✨ New

This summer's new features

Accompaniment on every instrument, a tag-organised repertoire, creation mode and a tuner: Little Session becomes your complete session companion.

Uilleann regulators and diatonic accordion basses sitting on the score as chord diagrams

Accompaniment

Chords on every instrument

Diagrams follow the score under every chord name — and not just for fretted instruments: uilleann regulators and diatonic accordion basses sit on the score exactly like a DADGAD guitar or bouzouki grid. Bass-clef piano, Stradella, B/C, C#/D… Tap a diagram to edit the shape and hear the result.

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My repertoire

Your tunes sorted by tags

Tag your favourite tunes (Session, Concert…) and browse them as smart folders built from your tags, with an « in a set » badge, recency filters and unified search across tunes, sets and tags.

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Creation Mode

Compose your own tunes

Enter your melody note by note, or let microphone capture transcribe it. The score builds in real time, with « sounds like… » suggestions and ABC/PDF export.

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Tuner

Tune spot-on

A built-in chromatic tuner: real-time needle, accurate to the cent, 415/440/442 Hz presets and a « play the A » button to tune by ear.

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1 Search

23,000+ tunes at your fingertips

The complete TheSession.org database, built-in and searchable offline. Reels, jigs, hornpipes, polkas, slides, slip jigs, waltzes and more.

Instant search by name
Filter by type: Reel, Jig, Hornpipe, Polka, Slide, Waltz, Slip jig
Popular tunes highlighted by the community
Audio recognition: hum or play a tune to find it
Works 100% offline

Little Session — Search

Search screen with filters and popular tunes

2 Sheet Music & Fingerings

Sheet music, chords and fingerings side by side

Every tune is rendered as sheet music from ABC notation. Chords are automatically annotated, and the fingering diagram for your instrument follows the melody note by note.

Sheet music generated from ABC notation
Automatic chords above the measures
Interactive fingerings for every instrument
Tempo slider: Learning, Slow session, Session, Craic!
17 instruments supported

Drowsy Maggie — Piano

Drowsy Maggie with sheet music and piano fingerings

3 Tune Editor

Customize chords and ornaments

On any existing tune, tap a measure to open the editor. Change the suggested chord, add ornaments, fine-tune notes. (To compose a tune from scratch, see Creation Mode.)

Automatic chord suggestion per measure
Choose from diatonic chords of the mode
Ornaments: Slide, Triplet, Hammer-on, Pull-off
Note pitch editor
Audio preview of each chord

Editor — G5, measure 12

4 Instruments

17 instruments, your choice

Pick your instrument from 4 families: winds, strings, keyboards and reeds. Each instrument has its own interactive fingering diagram, true to the real thing.

Wind: Tin whistle, Low whistle, Boehm flute, Uilleann pipes
Strings: Fiddle, Guitar, Banjo, Mandolin, Mandola, Bouzouki, Cittern
Keys & Reeds: Piano, Diatonic accordion, Chromatic accordion, Anglo concertina
Fingering diagram adapted to each family

Choose Instrument

Instrument picker by family: winds, strings, keyboards

5 Sets

Build your session sets

Group your tunes into sets, just like in a session. Tag them, adjust repeats, and start playback with one tap.

Drag to reorder tunes
Custom tags (to learn, favorite...)
Number of repeats per tune
"Play set" button with tune count

Banger reels — 3 tunes

6 Set Player

Play your sets in sequence

Play a full set: tunes flow automatically one after another. The strip at the top shows your position, and a floating panel previews the next tune so you're never caught off guard.

Visual strip of tunes in the set
Automatic transition between tunes
Next tune preview in a floating panel
Built-in metronome or bodhran accompaniment
Repeat counter

Set Player — Broken Pledge + Preview

Set player with fingerings and next tune preview

7 Fingerings

Real-time fingerings for every instrument

Whatever your instrument, fingerings are displayed note by note during playback, with the current note highlighted on the sheet music.

Coloured fingerings for all 17 instruments
Active note highlighted on the sheet music
Interactive diagram adapted to each family (winds, strings, accordions, piano)
Full sheet music with repeats and alternate endings

Drowsy Maggie — Tin Whistle

Coming soon

What's coming next

Little Session is continuously evolving. Here are the upcoming features currently in development.

Repertoire sharing

Share your sets and repertoires with other musicians — chords and arrangements included. Prepare for a session together.

Accompaniment gesture editing

Customise the accompaniment of non-fretted instruments: uilleann regulators, accordion basses, piano left hand.

Enhanced instrument rendering

More detailed fingering diagrams, improved animations, and new instruments added with each update.

✓ Already shipped this summer

✓ Progressive tempo increase while looping (tune and set)

✓ Sessions worldwide: 18 countries on the map, from Ireland to North America

✓ Multi-instrument accompaniment and tag-based repertoire — see what's new

23,000 tunes,
17 instruments