lets be real, we've known for a very long time that Sungha was going to be a legend when he was grown

@localmilfchaser6938

Жыл бұрын

Who is he

@veilofstars2058

Жыл бұрын

@@localmilfchaser6938 he's been a guitarist on KZread for years and has always been extremely technically proficient

@watermydriedupsoul

Жыл бұрын

@@veilofstars2058 Lol he's been a guitarist on KZread for nearly all his life.

@veilofstars2058

Жыл бұрын

@@watermydriedupsoul ...yeah?

@watermydriedupsoul

Жыл бұрын

@@veilofstars2058 yup2x

Imagine Sungha Jung, Ichika Nito, Tim Henson, in the same room, jamming. Must be insane!

@naturelife7536

Жыл бұрын

One can only dream

@VIEWITIS

Жыл бұрын

Are we talkin' a bedroom or what?

@zigvelasco6125

Жыл бұрын

@@VIEWITIS even better 💀

@vn_1

Жыл бұрын

Writing a good song and being able to jam are completely two different things. Tim has acknowledged the fact that he is not good at improv.

@greeksdorok

Жыл бұрын

Too many cooks.

He played the Intro about a month ago. This is him revisiting the song so this is not the first time he’s heard it.

@gigihandi7075

Жыл бұрын

Ya he told that Still amazed me 😵‍💫

@jyaj007

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a hating azz MF

@Rolo58077

Жыл бұрын

Doesn't matter if it was first or not, still played it beautifully

@EffingFox

Жыл бұрын

Okay, that makes me feel slightly better, but regardless, thus guy is nutty.

@krismacapaz609

Жыл бұрын

It makes me feel better that it's not his first time listening to it and after listening countless times I can't play any part of it, yeah I'll just continue to listen

I love how he is concentrating to getting the song right and people in the chat are like "RIVER FLOWS IN YOUU PLEEAAASEEE"

@andreghazaliarmi9147

Жыл бұрын

yaaaa like why asking that again again again . he alr put on youtube hahahah

@_PaperbagGhost

Ай бұрын

why do people want to hear that overplayed song so much.. what is there to like about it :V

@mrchung

Ай бұрын

@@_PaperbagGhost It's a good song fuck you

@isntitrich000

7 күн бұрын

Fr I’m so sick of that song

I feel bad for the chat that don't know that they're in a presence of a god asking him to play river flows in you

@lionelcooper7251

Жыл бұрын

One of the most overrated song request ever, lol.

@stephen5808

Жыл бұрын

@@lionelcooper7251 find happiness

@johnb4593

Жыл бұрын

@@lionelcooper7251 The piece is not overrated, just a bit overplayed

@donutyue

Жыл бұрын

Why was chat basic af 😩

@setiajumpman

Жыл бұрын

that guy is a dog

Imagine a polyphia track featuring Sungha. Imaaagine.

@rodrigozany9336

Жыл бұрын

Ou o Ichika nitto

@nahshnahsuhe3547

Жыл бұрын

No stop , no to kpop ew

@leobaiaeu

Жыл бұрын

@@rodrigozany9336 ja tem mano, se chama death note, ta no album new levels new devils

@rodrigozany9336

Жыл бұрын

@@leobaiaeu po vou já dar uma olhada, obrigado

@anuvette

Жыл бұрын

@@rodrigozany9336 polyphia collabed with ichika before

7 minutes to learn how to play one of the most insane piece out there...he's not from this world. Hands down.

@casuallabour665

Жыл бұрын

some ppl in the comments say he had played the song a month prior

@casuallabour665

Жыл бұрын

@@pR0ManiacS he says "I haven't played this song but the intro" so he's played the intro/main riff. I'm not disparaging the guy, he's a legend. Have watched him since he was a child.

@pR0ManiacS

Жыл бұрын

@@casuallabour665 ahh but the intro he said. I honestly misheard, we're all happy that he continued on yt and we could acknowledge his evolution. As a guitarist and as a person.

@bang8782

Жыл бұрын

He said he’s played the intro… lol

@sonamwangchuk4350

Жыл бұрын

@@Leo23XR who’s fooling who? of course he heard and played the intro before this was played….he said so himself if u listened carefully….

the fact that he unconsciously adds percussion slaps making the song EVEN harder is mind-boggling.

