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

Ocean Motion appears on the following albums:

Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
Asian Roots - Takedake with Neptune  (Listen)	Neptune, John Kaizan
A Japanese five-tone folk scale (yosempu) is used, but the 12/8 rhythmic groove is commonly found in West Africa. The sounds at the beginning were created with bamboo rain-sticks and bamhoo shakers. The shakuhachi introduction is accompanied hy the torung from Vietnam.