Examples of tegoto having a descriptive aspect include a group of pieces in 'Kinutamono' which incorporates rhythms of beating with kinuta (wooden or stone block for beating cloth), 'Sarashi' which depicts nunozarashi (washing of cloth at a riverside) at Uji-gawa River, 'Mushi no Oto' (by Koto FUJIO) which depicts sounds of insects, the latter part of 'Yaegoromo' (by Koto ISHIKAWA), and in kokyugaku, the crane in 'Tsuru no Sugomori' (a song depicting various aspects of the life cycle of the crane), the cicada in 'Semi no Uta' (a song of cicadas) (by Kengyo YOSHIZAWA), the plover, wave, and matsukaze (wind blowing through pines) in 'Chidori no Kyoku' (a song for plover).
描写的な面では、砧を打つリズムを取り入れた「砧物」の曲群、宇治川での布ざらしを描写した「さらし」、虫の音を描写した「虫の音」（藤尾勾当作曲）や「八重衣」（石川勾当作曲）後半、胡弓楽では「鶴の巣籠」のツル、「蝉の曲」（吉沢検校作曲）のセミ、「千鳥の曲」（同）のチドリ、波、松風が挙げられる。