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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https://www.mprnews.org/story/20 ... playing-the-guzheng
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* U3 N5 |8 U$ B$ p/ M6 ~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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  Q! Z8 Y" B0 _6 X1 |- a% z+ R% 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.

" [0 @2 R9 b. F6 ABut Barton isn't the person you'd expect to find playing it: He's a young black man.
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! M1 z% k% O8 w  B7 ?. T& j! x# R"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.