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.
@@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).
@@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.
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
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.
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 -
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 😂
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.
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.
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
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...
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.
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.
@@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
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 😂
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
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 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
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 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 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....
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'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.
It's not his first time though. He's sadi this explicitly. This is him coming back to to it after some time(a month as two) trying/practicing to play it before
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
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.
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.
Honestly, with all these guitar players sprouting out of nowhere in UA-cam, it made me think at one point how Sungha Jung is doing. Then here he is. Learning Playing God in one listen. What an absolute legend
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
Absolutely no way he didnt give this a shot before. Hes playing riffs he never made it to listening. He heard it/definintely played it before. Still fucking amazing though
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.
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.
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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 UA-cam for years and has always been extremely technically proficient
@@veilofstars2058 Lol he's been a guitarist on UA-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
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….
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
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
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).
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.
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.
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
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 🤣
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.
*Playing one of the hardest song*
The comments : *please play river flows* *please play isn't she lovely*
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
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.
“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
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
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! :)
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
It's just keep getting better...the more he move his finger the sound becomes more clear, soft and accurate
This is pure gold, outstanding his instrument control
I shouldn’t be surprised by this, but alas, I am. Dude is truly prodigious.
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
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...
do not underestimate sungha jung he's a god in fingerstyle
we need a full rendition from you of this track!
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
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.
0:06, what my webcam sees on a Saturday night after I don't score
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. 😂
Now I need Shunga Jung x Polyphia track...
Sungha Jung is not even playing god, he's just being god at this point
Hehehe yeah def the goat
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?
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
Whoaaaah I haven't seen Sungha in years! One of the OG prodigies here on youtube. Awesome to see he's still around jammin'
The only person that makes polyphia songs look easy
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 😂
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
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
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 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
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??…
he made it even more bossa nova with the walking bass at the end HAHAHA
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 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 like how his play gets more detailed and better every time he repeats
The intro riff alone took me like an hour non stop of practice to get it smooth
U must be really good at guitar
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.
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.
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!
he played it so well in so little time my big toe started to hurt
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.
"tries" lmao he fucking kills it
It's super impressive seeing someone of this level work through some complex ass shit
Even it is his first time or not, but his level is still insane!!
This dude just out here improving the flex parts of polyphia songs
Bro is teaching his music teacher
😭😅🤣🤣
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.
They - You can't play Tim henson (Polyphia God) Sungha Jung - Hold my beer let me grab my guitar...🔥
i like your name
Jaw dropping seeing him catching this piece and even adding his spin on it
WTF!!! played it on first try after listening to it the first time..... Sungha never disappoints!!!
It's not his first time though. He's sadi this explicitly. This is him coming back to to it after some time(a month as two) trying/practicing to play it before
Finally a josh that lives up to the name🤣 lol great work man I'm loving your vids!
haha thanks
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!
it's crazy how you can see him refine it and get exponentially better in real time
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
The only genuine first take of polyphia's playing god on guitar you'll find on the internet
Sungha is an OG UA-camr agreeed?
Guitarist taking hours to learn it . He doing it in 10 minutes was amazing
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
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.
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
The man, the myth, the legend who covered Cannon is now covering our boys from Polyphia 😎😎😎
Honestly, with all these guitar players sprouting out of nowhere in UA-cam, it made me think at one point how Sungha Jung is doing. Then here he is. Learning Playing God in one listen. What an absolute legend
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
not gonna doubt. this kid was eating acoustic guitar since birth
This was indeed worth the watch. MAN! OG Fan over here, Sungha!
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?
First time I read "Sungha Jung" and "tries" in a same sentence…
People saying "I want his talent" or "how talented you've been born", just make me laugh so hard. Idiots.
What is even happening right now....?! This is the craziest shit I've ever seen. An absolute legend.
He ain’t playing god, he’s a god
He is the reason why I got hooked on watching fingerstyle guitar.
sungha jung needs to be featured in Polyphia.. or at least with Tim Henson
Absolutely no way he didnt give this a shot before. Hes playing riffs he never made it to listening. He heard it/definintely played it before. Still fucking amazing though
sungha just build diff. no cap 👑
i love how the rolling chat is 60% people making their own requests completely ignoring his insane skills lmao
everyone else just wants river flows in you
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.
This man including the slaps too
He's a wizard. That's the only explanation to reproducing that song in 7 minutes time. Sheesh.
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 wonder how's the feeling of getting lost in the music realm like these guitar gods. Must be very nice
whattt?? first time hearing polyphia and then tried with his guitar, insane.