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Little Session now speaks 10 languages: German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, Danish, Japanese and Korean join English and French. Tune recognition is significantly improved, both in accuracy and in speed. Rebuilding the audio index is recommended to get the full benefit. Also new since 3.9: sync your repertoire across your devices (end-to-end encrypted, Premium), import TablEdit (.tef) scores into the Composer, Settings reorganised into clear sections, Do Re Mi note names as an option, a real Irish roll for “~”, chord-grid cells with several chords, a reworked “Add to set” screen, and fixes to PDF export and sheet-music engraving.
Little Session — your Irish traditional music companion. 23,000+ tunes from TheSession.org, sheet music, chords and real-time fingerings for 19 instruments. Everything works offline, in 10 languages. One purchase, no subscription, no account. TUNES & SHEET MUSIC • 23,000+ tunes bundled in the app — reels, jigs, hornpipes, polkas, slides, slip jigs, slow airs; Irish, Breton and Scottish repertoires • Search by name, filter by type, switch between the community settings of a tune • Notation rendered from ABC, with zoom, tap-a-note to hear it, and a built-in ABC editor • Identify a tune by ear: play a few clear seconds and the app searches the catalogue PLAYBACK BUILT FOR LEARNING • Speed slider from Learning pace to full Session pace • Loop the tune, a part (A, B…) or a selection, with an optional gradual speed-up • Lilt to swing the beat, metronome, bodhrán groove and drone under the tune 19 INSTRUMENTS, LIVE FINGERINGS • Winds — tin whistle, low whistle, flute, uilleann pipes, Highland bagpipe, bombarde, biniou kozh • Strings — fiddle, guitar, banjo, mandolin, mandola, bouzouki, cittern, with capo and custom tunings • Keys & reeds — piano, piano accordion, diatonic accordion (B/C, C#/D), chromatic accordion, Anglo concertina • Notes light up on the instrument as the tune plays; fretted instruments switch to tablature • Letter names or Do Re Mi, your choice CHORDS & ACCOMPANIMENT • Automatic chord suggestions from a modal analysis of the melody, editable on any note • Chord diagrams under every chord name: DADGAD guitar, GDAD/GDAE bouzouki, piano, accordion buttons, uilleann regulators • Tap a shape to edit it, hear it and apply it to one bar, the whole tune, or as your default STUDIO • Arrange a tune or a whole set: melody, accompaniment, bodhrán, drone, piano, accordion, harp • Record your own takes over the arrangement, align them, mix and export to audio or MIDI SETS, REPERTOIRE, COMMUNITY • Build sets like at a real session — reorder, tag, play them end to end, with suggestions of tunes often played together • Tag folders, notes and attachments keep your repertoire in order; import a TheSession.org member's tunebook • Share tunes, sets or your whole repertoire by file or QR code, chords and annotations included • 6,300+ sessions mapped in 59 countries, plus the places published by the community PRACTICE & GAMES • Play-along trainer: with the score, over a backing through headphones, or phrase by phrase — the app listens and scores your timing and notes • Memory game: hear a tune and name it, or read its name and play it — with a monthly world challenge • Daily streak, mastery per tune, milestones and 12 Irish ranks COMPOSE & IMPORT • Write a tune note by note, or play into the mic and let the app write it down — never auto-corrected • Two-staff piano mode, automatic chords; import ABC, MusicXML, MIDI and TablEdit; export PDF, ABC, MusicXML or a share link TUNER, METRONOME, SOUND • Chromatic tuner with cents gauge and adjustable reference A (415 / 440 / 442 Hz) • Bundled soundfont, or free high-quality packs — strings, fiddle, piano, accordion, pipes PRIVACY & PRICING No account, works offline, your repertoire exports to a backup file. Anonymous usage statistics only with your consent, and you can switch them off. Free: the whole catalogue, sheet music, playback, 6 instruments (tin whistle, fiddle, flute, guitar, piano, piano accordion), 5 sets, 2 Trainer and 2 Memory games a day. Premium — one-time purchase, no subscription — unlocks all 19 instruments, unlimited sets and games, tune recognition, chords and accompaniment, the full composer and Studio, and encrypted sync between your devices. Tune data from TheSession.org, shared by musicians worldwide.