Aikatas are almost the same as tegoto in jiuta and the unique aikata such as 'Tsukuda' or 'Taki nagashi' (Falling down a waterfall) is one enchantment of choka, but they are rather devoted to description and in some points they characteristically differ from the tegoto of jiuta which musically developed far more variously as most of them are for theater music.
合方は地歌で言う手事とほぼ同じであり、「佃」「滝流し」など独自の合方もあり長唄の魅力の一つとなっているが、どちらかといえば描写に徹しており、また大方が劇場音楽であるだけに、はるかに多様な音楽的展開を見せた地歌の手事とは性格を異にする部分もある。