Video: Michelle Kwan Plays Guns N' Roses' "Sweet Child O' Mine" on a Guzheng, a Traditional Chinese Stringed Instrument
Below, check out this recently posted of someone named Michelle Kwan covering Guns N' Roses' "Sweet Child O' Mine" on a guzheng.
What's a guzheng, you ask? Well, according to Wikipedia's guzheng page (which I visit often), it's a plucked Chinese zither that has 18 or more strings and movable bridges.
And I quote:
"The guzheng is the ancestor of several Asian zither instruments, such as the Japanese koto, the Mongolian yatga, the Korean gayageum and the Vietnamese đàn tranh. The guzheng should not be confused with the guqin (another ancient Chinese zither without bridges)."
Please avoid getting those things confused.
Note that the "guitar" solo — which Michelle nails — starts at around the 2:35 mark. Slash certainly would be proud!
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