A virtual bandura workshop
July 13 – Aug. 7
SHEET MUSIC
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—CORE REPERTOIRE—
Exercises (In order of increasing difficulty)
Sheet Music (Single notes)
Sheet Music (Base notes)
Sheet Music (Diads and triads)
Sheet Music (Petlura)
Sheet Music (Advanced 1)
Sheet Music (Advanced 2)
This Land is Your Land
Sheet Music (All bandura parts, Mixed)
Sheet Music (All bandura parts, American)
Sheet Music (All bandura parts, Canadian)
Zaporizhian March (Запорізький Марш)
Sheet Music (Bandura 1 and Bandura 2)
Sheet Music (Bandura 3)
—BEGINNER PIECES—
I'm Baking Bread (Печу, Печу Хліб)
The Girl on the Shore (Ой Ходили Дівчина Бережком)
Beautiful Bride (Ой, Ти Дівчино)
The Rabbit (Зайчик у Житі)
—EARLY INTERMEDIATE REPERTOIRE—
The Girl on the Shore (Ой Ходили Дівчина Бережком)
Stukalka (Стукалка)
Ukrainian Polka (Українська Полька)
Dance (Танок)
—LATER INTERMEDIATE PIECES—
Horlytsia (Горлиця)
Uvivanets (Увиванець)
—ADVANCED PIECES—
Good Evening (Добрий Вечір, Дівчино)
I Will Put My Yarn on the Shelf (Кину Кужіль на Полицю)
Girl from Podil (Подоляночка)
—ADDITIONAL REPERTOIRE—
Organized in order of increasing complexity
Ask your instructor for which pieces your group is learning
Handbook for Beginners (Bashtan-Omelchenko)
Sheet Music (courtesy of BanduraSpace.com)
Repertoire starts on Page 10
Pieces for Bandura (Lobko)
Sheet Music (courtesy of BanduraSpace.com)
Repertoire based on folk songs of Eastern Europe and popular classical melodies
Songs about Animals (Dolhykh)
Sheet Music (courtesy of BanduraSpace.com)
Collection of Intermediate Pieces for Solo Bandura (Stepurko)
Sheet Music (courtesy of BanduraSpace.com)
The Disappointed Kitten (for chromaticism, Buha)
Sheet Music (courtesy of BanduraSpace.com)
Jingle Bells (Buha)
Sheet Music (courtesy of BanduraSpace.com)
Exercises for One Finger (Khotkevych)
Sheet Music begins on page 14 (courtesy of Diasporiana.org)
To a Young Bandurist (Kolomiyets)
Sheet Music (courtesy of BanduraSpace.com).
If you are unsure about what level of bandura you should play, contact us through the form. Generally, "Bandura 1" is the most difficult and as the numbers increase, the music becomes easier to play.
How do I...
How do I tune a bandura?
Is there a Ukrainian guide to tuning? (series of three videos)
How do I regulate my mechanism?
What do I do if a peg is loose?