Kharkiv-style bandura

To allow for the added required dexterity of the left hand, the instrument is held parallel to the body of the player.

This instrument was based on the Starosvitska bandura used by Hnat Khotkevych and was modified somewhat by Leonid Haydamaka.

These attempts were initially made by Perekop Ivanov and Ivan Skliar and resulted in the development of the Kyiv-Kharkiv bandura which did not have a residing success.

In recent times, music professor Vasyl Herasymenko in Lviv made attempts to revive the instrument.

As scholarship reveals more of what Hnat Khotkevych's original ideas were, and as interest grows more players will turn to the Kharkiv bandura.