@davidsantiago7808

21 күн бұрын

actually it makes the song easier as it's not difficult for an experienced guitar player to incorporate and it helps him stay in rhythm. it would only be difficult if you've never done it before.

Crazy how FAST he actually learns. Highly impressive

@kyleheron38

9 ай бұрын

Not to mention, he begins by playing it at tempo. Pure madness

@axelvanhulst

9 ай бұрын

@@pixtlewint5095 idk if you watched the video but he did not read a single tab in this video, he's learning by ear

@pixtlewint5095

9 ай бұрын

@@axelvanhulst ah, my bad.

@bnjabravo

8 ай бұрын

@@axelvanhulst i mean yeah hes not reading and still remember the song and thats impressive but hes not learning the song by ear, not even an aboslute pitch guy can play the exact same digitation at that speed with just knowing the song, he obviously already knew a bit of the song, still amazing execution btw

@twothreeoneoneseventwoonefour5

8 ай бұрын

@@bnjabravo "not even an aboslute pitch guy can play the exact same digitation at that speed" - an absolute pitch guy can hear every note no problem just like you can hear English(or your native language) at any speed even like 2x. An experienced AP "guy" can hear notes in such bpms as even 400bpm 4ths. So it is a skill issue whether he can play it or not. It is still playing by ear, because he didn't look at any tabs (probably even before).

His musical hearing capabilities is insane

I been following him for years...and I stopped watching all his videos because he is too good. But its hilarious how good he is to just pick up a difficult song like this in no time. Sungha is the the best fingerstyle guitarist

@borgssolpico5141

Жыл бұрын

Try the doo man

@kevinh4042

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I try not to watch too many of Sungha's vids or it'll make me want to quit.

@LordDTwigo

Жыл бұрын

Marcin?

@giovannimontagnana6262

Жыл бұрын

@@LordDTwigo Marcin is way better but very repetitive

@thestoebz

Жыл бұрын

Ichika would like a word

I know its not the first time hes played this but i wouldnt be surprised if it was. Dudes been shredding better than most guitarists at the age of 10

@benjoshd3386

Жыл бұрын

facts

@henrikswanstrom9218

Жыл бұрын

He is definitely godlike at guitar. But there's no way this is the first time he has played or listened to the song. Some songs are pretty easy to just pick up and mimic after a first listen, but this insane proggy shit is just impossible to transpose via ear on your first listen. This only applies to the main intro riff. The other riffs that he's playing after could very well be transposed after a first listen because it's much simpler.

@maximooze3196

Жыл бұрын

@@henrikswanstrom9218 how would you know? you know, its also impossible to know what you know right? 🫠

@henrikswanstrom9218

Жыл бұрын

@@maximooze3196 There's just no way you're able to listen to a riff like this once and transpose it instantly with 0 error. Everything is correct, down from the augmented chords to the weird syncopated notation and random arpeggios. You can hear the parts that he's playing for the first time in this video, being the sections after the main riff. How do you hear it's the first time he played it? Because he does alot of mistakes and plays it wrong. He knows what scale the song is in though so he can improvise the skill in 4/4 instead. But the main riff which is, probably 5 times harder and more complex he plays pretty much flawlessly. It's really telling.

@brianwyoder

Жыл бұрын

@@henrikswanstrom9218 Its harmonically straightforward and the melody is completely diatonic. I was able to guess the chords first try when I played just based on music theory and experience AND I don't have good chops. It's seems realistic this guy could get this far on one listen .

AND WHO CARES IF HE HAS PLAYED IT A WEEK AGO OR A MONTH? STILL REMAINS AN INCREDIBLE TALENT AND WONDERFUL TO HEAR, SIMPLY WONDERFUL!

@anotherordinaryguyplayingg5308

Жыл бұрын

Thats my kind of reply 😂

@anko_dtm

Жыл бұрын

all caps,

@Lann._

Жыл бұрын

Cringe

@sudhramjutun5694

11 ай бұрын

​@@Lann._ you must be a kid.

