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.

8 ?* ~' Y5 ?. e. x: n& n- Y8 Whttps://www.mprnews.org/story/20 ... playing-the-guzheng
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6 t( r, P. W/ d) b) x& P' 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.

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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+ l+ U- p. R! e8 H' w3 bBut Barton isn't the person you'd expect to find playing it: He's a young black man.
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, B# \; F- N( B3 j" R4 t* Z"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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