Play along with a wonderful harpsichord!

FREE SHEET MUSIC FOR MANDOLIN & HARPSICHORD

and Free Sheet Music for Mandolin and Guitar Orchestra

1. THE MAGIC MOUNTAINS IN THE SEA

Allegro maestoso

FISHING BOATS AND DANGEROUS SEA

This music describes the sea and the storms, the danger out in the dark and high seas, and that the song gives courage.

Lars Forslund - mandolin & Angelica Selmo - harpsichord

Please, use this music as you want but you must follow international copyright laws and report to your country's music bureau

for copyright when you use this music in public, such as concerts, recordings, film, internet and streaming etc.

Please, use good speakers or headphones! Good luck!

2. THE SONG OF MIDNIGHT SUN

Allegro con moto

MIDNIGHT SUN RAYS HIGH IN THE SKY

This is a song without words, describes the wonderful light over the mountain peaks, the lambs, sea eagles and puffins.

Lars Forslund - mandolin & Angelica Selmo - harpsichord

Please, use this music as you want but you must follow international copyright laws and report to your country's music bureau

for copyright when you use this music in public, such as concerts, recordings, film, internet and streaming etc.

Please, use good speakers or headphones! Good luck!

3. AURORA BOREALIS

Andante misterioso

A DANCING LIGHTING GAME

Tango rhythms symbolizes the dancing light across the sky and the cluster chords and the tremolo the magic sky.

Lars Forslund - mandolin & Angelica Selmo - harpsichord

Please, use this music as you want but you must follow international copyright laws and report to your country's music bureau

for copyright when you use this music in public, such as concerts, recordings, film, internet and streaming etc.

Please, use good speakers or headphones! Good luck!

4. THE BEAUTY OF NATURE

Andante amoroso

SEA, MOUNTAINS AND FISH MARKET

The octave intervals in the mandolin, depicts the glassy surface of the sea, powerful chords

Vikings religious rock and baroque sequences dried fish loaded on the ships to Venice.

Lars Forslund - mandolin & Angelica Selmo - harpsichord

Please, use this music as you want but you must follow international copyright laws and report to your country's music bureau

for copyright when you use this music in public, such as concerts, recordings, film, internet and streaming etc.

Please, use good speakers or headphones! Good luck!

5. BACCALÀ - THE GREAT SUCCESS

Andante maestoso (folia, walzer, flamenco)

THE TRIP TO SPAIN, PORTUGAL & ITALY

These music describes the millennial exports of dried fish from Lofoten to southern Europe. Folia,

Waltz and Flamenco will be mixed withsad melodies at the loved ones farewell.

Lars Forslund - mandolin & Angelica Selmo - harpsichord

Please, use this music as you want but you must follow international copyright laws and report to your country's music bureau

for copyright when you use this music in public, such as concerts, recordings, film, internet and streaming etc.

Please, use good speakers or headphones! Good luck!

6. THE FURIOUS SEA

Allegro furioso

THE STORM AND SHIPWRECK

The dramatic music, the fast playing and sweeping arpeggios, the chords and pounding

rhythm of the instruments symbolizing ice, furious waves and the darkness of the sea.

Lars Forslund - mandolin & Angelica Selmo - harpsichord

Please, use this music as you want but you must follow international copyright laws and report to your country's music bureau

for copyright when you use this music in public, such as concerts, recordings, film, internet and streaming etc.

Please, use good speakers or headphones! Good luck!

A VIRTUOSO HARPSICHORD PLAYER

If you are looking for a virtuoso harpsichord player? Please contact us!

ANGELICA SELMO - HARPSICHORD

plays French Harpsichord Music

FREE SHEET MUSIC & MP3 FILES

Music for your Mandolin Orchestra - All arrangements by Lars Forslund

Klick on a button to open a MP3. file with the Musescore sound of a mandolin orchestra and a PDF. file with the sheet music of the full score

and all parts. You can download the sheet-music of your instrument part and print it or open it on your  computer, i-pad or tablet and than

conect speakers or headphones on another devise (smartphone or mp3 player) or open two windows on your computer, i-pad, tablet or smartphone. If you don't know how to do, please ask somebody who knows about modern technic.

