Bateria Explained

Bateria should not be confused with Bacteria.

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)

See also

• Torcida Jovem of Santos FC School Bateria Samba

Sources and external links

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