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  • Other guests of Ms. Washburn's unorthodox approach to music include Wu Fei, who plays a Chinese zither known as a guzheng , and two throat singers from Mongolia.

    This Is Not Your Usual Pop R Jim Fusilli 2011

  • The guzheng is a 21-string, traditional Chinese instrument with movable bridges.

    BangorDailyNews.com - News By Judy Harrison BDN Staff 2010

  • On other floors, a fourth-grade class took an English spelling test while a group of seventh-graders practiced playing the Chinese yue qin guitar and the zither-like guzheng in a music class.

    Growing Diversity Fuels Chinese School Yukari Iwatani Kane 2011

  • "Corner Girl," with Mr. Kittel providing chamber accompaniment, sits comfortably next to "Dreams of Nectar," which features the guzheng.

    This Is Not Your Usual Pop R Jim Fusilli 2011

  • Here, the problem was partly remedied by a four-piece band who matched bass, drums and keyboards against traditional instruments such as the pipa lute and the zither-like guzheng.

    Sa Dingding 2010

  • GANZ: During the rehearsal for "In C," Gyan Riley sat with his guitar directly in front of his father's keyboard and behind Kronos Quartet with a table of homemade instruments and a guzheng player to his left and a didgeridoo trio to his right.

    Terry And Gyan Riley: Together IN C 2009

  • In 2008, he wrote "Xizhimen Traffic Lights" -- a work for cello, piano, guzheng

    Rocking Beijing Janis Foo 2009

  • Among these were dancers of different troupes (from traditional to Sinkiang), musicians (including a youth orchestra and a guzheng / di zi duo), singers of Chinese folk songs, Chinese yo-yo demonstrators, and operators in both the Dragon Dance and Lion Dance.

    LLD episode 4 uploaded jlundberg 2006

  • She plays the guzheng - a kind of Chinese harp - and practices about 40 minutes a night by herself.

    News 2011

  • The group's instruments include the erhu, the di, the pipa, the guzheng, the yangqin, and the ruan.

    The Gazette-Enterprise: News 2010

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