Maker
Contemporânea
Brazilian samba percussion
Contemporânea makes the instruments of the Rio bateria — surdos, repiniques, tamborims, caixas, and pandeiros — in Brazil, and supplies escolas de samba as well as the European samba scene.
Models
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Contemporânea Pandeiro
Hand percussion · Brazil
The pandeiro's jingles are cupped and dry rather than bright, and the head is tunable, which lets one player produce bass, slap, and jingle parts simultaneously.
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Contemporânea Tamborim
Hand percussion · Brazil
The tamborim is six inches across, held in one hand, and struck with a flexible multi-rod stick; the virada figures it plays are the most recognisable sound in the bateria.
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Contemporânea Surdo
Hand percussion · Brazil
The surdo carries the pulse of a samba school, and Contemporânea builds them in aluminium and wood across the three tuned sizes a bateria uses — first, second, and third surdo.
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Contemporânea Repinique
Hand percussion · Brazil
The repinique is the drum the leader plays to call a samba school in and out of sections, high-pitched and played with one hand and one stick.
Categories
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Hand Percussion
Congas, bongos, djembes, cajons, timbales, frame drums, and the small instruments that live on a percussion table: tambourines, cowbells, shakers, and claves.
Representative model
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Contemporânea Surdo
Hand percussion · Brazil
The surdo carries the pulse of a samba school, and Contemporânea builds them in aluminium and wood across the three tuned sizes a bateria uses — first, second, and third surdo.