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.

2 R; `* g4 @' jhttps://www.mprnews.org/story/20 ... playing-the-guzheng
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/ h/ W5 G3 ~+ O; Z3 u- GThe guzheng, also known as the Chinese zither, is a 21-string instrument that resembles a harp, if that harp was played on its side.

2 @  e1 [* M0 c7 r( `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.

$ H+ r0 T& \7 i  F4 [6 zBut Barton isn't the person you'd expect to find playing it: He's a young black man.

+ R" |+ E- G7 N, [0 ^# W"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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