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.

https://www.mprnews.org/story/20 ... playing-the-guzheng

2 z% C* w' X0 B6 S. B: z+ yThe guzheng, also known as the Chinese zither, is a 21-string instrument that resembles a harp, if that harp was played on its side.

: ]) {0 S& y- w% ~( H& Q$ x  C. y: FJarrelle 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.

( v! Q, i/ b. N7 @3 C' b5 iBut Barton isn't the person you'd expect to find playing it: He's a young black man.
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"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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