Taratabong: The World of the Meloditties
A magical land where the musical melloditties live. The narrator follows them through their adventures. This is an American adaptation of the French show of the same name.
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Trailer
WELCOME TO TARATABONG OFFICIAL CHANNEL !
Cast
Seasons
Welcome to the musical world of the Meloditties… Taratabong is a wonderful place inhabited by little musical creatures, the Meloditties. Communicating by sound and rhythm, these instrumental characters create a new melody in every episode, introducing preschoolers to the magical world of music through everyday adventures and fun.
- Ep 1
1.The Meloditties
04-01-20096mWe’re in Taratabong, where the Meloditties live, getting to know the main characters. They include two brothers: Trumpee the trumpet and Snaree the snare drum, along with their par...
- Ep 2
2.Where's Do?
04-01-20096mTrumpee and Snaree meet the Xilo brothers for the first time. They are eight parts of a xylophone. They become firm friends after having helped them find a relative who went missin...
- Ep 3
3.The Bum Note
04-01-20096mWhile Grando and Pino are playing a very romantic piece and dancing ballet steps, two of their keys get damaged: they end up off key! Pino is a little worried, but Grando reassures...
- Ep 4
4.The Way to School
04-01-20096mTrumpee and Snaree are running late for their class at Maestro Nomo’s music school and decide to take a short-cut. After all sorts of incredible adventures, and with the help of th...
- Ep 5
5.The Mysterious Track
04-01-20096mTrumpee and Snaree set off to explore the world. They come across a long railway track. The two Meloditties don’t know what it is and think it's an enormous xylophone, but the Xilo...
- Ep 6
6.Splish Splash
04-01-20096mIt’s bath day, but Trumpee and Snaree don’t want to know. They run off through the woods, but come across Maestro Nomo, who is swimming around in a big bathtub with a tap flowing,...
- Ep 7
7.Hide and Go Seek… The Echo
04-01-20096mWhile they are playing hide-and-go-seek, Trumpee, Snaree, Pino and the Xilo brothers end up in a cardboard box. It’s very dark inside, and there’s a funny echo. They are scared, bu...
- Ep 8
8.Happy Birthday!
04-01-20096mTrumpee, Snaree and Pino find some old sheet music and discover that music can be written down just like words. Grando knows how to read it. the music is an old waltz which Aunt Ac...
- Ep 9
9.Here Not There
04-01-20096mMaestro Nomo leads the Meloditties on a walk through Taratabong. They arrive in a field full of holes. They make up a new game: jumping in and out of the holes as they play music....
- Ep 10
10.The Sax Brothers
04-01-20096mThe four Sax brothers arrive in Taratabong, swimming like ducks on the pond. Their music helps the Meloditties forget all their little worries. They all head over to Maestro Nomo’s...
- Ep 11
11.Shy Fluto
04-01-20096mTrumpee and Snaree meet a young flute called Fluto, who is very shy by nature. Little by little, she starts to play with them and gets to know the rest of the Meloditties. In the e...
- Ep 12
12.A Quiet Winter
04-01-20096mIt’s winter and Taratabong is covered in snow, which falls in a magical silence. The Meloditties have a fun throwing snowballs at each other and skating on the frozen pond. Trumpee...
- Ep 13
13.Soft and Loud
04-01-20096mTrumpee and Snaree are taking a big soapy bath in the pond. There are lots of bubbles and they play with them. The bubbles pop, making a sweet little sound. Once they are out of th...
- Ep 14
14.Wind Song
04-01-20096mIt’s windy today and the Meloditties are having fun with some leaves when a sudden gust blows off Bone's moustache. Snaree, Trumpee and Pino chase all through Taratabong after the...
- Ep 15
15.Carnival Time
04-01-20096mWhile they are playing by the pond, the Meloditties have fun changing their voices, either using water, or pebbles, or bamboo shoots. Their masked voices give everything a carnival...
- Ep 16
16.Happy and Sad
04-01-20096mAfter finding a big leaf which has fallen onto the ground, the little Meloditties have fun sliding around on it as their parents watch over them. A new arrival interrupts their gam...
