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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1 i6 v* Q3 ^- [7 r5 dhttps://www.mprnews.org/story/20 ... playing-the-guzheng

: a1 q* `4 I( nThe 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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" K. l. H0 P( B( qBut Barton isn't the person you'd expect to find playing it: He's a young black man.
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% Z) _/ [1 c4 t- T' _2 k) M"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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