{{Short description|Form of Brazilian samba band}} {{For|a person|Bateria (futsal player)}} {{distinguish|Bacteria}} {{more citations needed|date=March 2014}} [[File:25- Acadêmicos do Engenho da Rainha 2010 - bateria.JPG|thumb|300px| Acadêmicos do Engenho da Rainha Bateria, samba school parade, 2010.]]
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) *''{{interlanguage link|Tarol (drum)|pt|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 containing a bamboo stick that is rubbed to produce a squeaky sound) *''Apito'' (a whistle) *''Clash cymbals'' *''Bass drums'' (optional and in some samba school drum lines)
== See also == * Torcida Jovem of Santos FC School Bateria Samba
== References == {{Reflist}}
==Sources and external links== *[http://www.torcidajovem.com.br '''Torcida Jovem''' of '''Santos FC''' School of Samba] *[http://www.bateristaspt.com/ BateristasPT.com] — Portuguese drummers community website *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120405121625/http://www.brazilcarnival.com.br/culture/drum-in-samba-read-bateria-carnaval-definition "Samba Bateria Definition & terms"] — Photos, videos & origins of the bateria terminology within the samba-schools environment at Brazil's carnival *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060628232421/http://sambaparty.com/bateria.html "Hello, Bateria!"] — introduction by Marinilda Carvalho, provided by sambaparty.com *[http://www.music.exato.nl/sounds/ Sounds of baterias] — The Brazilian Percussion Site *[http://www.bateristas.net/ A baterias website in Spanish] — A large community of drummers in Latin America *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110306140401/http://carnaval.ig.com.br/rio/carnival+in+rio+play+yourself+a+samba+school+drums+section/n1238135402474.html Play yourself a samba school drums section] — An animation that lets you conduct the samba
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