Info & Help

Annual membership runs 1 Aug to 31 Jul: £20 full / £15 concession.

Benefits: discount on class fees, a vote at the AGM, discount on publications, insurance cover during classes.

Membership is optional.

New to SMG? Sign up to register. Then sign in, click “Membership” then “Enrol” to purchase.

Buy membership before booking classes to get the discount.

• Online by card via Bookeo/PayPal
• Bank transfer — contact office for details
• Cheque payable to Scots Music Group, post to: Eric Liddell Community, 15 Morningside Road, EH10 4DP
• Cash — contact office to arrange

Standard classes:

• 7+ days before first class: 75% refund
• Under 7 days before: 50% refund
• Within first 3 weeks of term: 25% refund
• After week 3: no refund

Membership: only refunded alongside class fees. Standalone memberships non-refundable.

Short courses & workshops: non-refundable.

Ceilidh tickets: non-refundable. You may resell tickets yourself.

Exceptional hardship? Contact the office in confidence.

No. SMG encourages learning by ear. Tutors teach slowly and share music via recordings, photocopies or cloud storage.

You can transfer to another level where spaces allow. Speak to your tutor in the first week or two. Fiddle and guitar classes run on the same night for this purpose.

Check the class descriptions, then speak to your tutor in the first week. All fiddle and guitar classes run on the same night so you can easily switch.

Any acoustic instrument that can play in a range of keys. Some classes also welcome smallpipes, whistles, moothies, bodhrans etc.

It depends on your experience, but ukulele and whistle are good starter instruments for those new to music.

Contact the office — we can usually suggest places, and some of our tutors are instrument makers.

Where practical, yes — but discuss with the office in advance for fire safety and space reasons.

Classes are for adults aged 18+. Family members are welcome at end-of-term events. The Edinburgh Youth Gaitherin runs workshops for ages 9–18.

Come to any of our classes, or join one of the many regular pub sessions around Edinburgh.