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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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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, h; Q1 }$ W6 [( w( i$ l* EJarrelle 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.

# g, v; ^9 @$ k* y* S0 ?But Barton isn't the person you'd expect to find playing it: He's a young black man.
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7 \1 i+ n8 G! _' @  w5 J"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.