Ionisation

The piece is scored for 13 players:

• large Chinese cymbal, very deep bass drum, cowbell
• gong, high and low tam-tams, cowbell
• bongos, tenor drum, medium and deep bass drums (laid flat)
• field drum, tenor drum
• high siren, lion's roar
• low siren, whip, güiro
• 3 Chinese blocks, claves, triangle
• snare drum without snares, high and low maracas
• tarole (a kind of piccolo snare drum), snare drum, suspended cymbal
• clash cymbals, sleigh bells, chimes
• güiro, castanets, glockenspiel a clavier (with resonators)
• tambourine, 2 anvils, very deep tam-tam
• whip, sleigh bells, triangle, piano