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This morning I found myself visiting again the page of Sungha Jung, because I just felt the need of listening him again…

The truth is that I was charmed by how he plays the guitar. It is the admiration of somebody knowing that what he sees is out of his reach, and so it is. He plays at 11 better than me, I am not embarrassed to say this in any way. I don’t play fingerstyle guitar and for me what he does there is so fresh that I just can’t stop watching over and over again.

The fact that he is very young and playing with such dexterity makes people consider him a guitar wonder. And if I think about it, why not? I think that Sungha Jung may be considered this way cause I don’t know any other kid of his age to play the way he does fingerstyle guitar.

Keep in mind that he developed this dexterity in only 2 years of playing the guitar!! This is amazing, I don’t want to remember where I was after 2 years playing the guitar cause I wasn’t too far from the starting point…

I was going to embed here a video of Sungha Jung playing More than words of Extreme, first because I love that song and second because Sungha plays it lovely. However, after listening him covering Rylynn of Andy McKee, I had no other choice but to put this one here.

I promise myself to watch this kid in a a few years when probably he will join Andy McKee on stage playing at the same level. Sungha Jung, the professional fingerstyle guitar player, his dream…



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14 Responses to “Again about Sungha Jung”

  1. Woodshed
    February 1st, 2008 at 6:30 pm

    I hope the kid achieves his dream.

    Are you familiar with Rayito. He was a flamenco prodigy (this is the earliest video I can find) and he’s a professional musician now.

    The Sungha of the ukulele is Ryan Imamura.

    I think it’s interesting that kids can be hugely technically adept but develop their own sound and style until they’re older. Sungha’s playing owes a huge amount to Andy McKee and Thomas Leeb and Ryan’s playing is almost identical to Jake Shimabukuro’s. Whether they can go on to be successful depends on whether than can develop their own way of playing. They certainly have the chops.

  2. admin
    February 1st, 2008 at 9:59 pm

    It’s unbelievable, these 2 kids you pointed me to are just amazing! I didn’t know about them, thanks for sharing! I am amazed, I guess kids have a high capacity to learn if properly trained by parents from an early age.

  3. California Dreaming
    February 5th, 2008 at 3:38 pm

    [...] Tip to Guitar Flame for the [...]

  4. R.
    February 15th, 2008 at 5:29 pm

    Amazing! Simply amazing playing.

  5. Ovidiu
    February 15th, 2008 at 6:01 pm

    Yes, and the most important part is he is young and has all the time to go further in his playing

  6. Gitaris cilik jenius “Sungha Jung” « Purnama`s virtual notes
    June 17th, 2008 at 4:25 am

    [...] gitar yang memberikan apresiasi yang sangat baik di web-web mereka. Berikut salah satu statemen di Guitarflame.comguitarflame.com: “The truth is that I was charmed by how he plays the guitar. It is the admiration [...]

  7. Daniel Nyman
    July 6th, 2008 at 2:11 pm

    Wonderboy sungha, what else can u say. Kid plays like a pro. But i have a question…..is it possible to buy or download his music from somewhere else than youtube? Coz i really like to here him play.

  8. Yuliana
    July 19th, 2008 at 8:53 am

    He’s really great!!!
    awesome!!
    do anyone have Sungha email adress?

  9. Ovidiu
    July 20th, 2008 at 12:57 pm

    Yuliana, I don’t have his email address but you can send him a message through the use of his MySpace page here http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.Channel&ChannelID=292406887

  10. Sungha Jung: Then, Now, and the Year in Between — guitarkadia
    September 13th, 2008 at 7:13 am

    [...] and focused makes him different than musicians many years his senior, even. I completely agree with Ovidiu about going to back to see what he’s been playing [...]

  11. Ram
    November 17th, 2008 at 7:28 am

    hi can i ask if sungha has a website? plss email me at digicute18@yahoo.com tnx
    i really like the way he play guitar. i have also few personal questions to ask about how he play maybe he can teach me his method or technique. tnx

  12. Tom
    February 7th, 2009 at 3:22 pm

    i’d definetly like some guitar tabs from him. anyone knows where to find them/

  13. Gregor Rich
    May 8th, 2009 at 3:38 am

    I have played guitar for 51 years. I have taught scores of children. This young mans technical abilities are terrific. He does lack the “soul” to his sound that only time can give. I hope and pray that he stays with it long enough to learn to love it. If I could recommend anyone to him it would be two brilliant technical players that play with heart: Leo Kottke and Joe Pass (sp).

  14. johnny
    October 13th, 2009 at 5:49 pm

    How about checking this kid out

    http://www.youtube.com/user/LuisMetalKid

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