Little Session is a focused practice and reference app for Irish traditional musicians, giving you searchable access to more than 22,000 tunes from the world's largest Irish trad music database. Little Session turns ABC notation into clear sheet music, offers adjustable playback and looping for learning, and displays real-time fingerings so you can follow along on your instrument. Use it to identify unknown reels and jigs, plan sets for a session, or work through difficult passages at a comfortable tempo — a compact toolkit for practice, rehearsal, and live playing.
Search and browse a library of over 22,000 Irish trad tunes drawn from the largest available collection.
Sheet music rendered from ABC notation with playback, speed control, and looped practice sections for targeted learning.
Real-time fingerings for 14 instruments: Tin Whistle & Low Whistle, Flute (Boehm system), Uilleann Pipes, Fiddle, Guitar, Mandolin, Mandola, Bouzouki, Banjo, Cistre, Piano, Diatonic & Chromatic Accordion, and Anglo Concertina.
Tune recognition: tap the ear icon, play or whistle a few bars, and the app will try to identify the tune from its database.
Automatic chord suggestions based on modal analysis, supporting ionian, dorian, mixolydian, and aeolian modes, with per-measure chord editing.
Build, reorder, and tag sets for rehearsal or performance, and browse a community session map to import repertoire (community map coverage currently limited to France).
Little Session keeps your music local: no account required, no ads, no tracking, and your tunes stay on-device.
An extensive tune library and accurate ABC rendering make it easy to find arrangements and print-quality notation for practice.
Real-time fingering overlays and adjustable playback speed let learners of every level follow along visually and aurally.
Flexible licensing: the free tier includes core features, while a one-time premium unlock expands instrument support, sets, and recognition tools.
Community session import and map features are currently limited in geographic coverage (limited to France at present).
The free version restricts some capabilities to two instruments and five saved sets; a one-time premium purchase is required to unlock everything.
