First , they abandoned the use of puppets and became independent as music; and secondly , they developed , more or less , into forms that are softer and more erotic , as the nature of ' narration ' was weakened by the element of ' song .' 第一に操り人形から離れ、浄瑠璃の音楽性が独立したこと、第二に程度の差はあるが「語り」の性格が「歌」の要素によってよわめられ、やわらかさ、艶麗さの方向に発達していったことである。