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My Tune List

The My Tunes page lets you keep track of tunes you're learning or want to learn. Think of it as your personal tune library that helps you organize your learning journey.

Adding Tunes

Click the + button to add a new tune to your collection:

  • Search by name or by ABC notes — the catalog first, and TheSession.org for tunes not in it yet (you can also paste a TheSession.org URL or tune ID)
  • Preview before adding - Tap a result to see its notation and page through its settings; or use the ＋ on the result to add it in one tap
  • Choose the status it starts at (Want to Learn, Learning, or Learned) and optionally add a note

Syncing from TheSession.org

If you keep a tunebook on TheSession.org, you can import it: open the add-tune pane and follow the "Have a tunebook on thesession.org? Sync it here" link. You'll need your TheSession.org user ID (found in your profile URL there); the sync adds any tunes you don't already have, at a status you choose.

Tracking Your Progress

Each tune shows your current learning status with a color-coded badge:

  • Want to Learn - Tunes on your wish list
  • Learning - Tunes you're actively practicing
  • Learned - Tunes you know well

Tracking by Instrument

If you play more than one instrument, you can track a tune's status separately on each. Open a tune's detail view and click View By Instrument on the status control to reveal a row per instrument. The main control shows your furthest-along status across all your instruments; each instrument row can be set independently — handy when a reel is solid on banjo but still learning on concertina.

Each instrument is either Auto or Manual, set on your Profile page:

  • Auto - follows the tune's main status. Mark a tune learned and it's learned on this instrument automatically. Adjust an individual tune if it's trickier on this instrument.
  • Manual - a curated list you build one tune at a time. Starts empty; marking tunes learned overall does not add them here.

Removing an instrument from your profile that has customized per-tune statuses will ask you to confirm first, since that saved detail can't be recovered by re-adding the instrument.

Heard Count Feature Mobile

For tunes marked as "Want to Learn," you can track how often you hear them at sessions. On mobile devices, swipe right on any tune card to quickly increment the heard count. This helps you prioritize which tunes to learn next based on how frequently they're played.

Filtering and Sorting

Use the filter panel to find specific tunes:

  • Search - Find tunes by name
  • Status - All, Learned, Learning, or Want To Learn
  • Sort - Alphabetical, popularity, how often you've played it ("my plays"), how often it was played on nights you attended, or heard count — each with an ascending/descending toggle
  • Played at my sessions / While I was there - Narrow to tunes that actually come up where you play
  • Type Filter - Show only jigs, reels, hornpipes, etc.
  • Instrument Filter - Show statuses for a single instrument you play

Active filters show as small pills above the list — tap a pill's × to remove just that filter.

Editing Tunes

You can change a tune's status right on its card — tap the status badge to cycle through the statuses. Tap the card itself to open the detail view, where you can:

  • Update your learning status (overall, or per instrument)
  • See the notation, and flip between the opening bars and the full tune
  • Adjust the heard count
  • Configure your personal take on the tune: what you call it, the setting you play, the key, and your notes
  • Browse its History (every night it was logged, with links into those logs), Stats, and Played With (the tunes it's most often set with)
  • Listen to the tune - Open it in ABC Tools for playback

Tips for Learning Tunes

  • Start with tunes that have high "heard counts" - these are played frequently at sessions
  • Focus on the common tune types first: reels and jigs make up the majority of session repertoire
  • Use the popularity sorting to see which tunes are most commonly played across all sessions
  • Add notes to remind yourself of tricky passages or alternate settings