Since shamisen was also adopted into a narrative called Joruri, shamisen music had been roughly divided in two: 'utai mono' (lyrical song) and 'katari mono' (narrative), and then they have repeated subdivisions that developed much further.
また語り物である浄瑠璃にも取り入れられ、三味線音楽は「歌いもの」「語り物」の二つの流れに大きく分かれ、更に分化を繰り返して大きく発展していく。