Jiuta songs which have a cohesive instrumental part at the middle of the songs were seen in 'Rangoya' and 'Seiran' which were 'kumiuta' (koto suites of songs) that were the oldest kind of jiuta.
曲の中間にまとまった器楽部分をもつ地歌曲は、すでに地歌最古の種目である「組歌」の「乱後夜」「晴嵐」にも見られる。