Bateria



The term bateria means “drum kit” in Portuguese and Spanish. In Brazil, the word is also used for a form of Brazilian samba band, the percussion band or rhythm section of a Samba School.

Baterias are also used to accompany the Brazilian martial art, capoeira.

Instruments

 * Surdo (a large, low-tuned drum, the heartbeat of the samba)
 * Caixa de guerra (a snare drum)
 *  (a smaller snare drum)
 * Repinique (a small drum, twelve by fourteen inches)
 * Chocalho (a rattle, made up of rows of jingles)
 * Tamborim (a frame drum played with a flexible beater)
 * Agogô (a double cow bell)
 * Reco-reco (a notched stick played with a scraper)
 * Pandeiro (a tambourine)
 * Cuíca (a hollow drum-like instrument containing a bamboo stick that is rubbed to produce a squeaky sound)
 * Clash cymbals
 * Bass drums (optional and in some samba school drum lines)

Sources and external links

 * Torcida Jovem of Santos FC School of Samba
 * BateristasPT.com &mdash; Portuguese drummers community website
 * "Samba Bateria Definition & terms" &mdash; Photos, videos & origins of the bateria terminology within the samba-schools environment at Brazil's carnival
 * "Hello, Bateria!" &mdash; introduction by Marinilda Carvalho, provided by sambaparty.com
 * Sounds of baterias &mdash; The Brazilian Percussion Site
 * A baterias website in spanish &mdash; A large community of drummers in Latin America
 * Play yourself a samba school drums section &mdash; An animation that lets you conduct the samba

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