TWELVE TAPES TO BE DISTRIBUTED BY A SINGLE PERFORMER IN A SPACE IN WHICH PEOPLE ARE FREE TO MOVE AND BIRDS TO FLY Albany and New York City April 1972 Copyright ©1972 by Henmar Press Inc., 373 Park Avenue S., New York, N.Y. 10016Duration: The tapes are each 26'+ (at 7 and 1/2 ips; other machine speeds may be used). Playing four, six or eight of them for that length of time or any fraction thereof will be the shortest performance. For longer per- formances (any length), tapes may be at any time rewound and put again into service. The following I Ching determined distribution programs may be freely realized in time (hav- ing established one situation, continue at any time to the next, etc., concluding the performance whenever. Where a situation is followed by the same situation (e.g., four tapes using four speakers followed by four tapes using four speakers), produce some change(s) (e.g., change at least one of the tapes, or, for at least two tapes, exchange speakers from which they issue). The following versions may be used in whole or in part with or without repetitions; other ones may be improvised following the nature of these. VERSION FOR FOUR CHANNELS Number Number (Continued) of tapes of speakers WENN HOOUFOFU ENE EEE NONNERHO FOHOHNE EEE FER EHOMHERN ERE EEE SORE FROPNERENRE EH EH EENANA EN TAN HON eA NNN STEN SN TNO T NM SENS EON ON NOANAO AMANO TNTMNAN HONE NOM ss hrMsOMs EMF EMstdanso 3 iB 2 Z| <| = & x a % S q z é QI 2 a 5 (Continued) Number Number Ont rOMNdHNoZNe Onovwvosnenosmwo ° § % 3 o Yad seonmnnwmnde MP HonweonssnonN. 2 8. £ we 3VATOTNO SSNS EMM MOMOsFOMOONONS FHM WF TOF MOMONMTONTMODOWOOHWOHOHNSE0 OO TMENNONDANY THN EAMODAMAMNwOM COMOTOMONNTMOFIMTNFOOONDON FON VERSION FOR EIGHT CHANNELS: THM ennwoun (Continued) CHmoarmowe Number of speakers enntiodnan woonwoorane of tapes NumberNOMMOMOMENTNSTRANDHODNNDKDHMONH MON NORM OOF OOROTHOFDONMRNLOONERmMooN NATIONAL AUDUBON sociETy JOHN CAGE torn gl 02/73