Instruments

• Surdo
  Surdo
  For the football player of the same name see Surdu.The surdo is a large bass drum used in many kinds of Brazilian music, most notably in Axé/Samba-reggae and samba and its variants, where it plays the lower parts from a percussion section....
  
  (a large, low-tuned drum, the heartbeat of the samba)
• Caixa de guerra
  Snare drum
  The snare drum or side drum is a melodic percussion instrument with strands of snares made of curled metal wire, metal cable, plastic cable, or gut cords stretched across the drumhead, typically the bottom. Pipe and tabor and some military snare drums often have a second set of snares on the bottom...
  
  (a snare drum)
• Tarol (a smaller snare drum)
• Repinique
  Repinique
  A repinique is a two-headed Brazilian drum used in samba baterias . It is used in the Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo Carnival baterias and in the baterias of Bahia, where it is known as repique. It is equivalent to the tom-tom in the non-Brazilian drum kit or to the tenor drum in marching bands...
  
  (a small drum, twelve by fourteen inches)
• Chocalho
  Chocalho
  Chocalho is the generic name for “shaker” in Portuguese. There are various types of idiophones using this name in Portuguese, not always being the same instrument:*a shaker;*a kind of jingle stick used to play samba music;*a cowbell;...
  
  (a rattle, made up of rows of jingles)
• Tamborim
  Tamborim
  A tamborim is a small, round Brazilian frame drum of Portuguese and African origin.The frame is 6" in width and may be made of metal, plastic, or wood. The head is typically made of nylon and is normally very tightly tuned in order to ensure a high, sharp timbre and a minimum of sustain...
  
  (a frame drum
  Frame drum
  A frame drum is a drum that has a drumhead width greater than its depth. Usually the single drumhead is made of rawhide or man-made materials. Shells are traditionally constructed of bent wood scarf jointed together; plywood and man-made materials are also used. Some frame drums have mechanical...
  
   played with a flexible beater)
• Agogô
  Agogô
  An agogô is a single or multiple bell now used throughout the world but with origins in traditional Yoruba music and also in the samba baterias . The agogô may be the oldest samba instrument and was based on West African Yoruba single or double bells...
  
  (a double cow bell
  Cow bell
  A cowbell or cow bell is a bell worn by freely roaming livestock, so that they do not run away or wander off without being heard. While bells were used on various types of animals, they are typically referred to as "cowbells" due to their extensive use with cattle.A trychel is a large cow bell...
  
  )
• Reco-reco (a notched stick played with a scraper)
• Pandeiro
  Pandeiro
  The pandeiro is a type of hand frame drum.There are two important distinctions between a pandeiro and the common tambourine. The tension of the head on the pandeiro can be tuned, allowing the player a choice of high and low notes...
  
  (a tambourine)
• Cuíca
  Cuíca
  Cuíca , or "kweeca", is a Brazilian friction drum often used in samba music. The tone it produces has a high-pitched squeaky timbre. It has been called a 'laughing gourd' due to this sound....
  
  (a hollow drum-like instrument containing a bamboo stick that is rubbed to produce a squeaky sound)

Sources and external links

• BateristasPT.com — Portuguese drummers community website
• "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