Table of Contents
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 1). 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.
To see the list on Instrument Terminology see Sound Making Principles
To see the list of articles on Instrument Makers see Makers.
Essays
What exactly is a reed?
'Hicks' Classification- A musical instrument classification system I am working on.
Classification Table- The descriptive table of the classes.
Classification Revisions-
Oiling Wind Instruments
A Commission To Set Standards for the Ocarina
Pitch Fluid Wind Instruments
Essays in a low state of being completed
History of the Ocarina
Ocarina Characteristics- How does each physical characteristic effect the sound of an ocarina?
The Dog Whistle- Essay on the history and misinformation about dog whistles.
Homemade Pads for Wind Instruments
Making Pickups
Low Pitch & High Pitch
Classifying Brass- The difficulty of classifying brass instruments into families
variable pitch drums- the techniques use to allow drums to rapidly change pitch
Plant Species used to make Reeds
Alloys- Looking into the Bronze and Brass Alloys used for making musical instruments.
Essays on Specific Instruments
Innovations on the Shawm
Innovations on the Didgeridoo
Innovations on the Ocarina
Innovations on the Piano
The Daxophone
