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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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Q7 Q4 \, Y& L/ T7 ^) a! Yhttps://www.mprnews.org/story/20 ... playing-the-guzheng9 L w2 p3 \6 h; ^+ p$ \" J H2 q
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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.
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" r9 N7 Q$ R# j7 B; VJarrelle 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.- |4 _! S7 l, o
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But Barton isn't the person you'd expect to find playing it: He's a young black man.
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' e% [, `* p8 R& Q4 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.
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