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  2. Guzheng - Wikipedia

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    The zheng (pinyin: zhēng; Wade–Giles: cheng), or guzheng (Chinese: 古筝; pinyin: gǔzhēng; lit. 'ancient zheng'), is a Chinese plucked zither.The modern guzheng commonly has 21, 25, or 26 strings, is 64 inches (1.6 m; 5 ft 4 in) long, and is tuned in a major pentatonic scale.

  3. Stringed music in China - Wikipedia

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    In the 19th century, its performance became popular and was learned by many people, who developed new ways to perform. In the 21st century performances of Guzheng became popular in many countries. The materials of Zheng have a standard: [1] [page needed] Length : 1.63 m; Strings: 21 - originally 12, 13, 18, 23 or 25; Wood: Paulownia

  4. Guqin playing technique - Wikipedia

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    The second is fan yin 〔泛音〕, or "floating sounds." These are harmonics, in which the player lightly touches the string with one or more fingers of the left hand at a position indicated by the hui dots, pluck and lift, creating a crisp and clear sound Listen ⓘ. The third is an yin 〔按音 / 案音 / 實音 / 走音〕, or "stopped ...

  5. Gayageum - Wikipedia

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    Demonstration of the sound of gayageum by a non-professional player The gayageum or kayagum ( Korean : 가야금 ; Hanja : 伽倻琴 ) is a traditional Korean musical instrument . It is a plucked zither with 12 strings , though some more recent variants have 18, 21 or 25 strings.

  6. Wild About Hurry - Wikipedia

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    Coyote tries to smash Road Runner with a rock, but it drops off a cliff with him on it and he must save himself with a "spinning top" run. A hand-built railroad on another cliff, complete with rocket car, produces a crash. Coyote tricks the bird into swallowing iron pellets, then puts a magnet and a hand grenade together with a roller skate.

  7. Trump says Liz Cheney ‘could be in a lot of trouble’ after ...

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    Trump thinks former Rep. Liz Cheney could face serious consequences after a House panel called for her to be investigated by the FBI for possible witness tampering during her handling of the ...

  8. Road Runner's Death Valley Rally - Wikipedia

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    [2] Road Runner's Death Valley Rally has an aggregate score of 65.67% based on three reviews on GameRankings. [4] Entertainment Weekly wrote that "You, as the Road Runner, must escape the clutches of Wile E. Coyote, whose ACME-brand costumes and contraptions have been lovingly reproduced in detail from actual 1950s cartoons."

  9. Man sentenced to prison for helping pregnant Chinese women ...

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    A California man was sentenced to prison for running a "birth tourism" scheme for pregnant Chinese women between 2012 and 2015.