Taratabong!

Pino 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. Snaree enthusiastic, tries to imitate him without success. Pino teaches him the technique to do it in the right way, and after a good practice, Snaree succeeds to do a nice spin. Snaree is very happy and starts playing hip-hop music and dances to it, this music is more suited to him, he teaches Pino how to dance on this music. Pino and Grando accompany him in the singing and dancing . Then Trumpee arrives and reminds them that it is time to go to school. Around the school's tree, The Xilos are playing with Trumpee, luckily the lesson has not started yet. In front of the blackboard, Maestro Nomo is writing a music full of notes. Snaree, Pino and Grando arrive. Maestro Nomo asks Grando to play the complicated music, what he does successfully with a great end. He shows that he can play with virtuosity.

It'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 electric guitar, and she is running to the airport to pick up her cousin Paco, the electric bass, who will arrive soon. We hear a plane flying in the sky, the meloditties notice the Doppler effect, and start running to the airport. When the plane land, they meet the nice meloditty and his irresistible funky music. Pino arrives too. The music starts again, and makes the stones dance! Wait! How is that possible? Well there is a Xilo beyond every stone, that's why! The music starts again: Now it is impossible to get bored!

Trumpee 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 to go to school. They arrive near the school where Maestro Nomo is very busy: he is currently preparing for the party that will be held tonight. No meloditty will want to play because they will all want to dance. Maestro Nomo has large rolls of color cards in front of him, he is putting them in order. At this moment, an unpleasant pianola arrives, looking stiff and creaky, with a snobbish expression. Maestro Nomo goes to see the pianola, puts a card into it . The keyboard starts to squeak horribly when he tries to play a soft music. Maestro Nomo puts oil on the cylinder that grinds. The pianola stops creaking and finally smiles. Snaree, to make a joke, creates some more holes on the red card...

Trumpee, 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 can catch it. Suddenly Snaree has an idea: he climbs on a little hill and after a small roll, he opens his drumsticks, waves them like wings and throw himself into the void. The other meloditties observe him amazed. The narrator tries to stop him.

Bone 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, he never listens to anyone. Even Bone who is an adult finds it difficult to play with Clary, and decides to go ask for help to Maestro Nomo.

It 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. A few clouds pass by the moon and Drumba realizes that every time the moon reappears, we hear the echo of a deep and beautiful melody. On a hill, we can see Boe, an elegant oboe singing for the moon. After a moment, Grando joins him. Drumba decides to wake the children up so they can listen to this fascinating music. Maestro Nomo et Robo arrive, they take the children to the top of the hill, and they all meet the new meloditty.

It'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 looking for him. He suddenly appears from behind a bush, he walks funny and his eyes squint: what happened?

Trumpee, 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. The meloditties are surprised and intrigued by their own voice echoing in there. We must investigate it! Trumpee armed with a long leaf tries to tickle the bottom of the mysterious object. Suddenly, the whole bush begins to tremble and shake and we can hear some powerful grunts coming from it. The meloditties are terrified and leave. The large vase is out but it is not a vase: it is actually Grandpa Tuba, the tuba, who was having a nap and finding himself awaken by surprise, he started to roar.

The 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 the shore when a big cloud comes and hides the sun, at the same moment; the meloditties see a big golden disc underwater. “Oh oh ! The sun fell in the water!“. Panic! Snaree runs to get mama Drumba, while Trumpee and Pino run to the music school to get Maestro Nomo.

At 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 rebounds, but the last bounce makes a strange sound as if the stone hit something. Suddenly a moaning jew's-harp comes out of the water, followed by his brothers. They all live in the pond (like frogs) and they all start to leap and to croak. Snaree is upset about his hurtful shot and apologizes. The jew's-harps reassure him, nobody was injured. The 'frogs' invite the meloditties for a ride on the lake. At the end, Trumpee and Snaree bring the jew's-harps to see Maestro Nomo, who is taking a bath.

It'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 looking for him. He suddenly appears from behind a bush, he walks funny and his eyes squint: what happened ? The Meloditties run to meet him and the group goes back into the school. Now Maestro Nomo begins to lead the meloditties as if nothing had happened, but his rhythm is uneven, creating a music with a syncopated rhythm. Bone, who was in the vicinity, is attracted by the sound of this strange music, which becomes increasingly chaotic and ends in a cacophony. Bone noticed a spring coming out of the back of Maestro Nomo, after a quick thinking, he repairs the Maestro's spring. In a leap and a quiver, Maestro Nomo is back in a normal regular rhythm and the squint disappears...

Trumpee, 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. The Meloditties are surprised and intrigued by their own voice echoing in there. We must investigate it ! Trumpee armed with a long leaf tries to tickle the bottom of the mysterious object. Suddenly, the whole bush begins to tremble and shake and we can hear some powerful grunts coming from it. The meloditties are terrified and leave. The large vase is out but it is not a vase: it is actually Grandpa Tuba, the tuba, who was having a nap and finding himself awaken by surprise, he started to roar. The Meloditties fly back to ask for explanations from Bone, who reveals that he is a Grandfather who comes from far away, then Bone takes the small Meloditties to Tuba so they can apologize and learn to know him. In this way, the story presents another member of the brass family, which already had Trumpee and Bone.

Fluto 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 listened to Fluto, Trebass and Grando, Maestro Nomo invites them to play the song in a different way, by exploiting the peculiarities of their own sound and possible extension. Nomo begins to direct them in two different arrangements: When Fluto is the soloist (with the help of Trumpee and Snaree) the song is joyful and delightful, and when the same song is played by Trebass (with Grando) the song is dark and mysterious.

Tarrita 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 Meloditties decide to go there with her. They travel down the river which runs through Taratabong.

The 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 out what it is and discover a silent carousel with no lights on. There’s something missing: they ask the barrel organ to play some appropriate music and all get on the carousel for a ride.

Grando 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 off-key. Maestro Nomo stops the music and teaches the Meloditties using a 'taking turns' game that they must all listen to each other and give each other room.

The 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 'boom boom chak' rhythm.

Trumpee 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 Meloditties try to play with him, but they choose a slow piece and it sends him into a snooze. They manage to wake him up with a more boisterous choice!

While 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 atmosphere!

Trumpee 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 the pond, the Meloditties find lots of colorful balloons. They look like the bubbles, but they make a much louder noise when they pop. They start to play with the sound of the bubbles and the balloons bursting.

Trumpee 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 end, she's happy to play with everyone and even gives a little solo with lots of trills.

Maestro 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. It’s a tuneful game based on the sounds and silences of all the different instruments.

While 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, but run off to Maestro Nomo’s house, and he reassures them. It’s just the sound waves bouncing around inside the box. The Meloditties go back inside the box and have fun making echoes.

Trumpee 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 brothers are sure they're wrong. After a while, they hear a whistle blow, then there's a rumbling sound, and a train arrives. The Meloditties then do the locomotion, led by Maestro Nomo, with appropriate music playing in the background.

While 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 him. All they have to do is go find Maestro Nomo, the metronome, who should be able to tune them again.

We’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 parents: Drumba the bass drum and Bone, the trombone. Then there’s Pino the piano and his father Grando, the grand piano. The Meloditties play one after the other, then all together.