@Lann._

11 ай бұрын

@@sudhramjutun5694 and u must be fatherless

He just goes and made the 6:00 part even more Bossa Nova-er, insanely skilled beyond talent

@bhaskarbaruah5075

Жыл бұрын

haha that's something similar to his Original (Catching the Beat)

@ricksouza9299

Жыл бұрын

as a brazilian, I have to tell you thats not more bossa nova lol that sounds like funk or some other yankee style not bossa

@fernanjoui

Жыл бұрын

​@@ricksouza9299 concordo

@jonas8993

Жыл бұрын

yeah. Actually, the bossa nova part is nice in the song, but players like Sungha are used to play things like this so...

@ricksouza9299

Жыл бұрын

@@fernanjoui os gringo acha q qlqr ritmo com nota muda no violao é bossa kkkk

“But the intro” I think he practiced the intro before then?

@the0neULTIMATE

Жыл бұрын

yap😂

@johnrackham8429

Жыл бұрын

Yes

@ranjeettamang793

Жыл бұрын

Yues

@foemon2345610

Жыл бұрын

Yes, i was actually the one that requested him to play this song where he learned about it. He played the intro and a bit of the bridge If you’re in the western hemisphere and catch one of sungha’s livestreams its really easy to get him to play a song you like since many comments wont be in english except for yours 😂

@toybonniesfm

Жыл бұрын

@@foemon2345610 oooh nice

a real master when you memorized every guitar chords/sounds

The fact he can play it at original tempo in first few go is nuts. Here I am struggling at 50% speed 😂

@firemantimmy5367

7 ай бұрын

Not his first attempt

@marcbartolome4191

6 ай бұрын

He's been playing guitar since he was a child😭 truly wish my parents gave me something to do as a hobby when I was a child.

@davemeade4371

6 ай бұрын

Play something more in line with your skill level😊

@vinanjayhenry2290

4 ай бұрын

Did you reach a 100 yet bro

For everyone who doubts Sungha Jung for his talent to arrange a song that quickly. You can watch his other YT channel where he arranged IDOL by Yoasobi. He did it live when one fan donated and challenged him to do it.

@Heihachi8

3 ай бұрын

It wasn't his first attempt bruh

@nesshin3200

3 ай бұрын

@@Heihachi8 lol did you even try to understand my comment 😂 Of course I know it wasn't his 1st attempt. My comment is for the guys who doubt his arrangement skills and that's why I referred them to one of Sungha Jung's videos.

ok, so I think is the most musical genius moment I have ever seen. He listens to that insane minute long part of the song and plays it from memory!!!??? I can't express how impressed I am, you are one of the most talented people I have ever watched.

@joshuawinters6591

Жыл бұрын

He didn’t learn it on the spot. This is him revisiting it. He’s read and learned it through the official music sheet. But he hasn’t played it very long. I think he practiced it a few times and kinda stopped. Very impressive still

@yyrfffdf4162

Жыл бұрын

@@joshuawinters6591 yeah it's still impressive

@sebaba001

Жыл бұрын

@@joshuawinters6591 not the official sheet, fingering is different from the original song, so likely he just learned by ear which is not surprising if he had enough time

@Pyrodeity42

Жыл бұрын

​@Joshua Winters He only revisited the intro, the rest he never played before, that's what he said at the start

@craftyg2761

10 ай бұрын

He said he never played it before.

Would love to see a Sungha x Tim Henson collab someday. Both are such amazing musicians that have given us amazing songs.

@InfiniteHorizon69

9 ай бұрын

I feel like in a lot of ways they would clash, but if they could find a medium between that man it's gonna be insane.

@dloner9628

6 ай бұрын

plus marcin and ichika

@snapshot79

Ай бұрын

Yeah, and Chris Heria doing handstand pushups in the background 🤣

His reaction to Tim's guitar playing is like seeing guitar playing from another world he looked stunned....... America have very talented musicians.. like Fleetwood Mac .. classical guitarist Steve Edwards...now his own flamenco band guitar azull... Many more

I'm actually learning a lot watching how you piece this together. I take it you're finding a chord and adding embellishments to it as you go, much more quickly than most people I'd admit but I can see what's going on. Cool to see you add your own techniques with the chord embellishments, wish I can come up with ideas that quick on the fly.

