BOOKLETS & SHEET MUSIC
All booklets and sheet music were compiled by the Bandura Educational Commission.
This is an introduction into music theory for beginner students.
This collection includes instruction and repertoire for first-time bandura players. Written and compiled by Nadia Tarnawsky.
This collection includes instruction and repertoire for beginner-level students. Compiled by Andrij Bebko, Ihor Mahlay, and Oleh Mahlay.
Additional repertoire for beginner-level bandura. Compiled by Andrij Bebko, Ihor Mahlay, and Oleh Mahlay.
This collection, compiled by A. Hornjatkevyc and V. Moroz, includes a variety of music for young bandura students, including folk songs and Christmas carols, among other repertoire.
Book 1 gives an overview of the parts of the bandura and basic playing technique, and provides beginner-level folk, sacred, and art song repertoire arranged by H. Kytasty, I. Mahlay, and M. Lysenko. Compiled by I. Mahlay. Edited in 2022 by T. Mahlay and B. Standara.
Book 2 gives a brief history of the bandura and the kobzar tradition, and offers a variety of intermediate-level folk song arrangements by I. Mahlay, H. Kytasty, and others. Compiled by I. Zawadiwsky and I. Mahlay.
Book 3 contains additional folk and art song repertoire for bandura at the intermediate level, with arrangements by H. Kytasty, I. Mahlay, V. Sydorenko, A. Koshetz, M. Leontovych and others. Compiled by I. Mahlay.
Book 4 contains additional repertoire at the intermediate level, with arrangements by P. Kytasty, H. Kytasty, I. Mahlay, M. Kolessa, M. Lysenko, and others. Compiled by I. Zawadiwsky and I. Mahlay.
Book 5 consists of intermediate-advanced level repertoire for duets and ensembles, with compositions and arrangements by V. Mishalow, M. Farion, V. Kytasty, S. Hulak-Artemovsky, H. Khotkevych, and many others. Compiled by K. Golchuk and I. Mahlay.
Book 11 is a collection of fifty-five technical exercises for bandura. Compiled by I. Zawadiwsky and I. Mahlay. Edited in 2022 by T. Mahlay and B. Standara.
Book 12 is a compilation of Hryhory Kytasty’s instrumental works for bandura. Complied by I. Zawadiwsky and I. Mahlay.
Book 13 consists of eighteen Christmas carols arranged by H. Kytasty, I. Mahlay, K. Stetsenko, and V. Barvinsky. Compiled by I. Mahlay.
Book 14 consists exclusively of songs set to the words of Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko, with arrangements by K. Stetsenko, M. Farion, P. Demutsky, H. Kytasty, I. Stepovy, and others. Compiled by I. Zawadiwsky and I. Mahlay.
Book 15 commemorates the millennium of Christianity in Ukraine with a series of folk canticles, set for bandura by P. Demutsky, H. Kytasty, V. Kytasty, I. Mahlay, O. Mahlay, Z. Shtokalko, and M. Farion. Compiled by I. Mahlay.
COMMONLY PLAYED SONGS
Here you can find sheet music for songs that our students frequently play as an ensemble.
SHEET MUSIC RESOURCES
Here you can find the permanent online library of freely available and downloadable sheet music of Hryhory Kytasty.
Here you can find a library of sheet music and methodological materials, compiled by Helga Buga.
STRING GAUGES
Here you can find string gauge charts for Chernihivka, Poltavka (Honcharenko and Vetzel), and baby Poltavka banduras.
These string gauge charts and layouts for Chernihiv banduras (diatonic and mechanism) were made by Daniel Centore. Click the images to go visit his website and purchase strings. You can also contact him for help with strings.