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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( i2 I/ M+ i5 Fhttps://www.mprnews.org/story/20 ... playing-the-guzheng
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8 k8 b7 x) k* y  E* _, R1 A, 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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1 C  W7 a0 g/ F: m8 F& DJarrelle 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.
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. N, \  @  G% w: ?- wBut Barton isn't the person you'd expect to find playing it: He's a young black man.
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; A+ G4 j& m0 X+ r4 W8 _4 t5 [# ]"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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