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Band Performance Benchmark

Overall checklist for Band Performance at a 6th grade level. For use with NYS SLO.

Rubric Code: C8WC9C

By jfinnegan

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Subject: Music

Type: Assessment

Grade Levels: 6-8

Band Performance
	Excellent (Highly Effective) 4 pts	Good (Effective) 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Developing 1 pts
Posture	Excellent Always Usually sits or stands with the head up, shoulders straight, arms at the correct angle, feet on the floor, and back straight land not leaning on the chair, if sitting.	Good Usually sits or stands with the head up, shoulders straight, arms at the correct angle, feet on the floor, and back straight land not leaning on the chair, if sitting.	Fair Sits or stands with with head down, shoulders down and forward, arms resting on body, feet crossed, fully extended or not touching the floor, and back bent.	Developing Does not attempt, nor make efforts to improve proper posture.
Tone Quality	Excellent Tone is full and well projected. A truly characteristic sound for the instrument.	Good Considerable use of projection and fullness of tone but still somewhat short of a mature sound.	Fair Limited projection - tone is poor or range is limited due to the need for a stronger embouchure or better focrum/breath support.	Developing Sound is totally lacking in quality due to a poorly formed or weak embouchure/grip (focrum) and/or no breath support.
Technique	Excellent Playing position is correct and hand & finger position are correct to allow for good technical facility.	Good Playing position is good but there are minor errors in hand or finger position.	Fair Some effort is being made to hold the instrument correctly but performance is hindered by poor hand and finger placement.	Developing Instrument is not held in the proper playing position. Right and/or left hand position is incorrect.
Pitch	Excellent Pitches are correct and has a quality sound for that instrument. (1 mistake or less)	Good Mostly correct with a few errors in pitch or rhythm. (2-3 mistakes)	Fair Many notes are incorrect - student seems unfamiliar with the tune. (6 or more mistakes)	Developing No recognizable tune is present.
Rhythm & Pulse	Excellent Steady pulse with accurate rhythms.	Good Steady pulse with few rhythmic errors.	Fair Pulse is unstable with major rhythmic errors.	Developing No evidence of steady pulse