This is a list of the various music related essays I have written.  \\
All essays on this wiki should be considered in progress and not in any form complete. \\
For completed essays please see my main website ((www.wesleyhicks.art)). This wiki is for my research notes and the essays featured here are subject to being changed as my research on their topics progresses. These changes can be all at once and rapid or prolonged and awaiting specific pinpoints of information to become available. \\ 
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To see the list on Instrument Terminology see [[Principles|Sound Making Principles]] \\
To see the list of articles on Instrument Makers see [[Makers]].  \\

===Essays===
[[Classification|'Hicks' Classification]]- A musical instrument classification system I am working on. \\
[[Classification Table]]- The descriptive table of the classes. \\
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[[Oil|Oiling Wind Instruments]] \\
[[Ocarina Commission|A Commission To Set Standards for the Ocarina]] \\ 
[[Pitch Fluid Wind Instruments]]
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===Essay Style Articles=== 
These are articles that are periphery to other topics on this wiki, mostly pertaining the groups of makers or specific reoccurring instruments by various makers. 

==Instruments==
[[Didgeridoo|Innovations on the Didgeridoo]] \\ 
[[Ocarina|Innovations on the Ocarina]] \\
[[Piano|Innovations on the Piano]] \\
[[Daxophone|The Daxophone]] \\
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==Ensembles==
[[Experimental Gamelan]] \\
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===Essays in a low state of being completed===
[[History of the Ocarina]]\\
[[Dog Whistle|The Dog Whistle]]- Essay on the history and misinformation about dog whistles. \\ 
[[Pads|Homemade Pads for Wind Instruments]]\\
[[Making Pickups]] 

[[Alloys]]- Looking into the Bronze and Brass Alloys used for making musical instruments.  \\
[[Reeds|What exactly is a reed?]] \\