| Some instruments that are missing and are used in many scores, especially late-Romantic/early-20th century: harp, alto flute, Eb clarinet, oboe d'amore, heckelphone, bass oboe, bass trumpet, piccolo trumpet, harmonium, mandolin, cimbalom, etc. Then of course, percussion, of which you're missing oodles of instruments. One can look, for instance, and Penderecki's "Capriccio for Violin and Orchestra", which numbers in its percussion arsenal: triangle, 6 cymbals, tam-tam, glockenspiel, 4 cowbells, guiro, 2 gongs (yes, they are distinct from tam-tams), Javanese gong, bongos, bass drum, wood block, claves, rattle, singing saw, whip, thunder sheet, vibraphone. It also includes electric bass is its orchestration (and he uses electric guitar in a few other works). In fact, naming "the possible orchestral instruments" is *impossible* - composers come up with new additions all the time. |