In about half of his works, kengyo YAEZAKI played the so or koto (a long Japanese zither with thirteen strings) and by YAEZAKI's good arrangement his works became more sophisticated ones as ensembles of shamisen and koto.
作品の半数ほどは、八重崎検校が箏の手付をしており、八重崎の名アレンジにより、三味線・箏の合奏曲として更なる磨きがかかった音楽となった。