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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$ m' B8 ?  ]& d9 k# a2 W: sThe 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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" e5 s: l6 E: T, T$ B& rJarrelle 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; ]" v: {8 a1 R) M' @9 r. _But Barton isn't the person you'd expect to find playing it: He's a young black man.

( t% Y8 U/ [5 r: W: `& ?6 X2 m9 O' |"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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