@LiMCRiMZ

7 ай бұрын

That's what we call musicality/musicianship. It's an efficient, locked in/well oiled mind-machine. Now getting the body to follow that quickly, THAT'S the hangup for most people I think

we need a full rendition from you of this track!

*Playing one of the hardest song* The comments : *please play river flows* *please play isn't she lovely*

This is pure gold, outstanding his instrument control

I don’t think this is his first time listen to the song. He said at 0:25, “I haven’t play the song but the intro”. So he already listen to the song already because he knows how to play the intro.

@gigihandi7075

Жыл бұрын

Yeaa he told that

@johnrackham8429

Жыл бұрын

Yep, misleading title

@synthetic_hands2837

Жыл бұрын

@@johnrackham8429 How is it a misleading title? The title just says he's trying to play Playing God by Polyphia and a must watch. You mean the description of the video. 2 entirely different things.

@johnrackham8429

Жыл бұрын

@@synthetic_hands2837 Yep true that

@solomon1453

Жыл бұрын

@@johnrackham8429 still tho, i cant learn it within 1 week this bro just heard it then he plays it wtf

The ending is why I love learning how to play certain songs myself. Adding my own strum pattern or little style of playing the song so it sounds different is my life blood. So good.

@heythere4858

Жыл бұрын

Yess!!!! Same, my dude! :)

he is so talented. i followed him since i am 16 years old.. and now i am 33 years old.. he still amazed me with his skills.. no doubt. pure legend.

@Kokojamrig

Жыл бұрын

What? Your 33 now? Or 23....

@JebatKD

Жыл бұрын

@@Kokojamrig thank you for noticing.. now i remember.. on 2006, my age was 16 years old when I found his video playing guitar on youtube.. this year i am 33 years old. I still remember at my age of 16 years old.. there was 1 kid from Korea playing guitar much much better than me..and still its amazed me and i stop playing guitar since then.. 😆

@Kokojamrig

Жыл бұрын

@@JebatKD hahaha thats cool. I just wished i could be as good as Sungha 😆

It's just keep getting better...the more he move his finger the sound becomes more clear, soft and accurate

This was indeed worth the watch. MAN! OG Fan over here, Sungha!

Damn he is still better than me ahaha. At least I can feel better about it now that he isn’t 10 lol. But I remember seeing this guy come up on YT. Glad to see you still creating man! You’re incredibly talented and hardworking!

i knew there was a reason i used to watch all his stuff back like 10-12 years ago..... used to try to play some of his versions of sungha's stuff. crazy to hear it for like 30 seconds and get that close to perfect....

People don’t understand how hard the outro is. You think the main riff is hard until you actually sit and learn it. Then you realize that the outro is what makes that song such a right of passage for players.

I'm...lol... not surprised...I haven't kept up, but you have thankfully... I have a number of your older, but younger performances singly and with fellow Name Players... Very Glad your still hear and playing~

I shouldn’t be surprised by this, but alas, I am. Dude is truly prodigious.

For those who say "OMG how talented" or "pure talent," the truth is that it takes years of grinding and playing every day for at least 2 hours.... the only talent in playing a musical instrument is hearing, and the ability to differentiate notes - and even that takes time -

@rainerbloedsinn430

Жыл бұрын

this! ^

@aynes8099

Жыл бұрын

Some people do have better starting points tho. His level is pure hardwork tho no matter where his starting point was.

@PyroShredder982

Жыл бұрын

Way more than 2 hours for guys like this

@Romans8-9

Жыл бұрын

@@PyroShredder982 I dunno man 2 hours a day for over 15 years is a helluva lot.

@OP-pe4yc

Жыл бұрын

@@aynes8099 yeah some people are also privileged to have nice and supportive parents and etc from the get go.

Jesus I've been wondering if this guy was still around because i completely forgot his name. Started watching him at least 10 years ago when he was tearing up a guitar as a child. Glad to see he's still got it

Finally a josh that lives up to the name🤣 lol great work man I'm loving your vids!

@JoshuaKabatay

Жыл бұрын

haha thanks

Now I need Shunga Jung x Polyphia track...

