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.

1 w* A3 _' v* R7 B4 Ihttps://www.mprnews.org/story/20 ... playing-the-guzheng

1 Q0 n+ g: |9 t! \/ d1 eThe guzheng, also known as the Chinese zither, is a 21-string instrument that resembles a harp, if that harp was played on its side.
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Jarrelle 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.

# b2 i" {$ z" XBut Barton isn't the person you'd expect to find playing it: He's a young black man.
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1 d: N6 m5 G2 }, _, R- C( n! i4 x"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.