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This is a Modern piece . This piece was composed for shakuhachi by Neptune, John Kaizan in 1993 .

Mayamalavagaula appears on the following albums:

Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
River Rhythm  (Listen)	Neptune, John Kaizan
The title is the name of the first raga a student works on in the South Indian tradition. 0' D F G~ A~ A C are the bare bones of the raga, but all the ornaments between the tones give it a unique flavor. Matsuda plays his keyboard solo on a small Indian harmonium.