IBandura Yiyo isixhobo somtya ithandwa kakhulu kwimbali yomculo IsiUkraine. Idibanisa izinto ze-zither kunye ne-lute, esekwe kwisiseko sayo, i-kobza. Ihlala ineentambo ezili-12 ukuya kwezingama-68. Iimvumi eziyidlalayo zibizwa ngokuba zii-bandurists.
Igama lokuqala bandura lisuka kwimbali yasePoland ka-1441, emisela ukuba inkosi yasePoland uSigismund III wayenesi sixhobo sasisaziwa njengeTaraszko esivela kwiqela lobuhlanga laseRuthenian (eUkraine).
Igama elithi bandura likholelwa ngokubanzi ukuba lingene ngolwimi lwaseUkraine ngePoland, nokuba yeyesiLatin okanye ipandora yesiGrike okanye ipandura, nangona abanye abaphengululi bekholelwa ukuba eli gama laziswa eUkraine ngokuthe ngqo kulwimi lwesiGrike.
Kude kube kuyilo lwesixhobo njengesixelwe kuFrancesco Landini, umdlali weqonga wase-Itali kunye nomqambi weTrecento. Izixhobo ezifanayo ziye zabhalwa njengabakho eUkraine kwinkulungwane edlulileyo.
Ezandleni zeZaporozhian Cossacks, i-bandura yatshintsha kakhulu, ngenxa yokuphuhliswa kwerepertoire ethile. Ngenxa yendima ephambili njengesixhobo sokuhambelana nelizwi, ulwakhiwo kunye nobuchule buye bahlengahlengiswa ukuze kulunge ngakumbi le misebenzi.
Ngale ndlela, izikolo zemfundo eneemfuno ezizodwa zamiselwa iibhodi ezingaboniyo, zibeka isiseko seklasi yeemvumi ezihambahambayo ezaziwa ngokuba zi-kobzares. Ngenkulungwane ye-18, isixhobo sasiguqukile saba luhlobo olunentambo emalunga nemine ukuya kwemithandathu ebotshelelwe entanyeni (kunye okanye ngaphandle kweentsimbi) kunye nobuninzi beentambo ezilishumi elinesithandathu ezaziwa ngokuba yi-prystrunky strung kwinqanaba le-diatonic kwityala.
I-bandura yayikho kule fomu ingatshintshanga kude kube sekupheleni kwekhulu le-19.