- Ep 17
17.The Yawning Double Bass
04-01-20096mTrumpee and Snaree make a new friend, Trebass, a double bass who is always tired. Maestro Nomo invites him to play with them, but Trebass always ends up dropping off. The Meloditti...
- Ep 18
18.The Off-Key Guitar
04-01-20096mThe Meloditties meet Tarrita, a guitar with a broken string. They all look for something to replace it: a blade of grass, a length of wool, a piece of spider’s web, a rubber band –...
- Ep 19
19.Follow the Beat
04-01-20096mThe Meloditties meet the Tchikapoom family, a big group of percussion instruments led by the Bon and Go brothers, who are drums. They help Snaree and Drumba enrich their basic 'boo...
- Ep 20
20.Musical Theater
04-01-20096mThe Meloditties are walking around Taratabong when they come across something new: a little theater. At first, they are wary, but they soon start having fun up on stage with their...
- Ep 21
21.Taking Turns
04-01-20096mGrando the grand piano agrees to play horse while the Meloditties all climb onto his back. It’s a very fun game and they keep it going, even though they are playing more and more o...
- Ep 22
22.Robo the Synthesizer
04-01-20096mThe Meloditties meet Robo, a synthesizer, and get to know him. They are amazed by his unbelievable technique. They find out that because he's a computerized machine, he can play fa...
- Ep 23
23.The Magic Carousel
04-01-20096mThe Meloditties have a new friend: Barello the barrel organ. While they are playing together, they spot a strange light coming from the top of a hill. They decide to go and find ou...
- Ep 24
24.Jump Up
04-01-20096mThe Meloditties set off for a walk through Taratabong in single file. Trumpee suggests they make the game more fun by jumping. They all jump up and down as Maestro Nomo directs the...
- Ep 25
25.Tarrita and Her Cousins
04-01-20096mTarrita the guitar is sad, as she is missing her cousins Jo the banjo, Electra the electric guitar, and Andolino the mandoline. They live in a different part of Taratabong. The Mel...
- Ep 26
26.Ding Dong Bell
04-01-20096mThe Meloditties family goes on a ‘botanic’ excursion down the path which leads to the top of bell hill. They can see different species of plants: from berry-bells to pumpkin-bells....
- Ep 27
27.Big Voice, Little Voice
04-01-20096mFluto the piccolo and Trebass the bass are playing the same melody together accompanied by Grando. Maestro Nomo arrives followed by Trumpee and Snaree. After having carefully liste...
- Ep 28
28.The Music of the Stars
04-01-20096mIn front of their house, Trumpee and Snaree are getting ready to go to the Mandolins' village. Lolin and Tarrita, the violin and the guitar, join them, and they leave together to g...
- Ep 29
29.Megaphone and Microphone
04-01-20096mTrumpee, Snaree, Pino and the Xilos are playing tag. The Xilos are playing and flying, one of them perches on what appears to be the edge of a large vase surpassing from a bush. Th...
- Ep 30
30.A Bad Day in Taratabong
04-01-20096mTrumpee, Snaree and Pino, interrupt their game, and climb on top of a hill, followed by Maestro Nomo and Bone. Up there, they meet two saxophones from The Sax brothers. They are cu...
- Ep 31
31.Giant Pipeorg
04-01-20096mIt's a beautiful morning in Taratabong. Trumpee, Snaree, Pino and the Xilos are going to the music school. Upon arrival they found the blackboard, but not Maestro Nomo. They start...
- Ep 32
32.Party Time in the Forest
04-01-20096mTrumpee and Snaree, returning from school, find a very busy Drumba, she is doing the housekeeping of their house-case. Snaree also wants the place to be very clean he tries to make...
- Ep 33
33.Lamellophones
04-01-20096mAt the edge of Taratabong's pond, Snaree is skimming pebbles. Trumpee arrives, watches Snaree et applauds his best shots. Snaree gets enthusiastic and makes a great shot with many...
- Ep 34
34.The Tympani Twins
04-01-20096mSnaree is looking for mama Drumba; he asks Trumpee, who tells him to search in a bush nearby. Snaree goes to the bush but instead of Drumba he finds Tymp, a sad kettledrum who is w...
