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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$ ?& g* @+ }7 t: h* a3 [, P# V% hhttps://www.mprnews.org/story/20 ... playing-the-guzheng
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2 g$ i! `2 s3 `1 H, p* h; v/ lThe guzheng, also known as the Chinese zither, is a 21-string instrument that resembles a harp, if that harp was played on its side.

( Q5 ^: |5 x. NJarrelle 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.

- y# b1 J3 C; i) YBut Barton isn't the person you'd expect to find playing it: He's a young black man.
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"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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