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Your Irish
trad music companion

22,000 tunes, sheet music, real-time fingerings for 15 instruments.
Search, play, learn — even offline.

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1 Search

22,000+ 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
  • Chord diagram overlay on the fretboard
  • Tempo slider: Learning, Slow session, Session, Craic!
  • 15 instruments supported
Cooley's Reel — Guitar + Chords
Cooley's Reel with sheet music, chords and guitar fingerings
3 Music Editor

Edit chords and ornaments

Tap on any measure to open the editor. Change the suggested chord, add ornaments, modify notes.

  • 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
Chord and ornament editor
4 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
The Salamanca / The Doonagore / The Old Copperplate
Set editor with 3 tunes, tags and Play button
5 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 the fretboard follows the melody.

  • Visual strip of tunes in the set
  • Automatic transition between tunes
  • Banjo, guitar, mandolin fingerings on the fretboard
  • Built-in metronome or bodhran accompaniment to keep the beat
  • Repeat counter
Set Player — Salamanca Samba (Banjo)
Set player with banjo fingerings
6 Tin Whistle

Real-time tin whistle fingerings

The tin whistle is the iconic instrument of trad music. The 6 holes light up note by note during playback, with the current note highlighted on the sheet music.

  • 6-hole diagram with colored fingerings
  • Active note highlighted on the sheet music
  • Also works for low whistle
  • Full sheet music with repeats and alternate endings
Set Player — Tin Whistle
Set player with tin whistle fingerings
7 Preview

The next tune, in advance

While playing a set, a floating panel shows the sheet music for the next tune so you're never caught off guard. Piano, chord overlay and tempo slider — everything is there.

  • Preview of the next tune in a floating panel
  • Real-time piano fingerings on the keyboard
  • Guitar/bouzouki chord diagram overlay
  • Visible repeat counter
Set Player — Piano + Preview
Set player with piano, chord overlay and next tune preview
Instruments

15 instruments, one companion

Winds, strings, keyboards and reeds. Each instrument has its own interactive fingering diagram.

Tin Whistle
Low Whistle
Flute Boehm
Uilleann Pipes
Fiddle
Guitar
Banjo
Mandolin
Tin Whistle
Low Whistle
Flute Boehm
Uilleann Pipes
Fiddle
Guitar
Banjo
Mandolin
Mandola
Bouzouki
Cittern
Piano
Diatonic Accordion
Chromatic Accordion
Anglo Concertina
Mandola
Bouzouki
Cittern
Piano
Diatonic Accordion
Chromatic Accordion
Anglo Concertina
7 Sessions

Find your next session

Discover Irish traditional music sessions near you on an interactive map. Data from TheSession.org.

  • Interactive map of sessions
  • Times, venues and details available
  • Import a session's repertoire to prepare
  • More sessions worldwide coming soon
Sessions — Map
Map of Irish trad music sessions
Coming soon

What's coming next

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

Full ABC editing in sheet music mode
Edit notes directly on the sheet music: add, delete, move. A true sheet music editor built into the app.
Repertoire sharing
Share your sets and repertoires with other musicians. Prepare for a session together.
Progressive tempo increase
Practice mode: the tempo automatically increases with each repeat, from learning speed to session speed.
Enhanced instrument rendering
More detailed fingering diagrams, improved animations, and new instruments added with each update.
Sessions worldwide
Progressive enrichment of the sessions map: Ireland, United Kingdom, Europe, North America.
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Ready for the session?

Little Session

Little Session

14.99 € one-time purchase

No subscription. All features included.

  • 22,000+ Irish trad music tunes
  • 15 instruments with real-time fingerings
  • Audio melody recognition
  • Works 100% offline
  • Free updates
Microsoft Store App Store — coming soon Google Play — coming soon

Windows 10+ required. iOS and Android coming soon.