Thesession.org tune settings and member bookmarked tune settings scraper

Demonstration of my simple thesession.org tune settings scraper utility at:

https://michaeleskin.com/tools/mustard_scraper.html

The tool can scrape all settings for a tune or just those that include chords.

Additionally, you can now scrape all tune settings bookmarked for a particular member.

After the tune settings are scraped, you can copy them to the clipboard, save them to a .abc file or open them directly in my ABC Transcription Tools.

Additionally, it adds default tempos for the tunes based on style as well as the name of the user who provided the transcription to the ABC for each of the tune settings.

Demo video:

https://youtu.be/zw5mmbJXnAg

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Yes the tempi are often crazy.

I’ve had to notate tunes in strange ways to get the tempi to play appropriately.

They’ve fixed that issue, mostly.

What ruins many of my searches is the fact that tons of tunes are listed in the wrong keys.

I just posted a B minor tune that previous versions, likewise in B minor, had listed as being in A Major. I think they’re people who don’t know what a tune’s key is, and use the key signature that generates the scale they need, and think “three sharps means A Major”.

I’ve continued to enhance the functionality of thesession.org tune settings scraper utility at:

https://michaeleskin.com/tools/mustard_scraper.html

The tool can scrape all settings for a tune or just those that include chords.

Additionally, you can now scrape all tune settings submitted or bookmarked by a particular member.

After the tune settings are scraped, you can copy them to the clipboard, save them to a .abc file or open them directly in my ABC Transcription Tools.

Additionally, it adds default tempos for the tunes based on style as well as the name of the user who provided the transcription to the ABC for each of the tune settings.

If you like the tune transcription style of a particular member of thesession.org, the new ability in the utility to get all of the member’s submitted tune settings is something you may find very useful.

Tune settings are fetched in chronological order, with the most recently created setting (either submitted by the member or saved as a bookmark) appearing first.

If you would like to sort the fetched tune settings by tune name, style, or key, simply open the results in the ABC Transcription Tools and sort them as desired using the Sort Tunes by Tag feature on the ☰ dropdown menu.

Demo video:

https://youtu.be/PLdA4j-SIfU

Demonstration of the new tune settings sorting and re-sorting features added to the thesession.org Tune Settings Scraper utility on 13 February 2026.

The utility is at:

Demo video: