Home / Forums / General melodica discussion / Good term for referencing melodicas, pianicas, and melodions collectively / Reply To: Good term for referencing melodicas, pianicas, and melodions collectively Reply To: Good term for referencing melodicas, pianicas, and melodions collectively July 27, 2014 at 8:00 pm #2862 AUREO MCParticipant Hello, 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!