Please, use this music as you want but you must follow international copyright laws and report to your country's music bureau

for copyright when you use this music in public, such as concerts, recordings, film, internet and streaming etc.

Please, use good speakers or headphones! Good luck!

Warning! The mp3 music starts after about 15 seconds so care the volym!!!

LARS FORSLUND'S "MANDOLIN SCHOOL"

Music for mandolin and Harpsichord

Dear Mandolin Player!

WELCOME TO LARS FORSLUND'S "MANDOLIN SCHOOL"

Here is something for those who like to play mandolin pieces with an accompanist! Music by Vivaldi, Bach, Mozart and Beethoven among others, for mandolin and harpsichord.

I'm not a mandolin teacher, and there are a lot of great mandolin teachers out there around the world, but I have a super strong passion for live music and concerts. My passion lies in playing, collaborating with other musicians, organizing concerts and festivals and I love chamber music. I also love to inspire people to play chamber music, do marketing and arrange concerts with the mandolin involved.

SOMETHING FOR YOU, TOO

Therefore, I have developed a fantastic system to be able to play music at a high level, when my harpsichordists, pianists and chamber musicians are not available. It is also a super effective way to prepare and study the music before the first rehearsal begin with, for example, a harpsichordist. Then you already master your part of the music in detail at the first rehearsal and so you do not tire out a professional or talented accompanist with too many interruptions and retakes.

NICE ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETELY FREE OF CHARGE

Therefore, I want to share, completely free of charge, my nice arrangements for harpsichord and mandolin to you who like our website and our videos on YouTube, and to you who love to play mandolin sonatas and chamber music with an accompanist. As a soloist myself, I play more than 50 concerts annually and some of these concerts, I perform myself with my cembalino-harpsichord.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

Here on the website you can read about how the software and the concept works. See more on the video about the cembalino-harpsichord project below. Because I love baroque music, I have made harpsichord parts for various mandolin sonatas. If you start an mp3-file with "play along" function, here on the website, it takes about 10-15 seconds before the harpsichord starts playing, so you have time to settle yourself down, and then the harpsichord plays a small introduction at half a bar or sometimes 1-2 beats. The harpsichord always starts first, so you have time to count the beat. In the software I have put rubaton, ritardandon and tempo changes so it becomes a living accompaniment. For example, a repeat can be a little more intense and increase the tempo a little bit, just as it often is at a live concert when the musicians get a little bit more excited.

USE YOUR MOBILE PHONE, MP3-PLAYER, TABLET OR COMPUTER

So you should connect your mobile phone, mp3-player, tablet or computer to a pair of good speakers or headphones and then just play the music directly from this website or our YouTube channel. With speakers, you can also play for your family and friends or at weddings, parties, concerts in churches, castles, museums and libraries, and more. Let your imagination run wild about how you can use the mp3-files. Of course, you can also record the music and post your own recording on YouTube. You can use and download the files for free and you don't have to pay for copyright. The files are free. However, if you use the files for commercial use, it is necessary that you or the concert organizer report the performance to STIM in Stockholm, Sweden or GEMA in Germany or equivalent in your country.

EASIER TO UNDERSTAND

I recommend you to watch my YouTube videos about "Play along", than it's easier to understand the concept. When you play along on our YouTube channel, you will find the sheet-music in the video. For the mp3-files and the sheet-music, you can print, download or use it directely here on our website. For some of the music by Beethoven and Mozart you should use your own sheet-music or download from IMSLP. You can also see below how I use the mp3-files for 7 different concert programs for my mandolin and my cembalino d'amore (harpsichord). It's also nice when I get a response in the form of a standing ovation from an enthusiastic audience, which happens quite often, even though I am playing on a virtual harpsichord. People are very impressed when modern technology meets 300 years old music from the Baroque era.

Good luck with your music making.

Best wishes!

