Hello June, Just spotted this thread. It seems I'm about 1/2 hour nearer to you than Glentrool, although across the border in Brampton, Cumbria, just over an hour away. I play D/G and others on the same system, and play a fair number of Scottish tunes too. Whether or not the system is suitable for Scottish music depends entirely on what particular Scottish music you're trying to play! And I'm sure there are lots of English tunes the system DOESN'T accommodate very easily! The 8 'bass buttons' aren't half as limiting as some detractors like to claim; you've got (almost) scales of both D and G hidden away in them, well, at least, enough to give a few Stradella players a run for their money, provided you cross the rubicon of crossing the rows! I don't have much of a profile on here, but I've done some teaching, mostly one-to-one at home and at Bath Folk Festival, but I play entirely by ear myself so can't teach through 'the dots'. You'd be welcome here anytime if you think I can be of any help.