The dramas of Ningyo Joruri progressed in accordance with the performance of Gidayu-bushi (a kind of Joruri), so the programs of Kabuki whose stories came from Ningyo Joruri (for example, "Yoshitsune Senbonzakura" [Yoshitsune and One Thousand Cherry Trees] & "Kanadehon Chushingura" [The Treasury of Loyal Retainers]) are similarly accompanied by Gidayu-bushi.
人形浄瑠璃は、義太夫節（浄瑠璃の一種）の演奏に合わせて劇が進行する構成であり、歌舞伎でも人形浄瑠璃から移入した演目（『義経千本桜』『仮名手本忠臣蔵』など）は同様に義太夫節が演奏される。