Lars Forslund

Mandolin Academy

PLAY ALONG WITH YOUR MANDOLIN ON YOUTUBE

Music for mandolin and Harpsichord by Vivaldi - Largo from Mandolin Concerto and more

PLAY ALONG WITH YOUR MANDOLIN ON YOUTUBE

Music for mandolin and Harpsichord by Beethoven - Adagio cantabile from the "Pathetique" sonata

PLAY ALONG WITH YOUR MANDOLIN HERE ON OUR WEBSITE

Music for mandolin and Harpsichord by Bach

Klick on a button to open a MP3. file with the harpsichord accompainment and a PDF. file with the sheet music of the mandolin.

Be careful! The introduction of the harpsichord part always play an empty bar before the mandolin starts. Sometimes the 

number of the bars is wrong or it is just a half bar. You have to listen and try before you get it right. 

You can download the sheet-music and print it or open it on your  computer, tablet and than conect

speakers or headphones on another devise (smartphone or mp3 player) or open two windows

on your computer, tablet or smartphone. Ask somebody who knows about modern technic.

Please, use good speakers or headphones! Good luck!

Warning! The mp3 music starts after about 15 seconds so care the volym!!!

Here you have the harpsichord part of Beethoven and Mozart on mp3-files. Please, use your own sheet-music or download from IMSLP.

BAROQUE AND PRESENT

A fantastic and authentic Baroque sound

OLD MEETS NEW

The concept of sound & design, is based on the Baroque sound, and design ideal, in the encounter with the absolute latest, of our time, in digital technology. A happy meeting. It is fascinating when two eras meet, and the result is exceptionally good.

DESIGN FROM THE 1720S AND TECHNOLOGY FROM 2020

Here, 300 years have passed between the innovations, and today these ideals fit like a glove.

THE NEW FANTASTIC TECHNOLOGY IN THE SERVICE OF THE BAROQUE MUSIC ERA

The new mini amplifier Yamaha THR 5 A for acoustic plucked string instruments, together with the software programs: MuseScore, Reaper, Kontakt and the sampling program Berlin-Harpsichord, and the wireless microphone plugs from Boss, means that new and old can be combined at the absolute highest level with a sound result beyond the ordinary. The baroque music sounds fantastic and varied with exuberant resonant sounds from the 18th century.

LISTEN TO THE SOUND OF THE ORGANETTO

Here you have the continuo part from a sonata by Vivaldi

Please, use good speakers or headphones! Good luck!

Warning! The mp3 music starts after about 15 seconds so care the volym!!!

THE CEMBALINO & ORGANETTO PROJECT, IDEA & CONCEPT

The construction process of the instruments by Lars Forslund

GLORIA DI LORENZO CRISTIANO

Musica sacra per soprano, mezzosoprano, flauto dolce, mandolino,

cembalino ed organetto di Lars Forslund

SACRED MUSIC BY LORENZO CRISTIANO 

Lorenzo Cristiano is a pseudonym of Lars Christer Forslund, and this version of this choral work is composed for a women's choir, or vocal soloists, solo recorder, solo mandolin, harpsichord (cembalino) and organ (organetto). The music is inspired by sacred Italian Baroque music, in particular by Vivaldi and Corelli.

Klick on a button to open a MP3. file with the Musescore sound of a mandolin orchestra and a PDF. file with the sheet music of the full score

and all parts. You can download the sheet-music of your instrument part and print it or open it on your  computer, i-pad or tablet and than

conect speakers or headphones on another devise (smartphone or mp3 player) or open two windows on your computer, i-pad, tablet or smartphone. If you don't know how to do, please ask somebody who knows about modern technic.

Please, use this music as you want but you must follow international copyright laws and report to your country's music bureau

for copyright when you use this music in public, such as concerts, recordings, film, internet and streaming etc.

Please, use good speakers or headphones! Good luck!

Warning! The mp3 music starts after about 15 seconds so care the volym!!!

LARS FORSLUND PLAYS THE "PATHETIQUE" BY BEETHOVEN

on mandolin & cembalino

CAMERATA MANDOLINO CLASSICO PLAYS MUSIC BY HANDEL

for flauto dolce, mandolino & cembalino

MANDOLIN & HARPSICHORD

Neapolitan Mandolins

WATCH OUR VIDEOS

Beautiful 3D films about The Carnival of Venice in the 18th century. Or play along to our soundtracks.

Music by Vivaldi, Bach, Mozart,

Beethoven and others