{"id":16194,"date":"2013-10-07T03:10:10","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T03:10:10","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-10-07T03:10:10","modified_gmt":"2013-10-07T03:10:10","slug":"Asian-girl-covers-Guns-N-Roses-song-with-Chinese-instrument","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=16194","title":{"rendered":"Asian girl covers Guns N&#8217; Roses&#8217; song with Chinese instrument"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Meet talented guzheng player Michelle Kwan from Vancouver, Canada.<\/strong> She&#8217;s been playing the instrument for 12+ years. The guzheng is a plucked zither, with 18 or more strings and movable bridges; early versions of it date back to China&#8217;s Warring States period (475 to 221 B.C.).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Michelle likes to branch out and  use the guzheng to play other genres,<\/strong> like covers from Buckethead, John Frusciante, Daft Punk and Maroon 5.<\/p>\n<p>Here she covers Guns n&#8217; Roses&#8217; &#8220;Sweet Child O&#8217; Mine&#8221;!!<\/p>\n<p><strong>If he ever wants to incorporate Asian heritage into any of his songs, this would be an incredible performance!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YO6sFdoklVU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I like her homage to Axl Rose with the bandana. She&#8217;s really cute!<br \/>\n<!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet talented guzheng player Michelle Kwan from Vancouver, Canada. She&#8217;s been playing the instrument for 12+ years. 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