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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, m- i2 I6 l3 O8 V. jhttps://www.mprnews.org/story/20 ... playing-the-guzheng

5 M1 j) l3 u7 i: B, xThe 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.
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  s4 L2 e4 A9 t  b1 _But Barton isn't the person you'd expect to find playing it: He's a young black man.
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, U3 a4 m% }: n$ p8 Y"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.