{"id":1,"date":"2017-09-17T05:46:51","date_gmt":"2017-09-17T05:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshanin.com\/blog\/?p=1"},"modified":"2026-01-06T04:46:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T04:46:15","slug":"introduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshanin.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/17\/introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello and welcome to my Blog \u2013 a central place for my articles and short essays on a variety of topics focusing on music &amp; sound.\u00a0Blog topics are sorted in three categories:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/koshanin.com\/blog\/category\/music-theory\/\"><b>MUSIC THEORY ESSAYS<\/b><\/a> \u2013 <i>A series of essays exploring various topics on music theory<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/koshanin.com\/blog\/category\/folk-songs\/\"><b>FOLK SONGS ESSAYS<\/b><\/a> \u2013 <i>Essays treating traditional folk songs released on my music albums. <\/i><em><i>These essays unveil the songs\u2019 ethnic, geographic, cultural and historic background; uncover their lyrical context with its often concealed meaning, includes their English translations, a short music analysis and more<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/koshanin.com\/blog\/category\/music-essays\/\"><b>VARIOUS ESSAYS ON MUSIC, ART &amp; MORE<\/b><\/a><\/em><em> \u2013<\/em><em><i> Essays on various topics of music, art and life<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><strong>RECOMMENDED READINGS:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>An educational and highly informative Essay Series on <\/em><strong><em>Odd Meters in Music<\/em><\/strong><em> explaining the workings behind the odd rhythms and time signatures. This series features a detailed survey of all types of odd meters, the theoretical foundation behind the odd rhythms, including numerous examples from the modern music with actual video clips, and a practical guide on how to understand and \u2018feel\u2019 the odd rhythms.<br \/>\nThis 7-chapter series should be read in the intended sequential order starting with the first essay:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/koshanin.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/23\/odd-meters-and-time-signatures-in-music-part-1\/\">ODD METERS AND TIME SIGNATURES IN MUSIC \u2013 Part 1<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *<\/em><br \/>\n<em>If you enjoyed my essays on this blog please show your support and Subscribe to my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@koshanin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube Channel<\/a>, follow my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Koshanin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FaceBook Page<\/a> or visit my <a href=\"https:\/\/koshanin.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Online Store<\/a> for music downloads, CDs albums, sheet music and more. Thank you!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Copyright 2018 Koshanin. All rights reserved. Any copying, reproduction, or use, in part or full, without prior consent of the author is prohibited.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello and welcome to my Blog \u2013 a central place for my articles and short essays on a variety of topics focusing on music &amp; sound.\u00a0Blog topics are sorted in three categories: MUSIC THEORY ESSAYS \u2013 A series of essays exploring various topics on music theory FOLK SONGS ESSAYS \u2013 Essays treating traditional folk songs&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/koshanin.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/17\/introduction\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Introduction<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-essays","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/koshanin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/koshanin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/koshanin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koshanin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koshanin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/koshanin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":272,"href":"https:\/\/koshanin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions\/272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/koshanin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koshanin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koshanin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}