- Ep 35
35.Ghing Gong
04-01-20096mThe bright sun shines in the Taratabong's sky. Trumpee, Snaree and Pino are a bit stunned by the heat. They head to the lake in order to refresh themselves. They are walking near t...
- Ep 36
36.What Soon, the Bassoon, Saw
04-01-20096mSnaree, Trumpee and Pino are sliding on leaves as big as sleds. After an impressive ride, Snaree sneaks into a heap of snow. He emerges disguised as a 'monster', with the leaf on h...
- Ep 37
37.Grandpa Tuba
04-01-20096mTrumpee, Snaree, Pino and the Xilos are playing tag. The Xilos are playing and flying, one of them perches on what appears to be the edge of a large vase surpassing from a bush. Th...
- Ep 38
38.The Meloditty Big Band
04-01-20096mTrumpee, Snaree and Pino, interrupt their game, and climb on top of a hill, followed by Maestro Nomo and Bone. Up there, they meet two saxophones from The Sax brothers. They are cu...
- Ep 39
39.A Strange Lesson
04-01-20096mIt's a beautiful morning in Taratabong. Trumpee, Snaree, Pino and the Xilos are going to the music school. Upon arrival they found the blackboard, but not Maestro Nomo. They start...
- Ep 40
40.Drumba, We've Got Visitors
04-01-20096mTrumpee and Snaree, returning from school, find a very busy Drumba, she is doing the housekeeping of their house-case. Snaree also wants the place to be very clean he tries to make...
- Ep 41
41.Moonlight Sonata
04-01-20096mIt is the middle of the night, the moon is high in the Taratabong's sky. In the house-case, Trumpee and Snaree are asleep, in the same time, Drumba and Bone admire the starry sky....
- Ep 42
42.Sound Patterns
04-01-20096mTrumpee and Snaree are plowing the ground, in order to create a vegetable plot, with a rake that has five points which creates five drills, just like a partition. Trumpee plants se...
- Ep 43
43.Clary, the Chatterbox Clarinet
04-01-20096mBone is trying to explain some musical things to Trumpee (musical dialogue). Snaree arrives, with a new meloditty. Snaree looks annoyed, Clary, the clarinet is a real chatterbox,...
- Ep 44
44.Professor Harpsy
04-01-20096mIt is the sunset in Taratabong. Trumpee, Snaree and Pino are still playing, running after each other. Pino has gone a little too far and the light becoming weaker, he gets lost. T...
- Ep 45
45.The Amazing Harp
04-01-20096mTrumpee, Snaree and the Xilos are having fun throwing a feather in the air. Snaree is a bit jealous of the Xilos who are the best at this game, throwing the feather so high no one...
- Ep 46
46.The Horn Friends
04-01-20096mTrumpee and Snaree are playing basketball in front of their house. They are having a lot fun and play the music of the ball. Drumba and Bone call them:they must come inside and cle...
- Ep 47
47.The Pianola
04-01-20096mTrumpee and Snaree are playing hide-and-seek between the plants. Snaree falls and accidentally pierces a leaf with one of his drumsticks, this incident reminds them that it's time...
- Ep 48
48.Penny among the Pumpkins
04-01-20096mBone takes Trumpee ans Snaree, both very excited, to the valley of the rubbery pumpkins, where the Tympani twins live. Maestro Nomo told them that Tymp and Tump invented a very fun...
- Ep 49
49.Paco, the Electric Bass
04-01-20096mIt's autumn, the leaves are falling down quietly, Trumpee and Snaree are bored. School has not started yet and they cannot wait to learn new things. Electra arrives, she is the ele...
- Ep 50
50.Taperee Remembers
04-01-20096mNear the school, Bone, Trumpee and Snaree play a soft music together. We hear some nervous piano arrangements coming from the school: Maestro Nomo and Grando are agitated, they can...
- Ep 51
51.Practice Makes Perfect
04-01-20096mPino is playing a beautiful ballet music and is dancing to it with Grando. Snaree wants to do like him and awkwardly tries to dance on his “tiptoe”. Then Pino does a triple spin. S...
- Ep 52
52.The String Family
04-01-20096mIn a glade, Trumpee, Snaree, Pino et Iolin are playing red light/green light. Trumpee counts and leans on a big rock while the others are walking. Snaree stumbles and loses , it i...
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