Bandura:Main

This is the main page for all things bandura related

History

• Music of Survival - Historical Video about the UBC
• Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus 1958 Europe tour movie
• Shtokalko
• Julian Kytasty Film
• Murskyj Bandura Research (about Paliyivetz & Poltavkas)
• About manfacturer Vasyl Hlad
• Bill Vetzal's website (Bill is retired - no longer making banduras)

Purchasing

• Search EBay
• Search Etsy
• BanduraSpace Luthiers
• BanduraSpace Store
• Продаж Реставрація Бандур
• Майстерня Вправних Бандуристів
  • Майстерня Вправних Бандуристів (FB Page)

Sheet Music / Dumy Lyrics

• Bandura Educational Commission Books
• Hryhory Kytasty's Compositions
• BanduraSpace Library
• B&B Project Patreon
• Ноти для бандури (FB Group)
• Ноти для бандури (Google Drive)
• Ukrainian Dumy - Tarnawsky
• Victor Mishalow's photos. Scroll.

How to Play

• Bandura: A resource handbook
• Shtokalko Kharkiv-style handbook
• Shtokalko bandura songbook
  • Recordings of Shtokalko playing
• Bandura magazine parts 3-4 (including Introduction to Bandura Part II)
• Changing a Chernihiv string
• String gauges (Chernihiv, baby Vetzal, Vetzal Poltavka, Honcharenko Poltavka)
• Bandura Kit
  • Keep the bandura in tune. Otherwise it will take a long time to hold tune again (~2 weeks)
  • Use paintbrushes and cotton swabs to clean dust between strings
  • Use ripped t-shirt to clean strings after each use
  • Use something like FastFret to clean the strings every few weeks
  • Non-slip netting (drawer/cabinet liners) to hold the bandura in your lap (e.g. amazon)
  • Nail file
  • Scotch tape - For taping notes together
  • Scissors
  • Tuner (Korg chromatic) or the Pano Tuner App
  • Bandaids
  • White out
  • Highlighter
  • Tuning key (star)
  • Pin tightener
  • Plier kit
  • Spare strings

Manufacturing

• Vetzal construction video
• Honcharenko discussing construction (starts around 24:50)
• One of the last Chernihiv manufacturers
• Banduramaker blog
• Birkonium bandura services
• Old-world manufacturing
• Skliar construction (translation)
• Herasymenko Kharkhiv-style mechanism banduras
• Victor Mishalov’s instruments
• CNC Carving bridge (Birko)
• SvitBandur (site offline - archived)
  • Some of these files are also archived on Toloko (See the "Також на сайті" section)

Random stuff

• Bandura magazine parts 63-64
• Кобза і бандура

Amplification

Some options:

• DPA 4099 microphone
  • Sample audio
• k&k preamped guitar pickups

Bandura Groups/Pages

• Bandura at Bobriwka
• Kobzars'ka Sich - Bandura and Vocal Programs
• Bandura forum
• Ліга Вправних Бандуристів
• Харківська Бандура.Тоді і тепер.

Old Recordings

• Гнат Хоткевич "Ой, на горі вогонь горить" (1936р)