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The Eagle's Battery

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THE HEART OF SCHOOL

It is the drums that set the pace for everyone on the avenue.

Looking at the parade we see a large orchestra in motion:

The deaf is the most serious instrument of the drums with its three types: the first, the second and the third. Then there are the instruments that are considered intermediate: the box, the raise, or raise. Finally the treble: the tambourine, the cuica, the agogô and the rattle.

 

The position of each drummer on the avenue is carefully studied by Mestre Juca (battery master), who positions the instruments in the way he thinks best.

In addition to the organization, the school's battery also differs in terms of parades and, of course, the arrangements.

 

The result is that there is no one who can stand on the side of the Águia de Ouro's battery.

The drum instruments

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Mestre Armando Guerra (Mestre Juca) explains the instruments of our drums and the role of each one in the samba rhythm.

Click on the instruments and learn a little more about the function of each one.

CHOCALHO
Bateria | Chocalho

With its high-pitched sound, in addition to providing swing, it helps in sustaining the drums.

CHOCALHO
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TAMBORIM
Bateria | Tamborim

Treble instrument, which brightens the drums, drawing phrases in the samba melody.

TAMBORIM
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SURDO DE PRIMEIRA
Bateria | Surdo de Primeira

It is the biggest deaf and the one that gives the main tempo to samba, serving as the basis of the whole rhythm. Its tuning is serious.

SURDO DE PRIMEIRA
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SURDO DE SEGUNDA
Bateria | Surdo de Segunda

It is the answer to the deaf at first. It serves as support for samba at the moment when the first deaf person is “stopped”. Its tuning is sharp.

SURDO DE SEGUNDA
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SURDO DE TERCEIRA
Bateria | Surdo de Terceira

It plays in the interval of the 1st and 2nd deaf people in setback. Its tuning depends on the characteristics of each battery, and can be high or very high.

SURDO DE TERCEIRA
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REPINIQUE
Bateria | Repinique

It is widely used in the paradinhas and in the turns of samba, as a "password" for the return of the other instruments. Its pitch is sharp.

REPINIQUE
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CUICA
Bateria | Cuica

Their progress depends on the marking of the deaf, which are followed by the cuíca that gives samba a shine and cadence.

CUICA
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AGOGÔ
Bateria | Agogô

In the drumming of the drums there is a sound with a unique and cadenced definition in the notes D, G and B. It also brightens the drums, being performed in phrases in the samba melody.

AGOGÔ
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CAIXA
Bateria | Caixa de Guerra

It sets the pace, but allows flourishes that do not occur in the deaf. Depending on the level, the tunings can vary from high to medium low, usually the identity of each battery.

CAIXA
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