Later, his cousin, a teacher in Taipei, brought home a phonograph, on which they often played Taiwanese folk music--including Taiwanese Opera, luantan (" chaotic playing ") and Gaojia Opera--or Japanese folk music, including folksongs in beautiful minor pentatonic scales. These left deep impressions on Kuo.
之後任教職的表哥從台北帶回一台留聲機，時常播放歌仔戲、亂彈、高甲等台灣民間戲曲和日本歌謠，其中日本童謠〈黃金蟲〉和日本說唱〈金色夜叉〉優美的小調五聲音階，深深鐫印在他腦海中。