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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0 p6 _: V, D! T) C, L. s$ X; E1 Ohttps://www.mprnews.org/story/20 ... playing-the-guzheng
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% ?' r9 N; t" p' q3 C* N5 W7 \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.

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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1 z8 x% C, x2 J" \; [But Barton isn't the person you'd expect to find playing it: He's a young black man.

3 l* W  O7 g9 e* N* V. S4 |0 K"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.