An American musician becomes a master of Guzheng

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古筝 guzheng is translated as chinese zither. This young man is really very good at it.
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- x! C! \* G# P1 Lhttps://www.mprnews.org/story/20 ... playing-the-guzheng
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* |7 \0 C$ h0 D0 i# {, I6 Z; \% `The guzheng, also known as the Chinese zither, is a 21-string instrument that resembles a harp, if that harp was played on its side.

- a( z( I7 a; s# YJarrelle Barton first heard its sound at a public library when he was 13 years old. Soon after, he made his own guzheng using a wooden tea tray and some guitar strings, but eventually convinced his grandmother to buy him one.

  E5 m5 Y3 S) l4 Q2 D1 bBut Barton isn't the person you'd expect to find playing it: He's a young black man.

9 e1 J2 P" _4 P/ O- q1 p  o"About, maybe the first year, I was completely self-taught," Barton said, explaining that he had bought some tutorials online — but they were all in Mandarin.

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