Tune books and Software
Tugboat Annie’s Session Book – PDF:
This is the PDF version of our session book to be published the end of March, 2026. The printed version of this book will be available at our session on Wednesday night at Tugboat Annie’s in Olympia, WA.
- 142 of the most played Celtic tunes from our Irish session.
- Arranged with the tunes we play in sets placed on sequential pages
- Clickable alphabetical index to take you to the tune
- Clickable link on the bottom of each page to return to the index
Tugboat Annie’s Song Book – PDF:
The Twitch Stream Tune Book:
The Larger Celtic Tune Book with 444 tunes, This has all the tunes from the Tugboat Annie’s book, plus the tunes from James Hall’s Twitch Stream and is updated frequently. You can find information about the Twitch stream and download the book at the link below. (this book does not have clickable links)
Using the Session Tunes on your Tablet, Phone or Computer
Our session books are available in two formats PDF and ABC Notation. With the PDF version you can read it with Adobe Acrobat Reader on any system just like you would read any PDF document. The tunes are indexed using bookmarks, so you can quickly find your tune and jump to that page.
With the ABC Notation format it is much more versatile. When the software is installed, you can read the sheet music and also have your phone play the tune back for you to hear the rhythm and melody, or play along with it for practice. You can slow it down or speed it up and even transpose the music with a few clicks. To use the ABC version of the Session Book first install one of the software solutions below, then download the ABC Session Book.
“EasyABC” for Windows
This free program for Microsoft Windows systems displays the music on your screen. If you push the play button it will give you a count in beat then play the melody and chords. You can also adjust the speed of the tune, So you can start out slow while you are learning the tune, then pick up the pace until you can play at session speed. Each note is highlighted as it is played, making it easy to find your place. it uses ABC notation so you can easily add new tunes from thesession.org or abcnotation.com
“TunePal” for Apple, Android or Web
An abc player and query-by-playing search engine from Bryan Duggan which runs on iPhone, iPod touch, iPad & android devices. Also a free online service.
O’Neill’s Music of Ireland
ABC Format
