Searching by Notes

Sometimes you know a tune but not its name. Wherever you can search for a tune by name, you can type a few of its notes instead. Ceol finds the tunes that contain those notes.

How to Type the Notes

Use the note letters of ABC notation, as tunes are written on TheSession.org. For example: GED BED, or fdd cAA | B.

• Capital letters and small letters give the same result.
• Spaces and bar lines are not necessary.
• Do not type ornaments or grace notes. For example, AAABc finds a tune that is written with rolls and cuts on those notes.
• Type at least three notes. More notes give a shorter list.
• The notes can be from any part of the tune, not only the start.
• Type the notes in the key the tune is usually written in. Ceol compares them with the settings on TheSession.org.

Where You Can Search by Notes

• In the search box on My Tunes and on the Tunes tab of a session. A match by notes has a ♪ mark.
• In the add-tune search. The deeper search can be limited to names, to notes, or to both.
• In The Live Logger. This is the quickest way to log a tune when nobody knows its name.

Offline, searching by notes works only on the first bars of each tune. The full notation is not saved on your device.