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. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Mestre Cobra Mansa, more commonly known as Cobrinha, is a mestre or master of Capoeira Angola. ... Capoeira or the Dance of War by Johann Moritz Rugendas, 1835 Capoeira (IPA: ) is an Afro-Brazilian martial art developed initially by African slaves in Brazil, starting in the colonial period. ... Percussion instruments are music instruments played by being struck, shaken, rubbed or scraped, hence the percussive name. ... In music, a band is a group of musicians, or musical ensemble, usually popular or folk, playing parts of or improvising off of a musical arrangement. ... The samba schools are samba clubs that started in the early part of the 20th century in Rio de Janeiro Brazil. ...

Baterias are also used to accompany the Brazilian martial art, Capoeira. Hawaiian State Grappling Championships. ... Capoeira or the Dance of War by Johann Moritz Rugendas, 1835 Capoeira (IPA: ) is an Afro-Brazilian martial art developed initially by African slaves in Brazil, starting in the colonial period. ...

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)

The Surdo is the biggest and one of the most important drums in the Brasillian Samba Baterias. ... A bass drum is a large drum that produces a note of low definite or indefinite pitch. ... The snare drum or side drum is a tubular drum made of wood or metal with skins, or heads, stretched over the top and bottom openings. ... Repinique A repinique is a medium sized drum used in samba baterias. ... A tamborim is a small, round Brazilian frame drum of Portuguese and African origin. ... An Agogô is a multiple bell used in samba baterías (percussion ensembles). ... The cowbell is a percussion instrument. ... The pandeiro (pronounced: pan-DEH-ruh), similar to the Tambourine, is a small, hand-held Brazilian percussion instrument. ...

Sources and external links

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