http://www.silkqin.com/
This is the most extensive English website dedicated to
the qin, an absolute goldmine for its
history, theory, literature, and more. It is the homepage
of John Thompson, a true modern literatus and
accomplished qin
player renowned for
his dedicated reconstructions of the earliest
surviving qin
repertoire.
http://www.cechinatrans.demon.co.uk/toc-qin.html
Most of what John Thompson doesn't cover can probably be
found here, the other "indispensible" qin
page in English.
Christopher Evans has unfortunately truncated his
discography pages, which formerly included full track
information. Rather ominously, the page entitled "Does
the Guqin
have a Future?"
remains unwritten after many years!
http://www.tcfb.com/guqin/
A similar page from Peiyou Chang, with great explanations
of fingering techniques.
http://members.aol.com/JMGJoseph/
The discography here is a recurring attraction.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guqin
Charlie Huang has done the internet a great service with
this wonderfully comprehensive article. The article
on qin
schools was
incidentally converted from a forum post by yours truly.
http://starvoid.proboards30.com/index.cgi?board=Guqin
On the topic of guqin
web-warrior Charlie
Huang, here's the guqin
section of his
music forum, currently the only active qin
forum in English.
Websites of regional qin
societies:
New York: http://www.newyorkqin.org/
San Francisco: http://www.guqin.com/
London: http://www.ukchinesemusic.com/Londonyoulanqin/Frame_qinsoc.html
http://www.medieval.org/
One of the greatest music resources on the net, this is the
stomping ground of musical mastermind and aesthetic
philosopher Todd McComb. It contains enormous amounts of
factual information relating to world music traditions and
to early European music, plus an archive of music
editorials whose concepts and arguments continue to inform
my perspective. Todd was the one who first introduced me to
the world of qin,
and is also one of
the most vocal and articulate CM fans around.
And finally, the homepage of my dear qin
teacher, Shin-yi
Yang:
http://www.shinyiyang.com/