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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4 o9 k8 D5 F' n$ x5 q/ J* \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.
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3 K( m1 C4 h1 r, O, Q  P, LJarrelle 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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- J' F2 k6 f" S* r* Y1 bBut Barton isn't the person you'd expect to find playing it: He's a young black man.

) i; c" V5 m' O. U8 ~" 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.

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