Mai-goto in Noh are largely classified into dai-sho mono (a type that uses big and small hand drums), which is accompanied on fue (Japanese flutes), Kotsuzumi (small hand drums) and otsuzumi (big hand drums); and taiko mono (a drum-using type), in which drums are included among the instruments for playing the music.
能においては、囃子に用いる楽器の構成から、笛・小鼓・大鼓から成る大小物と、太鼓の加わる太鼓物に大別することができる。