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I wouldn’t have liked to live in Edinburgh forever, but I had a really fantastic time there and I was sad to leave. The time there was too short, even for our kids. The kids went to school there, and for our son it was the first time he’d been to school. They both picked up a strong Scottish accent!
Pub Music in Edinburgh
1. When did Greg first become involved in playing Irish music?
2. What was the first festival he visited like?
3. What struck him most at the festival?
4. When did he take up fiddle?
5. Why did he have to learn playing it again?
6. How did he pick up the fiddle back home?
7. Why did they move to Edinburgh?
8. What did Greg and his wife do?
9. What about Greg’s work in Scotland?
10. Why did he enjoy living in Edinburgh?
11. How often did he go to folk music sessions?
12. Where did they take place?
13. What did they do at the sessions?
14. How did he happen to discover those sessions?
15. How did he turn into a regular session player?
16. What kind of fiddle player was Greg at the time?
17. Has he improved since then?
18. What did he do to improve?
19. What other instruments did some of the musicians play?
20. Did they only play Scottish music in the pubs in Edinburgh?
21. How did it happen that there were Irish sessions in Edinburgh?
22. Why were there more people playing in the Irish sessions?
23. Were songs typical for Scottish sessions?
24. How did he feel when he had to leave Edinburgh?
25. Why was that time prominent for their children, too?
Pub Music in Edinburgh
Training 1
Greg first became involved in playing Irish music many years ago when he first visited Ireland. He was greatly inspired after attending some great folk festivals there. The first one he went to was in County Sligo. There were so many great groups playing there. There were thousands of tents and people everywhere, and there was a really great atmosphere.
Training 2
Greg took up the fiddle when he was a small child but dropped it when he came to the age of about thirteen. But after seeing those folk play in Ireland, Greg had to pick it up again. He brought some sheet music back from Ireland, and when he got back home, joined a local folk music club and tried a few tunes. First, they played the tunes very slowly. But gradually Greg learnt a few of them by heart.
Training 3
He moved to Edinburgh, because his wife got a grant to work at the University of Edinburgh. She was looking for a place to work where she could expand her knowledge, and at the same time somewhere where Greg would feel happy. They eventually decided upon Scotland. Greg found some work there too. He is a biologist, specialising in mosses. And he had some good opportunities to talk with other experts, as well as to collect mosses.