Notes played by Scotsman and European (8)
I believe the answer is:
estonian
'european' is the definition.
(person from Estonia)
'notes played by scotsman' is the wordplay.
'played' indicates anagramming the letters.
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'scotsman' becomes 'ian' (common Scottish name).
'notes' is an anagram of 'eston'.
'eston'+'ian'='ESTONIAN'
'and' is the link.
(Other definitions for estonian that I've seen before include "Foreign" , "Northern European" , "E. European" , "One from a Baltic state" , "European language" .)