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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% V" T9 A% X' @- C% C' H6 Shttps://www.mprnews.org/story/20 ... playing-the-guzheng
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; o3 |% O2 g" w+ A4 ^4 pThe guzheng, also known as the Chinese zither, is a 21-string instrument that resembles a harp, if that harp was played on its side.

4 H. d2 B2 l" O# ?8 K' U  xJarrelle 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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  Q, d  x" H3 U: }3 NBut Barton isn't the person you'd expect to find playing it: He's a young black man.
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  {- }9 ]$ t; p1 u"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.