Jodai Kayo came to be an origin of ceremonial songs such as Kagurauta (songs) and Saibara (folk songs), which were accompanied with instruments, and its form and poetic devices became progenitors of the later Waka.
上代歌謡は神楽歌や催馬楽などの楽器を伴う儀式歌の源流となるが、その歌体・技巧は後の和歌の母胎となっている。