Bateria

Mestre Cobra Mansa leading a Capoeira bateria.

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.

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)

Sources and external links

["Hello, Bateria!"] — introduction by Marinilda Carvalho, provided by sambaparty.com
[Sounds of baterias] — Marcelo Müller's Music Page

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