Original Instructions as submitted by Professor Stockhausen
 
 
 
To whom it may concern
 
I herewith send to ACIDplanet:
  1. as a "formula" one page with the notation of SAGITTARIUS.
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    1. This part of my ZODIAC lasts normally 25.4 sec. with the tempo quarter note = 85. For composing a piece of about 3 1/2 minutes, it should be stretched 8 times slower. Inside these 3 1/2 minutes, various transpositions in durations and pitches can be juxtaposed and superimposed. Use ritandandi and accelerandi.
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    2. All the pitches with their durations should be used at least once in the original form.
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    3. Use 12 degrees of volume:

      Decibel 48 - 52 - 56 - 60 - 64 - 68 - 72 - 76 - 80 - 84 - 88 - 92, like the pitches:


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  2. I add a DAT-tape with sound samples. After the choice of excerpts, and after the order of sounds has been made, the chosen sounds must be transposed on the pitches which have been fixed beforehand.
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    Then shape the envelope of every sound, slightly superimpose endings and beginnings of connected sounds. Vary reverberation.
     
  3. Every now and then play and / or sing along with the sections of the computer. Strive for a dancing mood. The original tempo is basically eighth note = 170!
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    Have Fun!
     
    Yours  
     
(Note: To clarify point 3 in the above instructions, Professor Stockhausen later made the following remark: "Make sure that the singing is not part of the recorded composition.")