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
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.
@davidsantiago7808 im a beginner guitarist but have been singing playing piano and doing digital production for few years and its way easier to sing and play by slappin
@@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.
@@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.
@@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 33 - as am I. Sungha has been playing since he was a child, he's been on the platform for 18 years. We've watched him grow into the adult he is now.
@@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
@@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).
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 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.
@@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 .
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.
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
@@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
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.
@@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.
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 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.
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.
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
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 😂
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 😂
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 -
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.
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
@@Utkarshh.musicc 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
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.
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...
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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
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.
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@@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
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
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.
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??…
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....
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~
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!
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'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.
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
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!
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 has the official music sheet for the song. But it’s crazy impressive that he learns fast and reads fast to the point where he plays in the original tempo
He's looking at the video and pretty sure has tabs but with tabs and being able to read it you can learn fast especially since this man's been playing since kid
Maybe you are still a kid but this dude is a legend. It is obvious he didn't use any tab since he is live and people are requesting him to listen and play the songs by ear right away. The tabs needs to be bought and all which would take lots of time. Plus you heard him doing the progression then stopping to go back to listen to the song. He knows his instrument by heart.
Dont get me wrong he is literally insane, but it is impossible for him to have got it that perfectly that quickly. He's heard the song before Still completely insane how he figured the rest out but talent like hearing playing god for the first time then playing it like that doesn't exist, this guy sure as hell comes close though.
It's insane to me that people are saying he's playing the intro after one listen. At the end of the video, he plays parts of the song that aren't in the clip he heard. That doesn't take away from his talent at all, he's incredible. But it's borderline inconceivable that he'd learn the fingering by ear (especially on the extensions) and literally impossible for him to learn parts of the song by ear without hearing them.
@@humanmerelybeing1966to be fair some people with perfect pitch can perfectly recreate songs by ear with some music theory too. That said, people did mention Sungha has learned the intro before
People This is called a good listener, As a musician you should develop your hearing skills first. The First Important thing "Hearing" then come in to the Instrument later, Any Instrument btw... But see how aggressive he played Incredible kid no doubt.
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lets be real, we've known for a very long time that Sungha was going to be a legend when he was grown
Who is he
@@localmilfchaser6938 he's been a guitarist on TH-cam for years and has always been extremely technically proficient
@@veilofstars2058 Lol he's been a guitarist on TH-cam for nearly all his life.
@@watermydriedupsoul ...yeah?
@@veilofstars2058 yup2x
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.
Ya he told that
Still amazed me 😵💫
Sounds like a hating azz MF
Doesn't matter if it was first or not, still played it beautifully
Okay, that makes me feel slightly better, but regardless, thus guy is nutty.
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
Imagine Sungha Jung, Ichika Nito, Tim Henson, in the same room, jamming. Must be insane!
One can only dream
Are we talkin' a bedroom or what?
@@VIEWITIS even better 💀
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.
Too many cooks.
I love how he is concentrating to getting the song right and people in the chat are like "RIVER FLOWS IN YOUU PLEEAAASEEE"
yaaaa like why asking that again again again . he alr put on youtube hahahah
why do people want to hear that overplayed song so much.. what is there to like about it :V
@@_PaperbagGhost It's a good song fuck you
Fr I’m so sick of that song
heard it once when i was young, learnt it, played it, i never bother listen to it again, in any instrument
the fact that he unconsciously adds percussion slaps making the song EVEN harder is mind-boggling.
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.
Watch paolo gans cover, im sure you will like it
@davidsantiago7808 im a beginner guitarist but have been singing playing piano and doing digital production for few years and its way easier to sing and play by slappin
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
One of the most overrated song request ever, lol.
@@lionelcooper7251 find happiness
@@lionelcooper7251 The piece is not overrated, just a bit overplayed
Why was chat basic af 😩
that guy is a dog
7 minutes to learn how to play one of the most insane piece out there...he's not from this world. Hands down.
some ppl in the comments say he had played the song a month prior
@@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.
@@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.
He said he’s played the intro… lol
@@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….
Imagine a polyphia track featuring Sungha. Imaaagine.
Ou o Ichika nitto
No stop , no to kpop ew
@@rodrigozany9336 ja tem mano, se chama death note, ta no album new levels new devils
@@leobaiaeu po vou já dar uma olhada, obrigado
@@rodrigozany9336 polyphia collabed with ichika before
His musical hearing capabilities is insane
He just goes and made the 6:00 part even more Bossa Nova-er, insanely skilled beyond talent
haha that's something similar to his Original (Catching the Beat)
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
@@ricksouza9299 concordo
yeah. Actually, the bossa nova part is nice in the song, but players like Sungha are used to play things like this so...
