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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+ G3 ?' t0 _' W* d  Xhttps://www.mprnews.org/story/20 ... playing-the-guzheng

0 `4 p0 `2 S6 {3 S6 {0 i+ F* Q1 VThe 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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: z7 _  _# Y' L- A# \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.

, _* V  d1 @3 X3 a) i$ T# PBut Barton isn't the person you'd expect to find playing it: He's a young black man.

( a6 w/ B9 p5 r( L* a: }"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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