{"id":869,"date":"2009-08-19T09:40:53","date_gmt":"2009-08-19T09:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2009\/08\/video-11-year-old-guitar-prodi.html"},"modified":"2009-08-19T09:40:53","modified_gmt":"2009-08-19T09:40:53","slug":"video-11-year-old-guitar-prodi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/gospelsoundcheck\/2009\/08\/video-11-year-old-guitar-prodi.html","title":{"rendered":"Video: 11-Year Old Guitar Prodigy Sungha Jung Performs U2&#8217;s Medley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/rq8fxxUV_GA&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/rq8fxxUV_GA&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object>This video is making the rounds this week on tangle.com that shows a young boy playing an amazing acoustic guitar version of U2&#8217;s &#8220;With or Without You&#8221;.A little more digging and I found this guitar prodigy is Sungha Jung, who was 11-years-old when he did this video.<!--more-->The South Korean youth has aspirations to become a professional fingerstyle guitarist, and from the looks of it, he&#8217;s well on his way. The musical phenom has impressed fans with everything from the &#8220;Mission Impossible&#8221; theme song to original compositions, like this, entitled &#8220;Waterfall:&#8221;<object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/IZojCx0m--c&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/IZojCx0m--c&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object>You can learn more about this talented young <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunghajung.com\/xe\/home\" target=\"-blank\">Sungha Jung on his official website.<\/a> The site was created by fans of the young man, with the support of his parents. 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