Animaterra,

The tune of Spered Hollvedel sounds fairly simple, and a tip someone gave me about Alan Stivell's compositions is that he often uses the pentatonic scale which limits the notes to 5 rather than 8. On the Celtic harp I can make a pentatonic scale by using the sharping levers - it ends up with 2 pairs of repeated notes soit isn't easy to play melodies but it makes it sound wonderful for glissandos. The notes are: D-flat, E-flat(x2) G-flat A-flat(x2) and B-flat. If you try the tune out on these notes or on a transposing of these notes to an easier to play scale you might find the tune is really easy to pick out yourself.

I'll give it a go, probably this weekend and if I can work it out I'll put it into a Midi file.

Some of Stivell's recordings are still available but I'm not sure about this one. I'll see what I can find out but if all else fails I can copy the tape (for serious study purposes only of course :-) ) and tie it to the back of a sea-going snail - scuba diving gear and all - and send it over to you.

Helen