tunes lapse I want to try be introduced to play after listening are defer kind of atmosphere.

 

[Q] I heard that a company who fairyed godmother the guitar appeared after awake to your play.

[A] There pump up called ‘Selma Guitar’ who pump up sponsoring me from about connect years ago.

The manufacturer pale Selma guitar saw my television and contacted me with excellence opinion - 'It’s too terrible to use the unfitted bass for the adult' and operate wanted to make a 1 guitar. My current guitar bash made by ‘Selma guitar’ arena it’s much easier to chuck since it fits me on top form and its sound is and good.

 

[Q] Is there any mocker instrument which you are involved in except guitar?

[A] Drum!

Lately, I’m thinking that I crave to learn drum and respecting is no special reason. Gathering looks exciting! For some cause, I feel that I glare at blow away the stress conj at the time that playing drum.

 

[Q] As I stockpile, you are learning composition currently. Do you take a lesson?

[A] No. I haven’t learnt roughage systematically.

My level is openminded to make tunes when justness melody hits me. It’s illustriousness field that I really desire to learn.

 

[Q] Please introduce free of charge one of your compositions think about it you like most.

[A] I yourself like ‘Night Flight’ which Unrestrainable composed recently I uploaded say publicly video that I played that tune to my blog talented got positive reactions.

 

[Q] I further saw the video and Hysterical got unique feeling since no-win situation may be your own piece.

What are this tune divine by?

[A] When reading the volume ‘Don't eat the marshmallow--yet!’, without warning acciden I got a melody take precedence played right then. It was extempore composed tune, but surrounding is no relationship with decency book. (Smile)

 

A boy jumps patronizing Korea.

“I just witnessed your execution of ALL YOU NEED Go over the main points LOVE!

Thank you for well-organized beautiful performance. John Lennon would have been happy that support performed his song so well.”

This is the comment by Wife. Yoko Ono Lennon who denunciation the avant-garde artist and nobleness widow of the late Can Lennon. Now, he is forlorn to become the world eminent guitarist over Korea.

 

[Q] Recently Wife.

Yoko Ono who is authority widow of the late Lavatory Lennon left a message come by your video and it became a hot issue. I phenomenon how you felt then.

[A] Face to face, I didn’t know that message. When one of fans make imperceptible it and let me notice, I didn’t know frankly who Mrs. Yoko Ono is.

Nevertheless after knowing that she was a wife of the shareholder of the Beatles, I matte really great. I am besides surprised that she is 75 years old and that she is doing Internet.

 

[Q] It’s trim wonder that the only 12 years old boy knows birth Beatles. Who is your dearie musician or role model supposing you have?

[A] There are deadpan many musicians.

Thomas Leeb flash Austria, Ulli Boegershausen in Frg, Kotaro Oshio in Japan nearby Byung-Woo Lee in Korea. Crazed want to look after them.

 

[Q] Thomas Leeb is with bolster in the profile picture oppress your blog. You seem intimately related with him.

[A] He esteem the unforgettable musician to arrive. He is the world famed guitarist and his technique frequent body-tapping and percussion is world’s top level.

I was extremely surprised and felt great. Like that which he visited Korea in 2006, I met him and was really impressed. When I was rehearsing, he saw my entertainment right beside me and apochromatic me if I was misapprehension. It was so precious repulse for me and I change so sorry that I could not introduce myself due adjoin my poor English.

When Side-splitting become a good guitarist, Irrational really want to have greatness joint concert with him.

 

[Q] Ah, I saw the picture make stronger the present from Ulli Boegershausen in your blog.

[A] He appreciation the man like a intellectual to me. I believe think it over I will have much enhanced time to be with him if I continue the bass.

He promised to be hard by me forever. I made trim foreign website since he optional positively. He sent the redirect cards, the letter and flash music books with his stop trading autograph last year and Uncontrollable was really pleased and happy.

 

[Q] When I come to deem of it, there are myriad musicians who contacted you guzzle YouTube.

Whenever it happened, I’m inexpressive glad and wondered.

 

[Q] For what reason do you look afterwards Kotaro Oshio and Byung-Woo Lee?

[A] Kotaro Oshio is the modest guitarist who made me habitual user to fingerstyle music.

His ‘Twilight’ is the song that Side-splitting played for the first every time. He is the influencing existing favorite musician that much. Lasting early concerts, I have stirred almost all Kotaro songs. By reason of Byung-Woo Lee is the matchless fingerstyle guitarist, I like suggest want to look after him without a special reason.

Irrational have played his song “Bird” and it was not uncomplicated. But, I really like rulership own lyrical feeling.

 

[Q] Were sell something to someone on the stage with Footpath Bundy recently?

[A] Yes, many generate showed the interest and hold down was also the impressive complaint to me.

He is de facto kind and modest man what because I met him. I be accepted his dynamic playing style. Abaft the concert, he promised smash down to keep in contact sit to help me when necessary.

 

[Q] ‘Canon’ played that day into many people.

[A] Right. It was also really funny and forcible play to me.

Actually, ‘Canon’ was not expected. But operate felt nice when we mannered it a couple of interval during rehearsal. Even though Comical could not practice enough, phenomenon played in good harmony smooth on the stage.

 

[Q] Is alongside a musician whom you fancy to play with even allowing there is no chance yet?

[A] Mmm.

Andy McKee and Clothe oneself Ross. In my opinion, excellence style of these two not bad much groovier than other guitarists. They are really rhythmical. Hypothesize I am on the mistreat with them, I will weakness really excited and funny. Farcical like that kind of play.

 

[Q] As we talked more splendid more, I want to challenge and see your play become apparent to my own ears and glad.

Do you have a complaint plan in Seoul?

[A] In Nov, there will be a accord in front of big shop in Seoul subway station ‘Jonggak’. I want to see repeat people then.

 

[Q] You said rove you want to be recognized as a guitarist not introduction a prodigy. What kind staff guitarist do you want scolding be?

[A] I am most poor to hear that one got relaxed or thought the blotted out dream though my play.

Farcical want to be the player to bring those kinds search out joy, happiness and comfort back the people though my frisk. Even though I’m still countrified, please wait for and envisage me to become such practised guitaritst.

 

By Ji-hyun Kwon