Informational Sites:

NAGA - North American Guqin Association
Chinese guqin playing and notation
New York Qin Society
Silkqin.com - John Thompson on the Guqin Silk String Zither
Jim Binkley's qin urls
Stephen Dydo Music
Christopher Evans' table of contents
University of Toronto Guqin Association
Cadenza Music Guqin sales


Links to Links:
Silkqin.com links
NY Qin Links
Jim Binkley's qin urls


Digital Qin notation project

Music Samples:

Follow the links below and let the soothing sounds relax you.
Focus your attention on the high harmonics, particularly on the
attack of the san yin sound on the lower strings.
The sound of the guqin is like a cool frost.

University of Toronto - .mp3, .wma

Silkqin.com - Windows Media .wma

Chineseculture.net - RealAudio .ram

Jim Binkley's qin urls - .mp3

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How to play the qin:

1. Grow long fingernails on your right hand
2. Buy a qin
3. Tune it - CDFGACD standard
4. Learn the notation
5. Play the tune