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.^{[citation needed]} It might also mean battery.

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)
• Tarol (drum) [pt] (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)