Bro wtf, I haven’t played guitar in over a decade. But I remember this kid, “california dreams” was the first cover I heard him play. Ik there was something special ab this dude. Damn actually kind blown, dude left that hood of an impression I remember him this long after wtf??…

This might be the FASTEST i've seen a guitarist pick up the intro! AMAZING JOB BROTHER!

@skinnybuggo

Жыл бұрын

He said he played the intro before

@ricksouza9299

Жыл бұрын

he already knew the intro before, he was just a bit rusty. but he had already learned it - and probably looked through the rest of the song as well.

@sudhramjutun5694

11 ай бұрын

​@@ricksouza9299 no he didn't he said he played the intro only

Totalmente increíble, se nota mucho el trabajo y como conoce el instrumento y los años que lleva tocando, tiene el oído muy fino para que con solo escuchar una vez ya pueda tocar. Ojalá un día poder tocaar un 2% de ese nivel jajja

@Cotramjoxxx

Жыл бұрын

Para alivio de los mortales el ya había escuchado la canción un mes antes, esta no fue la primera vez. De por si es casi imposible sacar la canción de una escuchada por los refinados detalles en el finger-picking, acentuación y cambios bruscos de posición en el cifrado. Shunga ya lo tenía casi todo, pero eso no quita que es un dios.

Жыл бұрын

@@Cotramjoxxx Imposible como tal no es, recuerda que hay gente con oído perfecto y si a eso le sumas un gran conocimiento, puedes sacar una rola así tranquilamente, ya los detalles de ejecución son otra nimiedad que puede corregirse enseguida

So....this is amazing, and one thing I'm sure he's doing is watching their playing in the video. If you're at this level of fingerstyle guitar, just watching someone's hands is like 75% of the job of learning the song.

people asking for River FLows In You doesnt know what theyre witnessing

first time i saw sungha he was playing the howls moving castle theme as just a little guy. was blown away then, glad to see he just kept moving ahead. very gifted and hard working player. daaaamn man.

I use to watch you back in the days when you were just a young fella😂🤘 your grown up now good to see you still jamn brother..1 of my favourites I use to enjoy you playing when you were a kid was PIRATES OF CARRIBBEAN 🤘💯your playing god cover sounds awesome 💯 you still got it

When is the Polyphia x sungha jung collab? Its gonna be fire honestly.

@swasu

Жыл бұрын

all sungha did was cover

@glennvahsehu1161

Жыл бұрын

@@swasu correction: he has original composition like irony

@swasu

Жыл бұрын

@@glennvahsehu1161 haaaa i know and still not that ipressive

@thej1123

Жыл бұрын

@@swasu nah

@swasu

Жыл бұрын

@@thej1123 ha?

He just did the the most insane and hardest piece just like that......truly a genius he is.

@aziivo5012

9 ай бұрын

It's not his first time playing it though.

@UtkarshShrivastava-pf9vk

9 ай бұрын

@@aziivo5012 really...?

@aziivo5012

9 ай бұрын

@@UtkarshShrivastava-pf9vk Yes, really. He's said it earlier himself in the stream. He's tried/practiced it about a month and some change prior. Not to denounce him or anything. I'm just saying he didn't exactly go in unaware of chords. This is him coming back to it

@loremipsum54321

8 ай бұрын

​@@aziivo5012thank you. 😂

The only person that makes polyphia songs look easy

So much talent and hard work, genius! Been playing for 35 years and would love just having 0.00001 of his talent.

Jaw dropping seeing him catching this piece and even adding his spin on it

He said: "I haven't played this song but the intro" This very clearly shows that he already learned some of the intro before unless he misspoke because he's not fluent in English...

he made it even more bossa nova with the walking bass at the end HAHAHA

I havent listened to sungha for a while and I forgot that he's always been the goat

Just found your channel and wow! Insane level of skills there. You are incredible

do not underestimate sungha jung he's a god in fingerstyle

Even it is his first time or not, but his level is still insane!!

your just too good,i love too watch you and polyphia collab

prodigy guys are really amazing, plus experience, practice and talent. damn. 🔥

Sungha Jung is not even playing god, he's just being god at this point

@sudhramjutun5694

11 ай бұрын

Hehehe yeah def the goat

He is a guitar god❤️❤️❤️

Great work, I just subscribed.

