and Artistic Heritage declared in 2007 the modern Carioca samba and its matrixes samba de terreiro, partido-alto and samba-enredo as Intangible Cultural Heritage in Brazil. Urban samba instruments With basically rhythm and varied tempo, the urban samba is played by percussion instruments and accompanied by string instruments. In certain areas, other wind instruments were added. Basic instruments Tamborim (percussion) Surdo (percussion) Pandeiro (percussion) Ganzá (percussion) Cuíca (percussion) Cavaquinho Classical guitar In some sub-genres Agogô Atabaque Bandolim Banjo Chocalho Hand-repique Tan-tan Brass instruments Trumpet Cornet Trombone IMMuB IMMuB () is the largest online catalog of Brazilian music. See also Music of Brazil Samba (Brazilian dance) Latin Grammy Award for Best Samba/Pagode Album List of Brazilian musicians#Samba List of English words of Niger-Congo origin Samba (ballroom dance) Samba de Gafieira Sambavas References Notes Citations Sources Books Papers and theses Press Further reading The Brazilian Sound: Samba, Bossa Nova and the Popular Music of Brazil. by McGowan, Chris and Pessanha, Ricardo. 2nd edition. Temple University Press. 1998. , documentary on the history of samba in Brazil with particular emphasis on Rio de Janeiro. The film is in Portuguese with English subtitles and approaches the subject from an interesting perspective. Samba. by Alma Guillermoprieto. Jonathan Cape London 1990. Rhythms of Resistance: African Musical Heritage in Brazil. by Peter Fryer. Pluto Press 2000. Making Samba: A New History of Race and Music in Brazil.'' by Marc A. Hertzman. Duke University Press 2013. References External links Samba Pagode history Samba & Pagode Semba/history Samba Brazilian styles of music Lusophone music Samba music genres