@@fernanjoui os gringo acha q qlqr ritmo com nota muda no violao é bossa kkkk
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.
What? Your 33 now? Or 23....
@@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.. 😆
@@JebatKD hahaha thats cool. I just wished i could be as good as Sungha 😆
@@Kokojamrig 33 - as am I. Sungha has been playing since he was a child, he's been on the platform for 18 years. We've watched him grow into the adult he is now.
Crazy how FAST he actually learns. Highly impressive
Not to mention, he begins by playing it at tempo. Pure madness
@@pixtlewint5095 idk if you watched the video but he did not read a single tab in this video, he's learning by ear
@@axelvanhulst ah, my bad.
@@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
@@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).
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
facts
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.
@@henrikswanstrom9218 how would you know? you know, its also impossible to know what you know right? 🫠
@@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.
@@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!
Thats my kind of reply 😂
all caps,
Cringe
@@Lann._ you must be a kid.
@@sudhramjutun5694 and u must be fatherless
a real master when you memorized every guitar chords/sounds
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.
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
@@joshuawinters6591 yeah it's still impressive
@@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
@Joshua Winters He only revisited the intro, the rest he never played before, that's what he said at the start
He said he never played it before.
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.
Yeaa he told that
Yep, misleading title
@@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.
@@synthetic_hands2837 Yep true that
@@johnrackham8429 still tho, i cant learn it within 1 week
this bro just heard it then he plays it wtf
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.
It wasn't his first attempt bruh
@@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.
@@nesshin3200 except one song is infinitely easier than the other lmao, i dont know who much insanely harder playing god is compared to idol.
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.
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
The fact he can play it at original tempo in first few go is nuts. Here I am struggling at 50% speed 😂
Not his first attempt
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.
Play something more in line with your skill level😊
Did you reach a 100 yet bro
“But the intro” I think he practiced the intro before then?
yap😂
Yes
Yues
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 😂
@@foemon2345610 oooh nice
Would love to see a Sungha x Tim Henson collab someday. Both are such amazing musicians that have given us amazing songs.
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.
plus marcin and ichika
Yeah, and Chris Heria doing handstand pushups in the background 🤣
*Playing one of the hardest song*
The comments : *please play river flows* *please play isn't she lovely*
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 😂
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 -
this! ^
Some people do have better starting points tho. His level is pure hardwork tho no matter where his starting point was.
Way more than 2 hours for guys like this
@@PyroShredder982 I dunno man 2 hours a day for over 15 years is a helluva lot.
@@aynes8099 yeah some people are also privileged to have nice and supportive parents and etc from the get go.
we need a full rendition from you of this track!
This is pure gold, outstanding his instrument control
It's just keep getting better...the more he move his finger the sound becomes more clear, soft and accurate
This might be the FASTEST i've seen a guitarist pick up the intro!
AMAZING JOB BROTHER!
He said he played the intro before
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.
@@ricksouza9299 no he didn't he said he played the intro only
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.
Yess!!!! Same, my dude! :)
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
He just did the the most insane and hardest piece just like that......truly a genius he is.
It's not his first time playing it though.
@@aziivo5012 really...?
@@Utkarshh.musicc 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
@@aziivo5012thank you. 😂
I shouldn’t be surprised by this, but alas, I am. Dude is truly prodigious.
do not underestimate sungha jung he's a god in fingerstyle
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.
Whoaaaah I haven't seen Sungha in years! One of the OG prodigies here on youtube. Awesome to see he's still around jammin'
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...
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
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.
@@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
0:06, what my webcam sees on a Saturday night after I don't score
The only person that makes polyphia songs look easy
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
When is the Polyphia x sungha jung collab? Its gonna be fire honestly.
all sungha did was cover
@@crow-grey-0 correction: he has original composition like irony
@@glennvahsehu1161 haaaa i know and still not that ipressive
@@crow-grey-0 nah
@@thej1123 ha?
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.
people asking for River FLows In You doesnt know what theyre witnessing
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??…
Sungha Jung is not even playing god, he's just being god at this point
Hehehe yeah def the goat
he made it even more bossa nova with the walking bass at the end HAHAHA
This was indeed worth the watch. MAN! OG Fan over here, Sungha!
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
Finally a josh that lives up to the name🤣 lol great work man I'm loving your vids!
haha thanks
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....
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~
that dude who kept spamming "play river flows in you" that's like spamming "play smoke on the water" in tim henson's chat lol
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!
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'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.
