Among so-kyoku, the Tsukushi-goto (a school of so-kyoku) and the Yatsuhashi school do not play in concert with other instruments since they retain the music of the beginning of the Edo period and the early Edo period almost in tact even today.
箏曲のうち筑紫箏、八橋流は江戸初期、前期の音楽をほとんどそのまま伝えており他楽器との合奏を行わない。