Home / Forums / General melodica discussion / Good term for referencing melodicas, pianicas, and melodions collectively / Reply To: Good term for referencing melodicas, pianicas, and melodions collectivelyReply To: Good term for referencing melodicas, pianicas, and melodions collectively July 27, 2014 at 8:00 pm #2862 AUREO MCParticipantHello, Lowboy, In Brazil it’s called escaleta (from musical scale and from Italian scaletta, in the past).It’s also called melodica sometimes.Greetings from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil!