Bateria

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A bateria (Portuguese for "drums") is a Brazilian musical group, the percussion band of a Samba School. Outside Brazil, the term "bateria" is also sometimes used loosely to mean any musical ensemble that plays samba.

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

[edit] Instruments

• Surdo (a bass drum)
• Caixa de guerra (a snare drum)
• Tarol (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 with a bamboo stick inside of it that is rubbed to produce a squeaky sound)

[edit] Sources and external links

• "Hello, Bateria!" — introduction by Marinilda Carvalho, provided by sambaparty.com
• Sounds of baterias — Marcelo Müller's Music Page
• Amazonas — Amazonas Site-Israeli samba school with many pic.