Incredible stuff my guy

this is the advantage of reading notes rather than just thr guitar tabs... every inch of the corner sungha knows the notes... he's amazing

he literally did better than I ever could with the official tabs and all the time in my life in just 7 minutes also it's kind of funny how sungha is literally doing the impossible and chat is just spamming river flows lol

@mustafamisir94

Жыл бұрын

Well it should took more years then your life for Sungha to learn a new song in 7 mins 🤯

@ricksouza9299

Жыл бұрын

he says in the first minute of the video that he already knows how to play the intro

@trstn8109

Жыл бұрын

yea. the people in the chat is kinda annoying tbh. they obviously no idea what's going on

@smolchungus9213

Жыл бұрын

@@trstn8109 it's been 4 months and he still does it better lol

Holy shit! You are a f’n beast. You ears are 😮. I love this experience as much as the video. Wow. You’re amazing.

you are so amazing.. next level of guitarist

"tries" lmao he fucking kills it

Not to undermine his sheer talent. But there’s only a handful of areas to play harmonics so it makes sense that he could eat this quickly!

Love the swing at the end.👍

Playing the song with the acoustic twist sounds incredibly funky 👍

As a guitarist I dnt even needed to think that you've tried it before or not? The way you played the song and the accuracy of your finger picking notes is just out of this world, You are just one in a million! Lots of love and support from northeast India

he is literally a genius

This is the fastest way to learn.. by listening and knowing where the sound is generally coming from. It's discipline.. focus.. it's not easy.. mine is memory. I have a very good memory.. always wanted a photographic memory.. so cool. Good job bud.

He is the reason why I got hooked on watching fingerstyle guitar.

Bro is teaching his music teacher

@JoshuaKabatay

Жыл бұрын

😭😅🤣🤣

sungha just build diff. no cap 👑

I can watch this all day 🥰

Just Mind Blowing.... Such a joy

One of the best videos I’ve watched in a very long time

This man including the slaps too

everyone else just wants river flows in you

Been watching Sung Ha since he was a child amazing

The way he just stares blankly into the camera after ripping the sequence like 5 times, then proceeds to improvise over the Bossa Novva in the background like nothing happened 😂

Sungha is an OG KZreadr agreeed?

He ain’t playing god, he’s a god

i remember when he posted one of his first videos while we were in elementary music school everyone went crazy in class 15 years later he is as crazy as ever

Damn you're a genius! hats off you make me want to practice more

The intro riff alone took me like an hour non stop of practice to get it smooth

@smolmasoman50

Жыл бұрын

U must be really good at guitar

I just watched 3 other very good guitar players and teachers being stumped by Henson's amazing playing, and also seen how Playing God is arguably called the most difficult guitar riff. And then Sungha listens to the intro ONCE and picks out like 90-95% of the intro just like that; like it was the easiest song ever. I have not been surprised and mind-blown this much since I saw Dimash for the first time. To think you were that 11 year old boy I had the fortune to meet, and now you are here basically in God mode!

How can that be possible? so much talent and hard work of course. impressive.

You need to play all the song paaar favaaar !!! Genio !!

Tim Henson and Sungha Jung are so alike. It's like one is the evil version and the other is the good version.

@johncu7101

Жыл бұрын

Sungha Jung is top tier villain

@adi_ridhwan

Жыл бұрын

Ichika Nito is the antihero

@shinichixxxx

Жыл бұрын

Sungha is on another level bro

@clipbaits7129

Жыл бұрын

Kent Nishimura *laughs in fingerstyle*

@Edd1148.

Жыл бұрын

I would watch this anime Heaven vs Hell Shredders

sungha jung needs to be featured in Polyphia.. or at least with Tim Henson

I've been listening to Sungha's covers for YEARS and not until 10/16/2023 did I know the dude can speak English, and very well. I assume when you can completely master the guitar, leasrning english must be a walk in the park.

Simply amazing, this guy is at god mode

They - You can't play Tim henson (Polyphia God) Sungha Jung - Hold my beer let me grab my guitar...🔥

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Everyone has a wall where no amount of practice can overcome it. This mans wall is further out than most and that is what we call talent.

he played it so well in so little time my big toe started to hurt

Witnessing talent like this is a joy...