Kiss of Life by British band Friendly Fires also features a batucada instrumentation in the background playing a funk beat.Samba-Afro style also shown on ' El Matador' from the Argentine band Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, a rhythm inspired by Samba-reggae from Bahia, Brazil.

The piece follows traditional playing models in terms of style. Batucada Surgiu by Marcos Valle, Sérgio Mendes's cover of which appeared on Look around. The Samba Batucada was written for the percussion ensemble at Frankfurt Music Academy.Portela performed by Pai Benê, Queimou O Pé.Celebration Suite performed by Airto, written by Hugo Fattoruso.The Obvious Child from Paul Simon's album The Rhythm of the Saints is an example of the sound of the samba-Afro style, exemplified by the Bahian samba reggae group Olodum.Written by Teena Marie from the Album Emerald City. Batucada Suite performed by blue-eyed soul singer Teena Marie.Apito, a small plastic, metal or wooden whistle.Reco-reco (known in Spanish as the güiro), a usually hollow wooden instrument with a ridged exterior surface that is scraped with a stick.Unlike the tambourine, the pandeiro can be tuned. Pandeiro, similar to a tambourine and played sometimes elaborately with the hand.It is usually played with hands and creates a similar timbre as the West African Djembé. Timbal, a long cone-like drum that is used to produce both high & low tones in the ensemble.The cuica creates a unique sound, which can sometimes sound like a human voice. The harder to the stick the finger is pressed, the higher the pitch of the sound is produced. The instrument is played by rubbing a damp cloth along the length of this stick, while pressing the head of the drum with a finger or thumb. Cuica, a single headed drum with a stick mounted inside the drum body, perpendicular to the head.Caixa de guerra, a deeper snare drum w/ wires on batter head and tarol, a thinner snare drum.

Chocalho ( Ganzá, Rocar, and shakers of various types and materials).Tamborim, a small drum usually played with a stick or a multi-pronged plastic beater.A third surdo de terceira or Surdo-mor syncopates in between the beats. When a second surdo is playing, it is tuned slightly higher and is played accentuating the first and third beats of the measure.

When only one surdo is playing, it accentuates the 2nd and 4th beat of every measure. It provides the downbeat, the bass downbeat of the rhythm.

Surdo, a large drum with an average size of 50 cm in diameter.

Traditionally the leader of the ensemble uses the repinique (also referred to as 'repique') to direct and solo.

Repinique, a high-pitched tom-tom like drum played with a single stick (or two long sticks) and the hand.

The wide variety of instruments used in a batucada include: As is Samba, the Batucada is a Brazilian musical expression with African roots. Batucada is characterized by its repetitive style and fast pace. Batucada is a substyle of samba and refers to a percussive style, usually performed by an ensemble, known as a bateria.

Samba batucada