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
Well it should took more years then your life for Sungha to learn a new song in 7 mins 🤯
he says in the first minute of the video that he already knows how to play the intro
yea. the people in the chat is kinda annoying tbh. they obviously no idea what's going on
@@trstn8109 it's been 4 months and he still does it better lol
He is the reason why I got hooked on watching fingerstyle guitar.
Even it is his first time or not, but his level is still insane!!
What is even happening right now....?! This is the craziest shit I've ever seen. An absolute legend.
"tries" lmao he fucking kills it
Jaw dropping seeing him catching this piece and even adding his spin on it
he played it so well in so little time my big toe started to hurt
I like how his play gets more detailed and better every time he repeats
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!
I havent listened to sungha for a while and I forgot that he's always been the goat
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!
So much talent and hard work, genius! Been playing for 35 years and would love just having 0.00001 of his talent.
4:14 start of godmode
This dude just out here improving the flex parts of polyphia songs
Bro is teaching his music teacher
😭😅🤣🤣
Just found your channel and wow! Insane level of skills there. You are incredible
Sungha is an OG TH-camr agreeed?
It's amazing how fast he can jump into transcribing it in his head, but it's slightly painful to watch how hard he's forcing a good bit of it.
sungha just build diff. no cap 👑
Sungha jung unlocked god mod a long long time ago, playing a track so difficult after listening to it for a few seconds, wont shock me.
He is a guitar god❤️❤️❤️
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.
No way he played that without looking at any tabs😂 this is insane, the skills and guitar knowledge he have is crazy
He has the official music sheet for the song. But it’s crazy impressive that he learns fast and reads fast to the point where he plays in the original tempo
He's looking at the video and pretty sure has tabs but with tabs and being able to read it you can learn fast especially since this man's been playing since kid
there's a reason he's called a guitar prodigy
Maybe you are still a kid but this dude is a legend. It is obvious he didn't use any tab since he is live and people are requesting him to listen and play the songs by ear right away. The tabs needs to be bought and all which would take lots of time. Plus you heard him doing the progression then stopping to go back to listen to the song. He knows his instrument by heart.
you know that he has perfect pitch
Been watching this dude since he was like 3 ft tall, was amazing then, he's just ridiculous now, glad to see he's still popping up in my feed
This man including the slaps too
Holy shit! You are a f’n beast. You ears are 😮. I love this experience as much as the video. Wow. You’re amazing.
They - You can't play Tim henson (Polyphia God) Sungha Jung - Hold my beer let me grab my guitar...🔥
i like your name
Incredible stuff my guy
everyone else just wants river flows in you
Playing the song with the acoustic twist sounds incredibly funky 👍
not gonna doubt. this kid was eating acoustic guitar since birth
your just too good,i love too watch you and polyphia collab
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.
prodigy guys are really amazing, plus experience, practice and talent. damn. 🔥
Tim Henson and Sungha Jung are so alike. It's like one is the evil version and the other is the good version.
Sungha Jung is top tier villain
Ichika Nito is the antihero
Sungha is on another level bro
Kent Nishimura *laughs in fingerstyle*
I would watch this anime
Heaven vs Hell Shredders
It's super impressive seeing someone of this level work through some complex ass shit
He ain’t playing god, he’s a god
Guitarist taking hours to learn it . He doing it in 10 minutes was amazing
Dont get me wrong he is literally insane, but it is impossible for him to have got it that perfectly that quickly. He's heard the song before
Still completely insane how he figured the rest out but talent like hearing playing god for the first time then playing it like that doesn't exist, this guy sure as hell comes close though.
yeah he said he learned and played learned the intro before but that's it which is crazy
It's insane to me that people are saying he's playing the intro after one listen. At the end of the video, he plays parts of the song that aren't in the clip he heard. That doesn't take away from his talent at all, he's incredible. But it's borderline inconceivable that he'd learn the fingering by ear (especially on the extensions) and literally impossible for him to learn parts of the song by ear without hearing them.
@@humanmerelybeing1966to be fair some people with perfect pitch can perfectly recreate songs by ear with some music theory too. That said, people did mention Sungha has learned the intro before
@@pnoodl3s775 perfect pitch doesn't allow you to play a part of a song before hearing it?
I have watched so many videos of musicians trying to figure out this song. This made my jaw drop.
The intro riff alone took me like an hour non stop of practice to get it smooth
U must be really good at guitar
People This is called a good listener, As a musician you should develop your hearing skills first. The First Important thing "Hearing" then come in to the Instrument later, Any Instrument btw... But see how aggressive he played Incredible kid no doubt.
sungha jung needs to be featured in Polyphia.. or at least with Tim Henson