Surdo: With their deep sound, surdos are used to mark time and rhythm. There are three kinds of surdos: first, second, and cutting (or third). The surdo is the heart of the samba school baterias, but is also used in frevo, samba reggae and axé music. In Wasamba, the surdo costume colours is typically Orange with highlights of black
		Tamborim:  Pronounced like "tamborine" in Portuguese (the "m" is silent) A small hand-held drum with a high, piercing sound, played either with a wooden stick (in traditional samba, where a rhythm called telecoteco is often played) or with a three or four-pronged plastic beater (in the samba schools, where there is usually a large group of players). This instrument is equivalent to the soprano. Tamborins have a blue costume colour within Wasamba.
		Agogo Bells: Made of iron and steel, they are used in samba and its offshoots. The sound is made by striking a stick against the instrument’s two bells. A beautiful instrument that adds a melodic dimension to the overall sound. Like Tamborins, Agogo bells are of the colour blue.
		Chucalho, Ganza, Shaker : A shaker made of either many small cymbal like metal pieces or a large metal cans filled with rocks, sand or other material.  The shaker section sets up the groove for the rhythm to be based on and is an integral part of the Wasamba family!! The strikingly bright yellow section in Wasamba!! are the shakers.
		Snare, Caixa: Made of wood or metal, the caixa has a cylindrical shape and a head on both sides. The traditional caixa was tuned with a system of strings, and the current ones with a metal rod tightened with butterfly nuts, and has a snare on the bottom side, that is, the response head. There are different kinds of caixas with specific names because of their different sizes and timbres. For example: Caixa clara, Caixa-de-guerra, piccolo and others. A loud instrument that too sets upa great pulsating feel for the drummers to play to, these sambistas are dressed in black and white.
		Repinique or Repique (Heh pin ee key or Heh peek) is a stick or stick and hand drum played in the Brazilian music. It is typically high pitched and gives calls and directions to the bateria and dancers. It has a plastic head on both ends.  The musical director of Wasamba (Dan) plays this instrument (or tries to!!) This is not restricted to any particular colour scheme.
		Used by the mestre to get the bateria's attention. Also played as an instrument in its own right in batucada arrangements
		Wobbleboard: Not conventionally in a samba bateria, Wasamba has adopted this lovable instrument as its own, which in it's own right adds a quirky flavour to our percussion family. Go you good thing and wobble your hearts out!!!