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Piano Performance Rubric

Piano Sight Reading Assessment Rubric

Rubric for grading piano playing tests.

Rubric Code: HX5W9C9

By edearruda

Draft

Public Rubric

Subject: Music

Type: Assessment

Grade Levels: 9-12

Piano Performance Assessment
	4 pts	3 pts	2 pts	1 pts	0 pts
Rhythm/Tempo	4 Student maintained a steady tempo throughout. Student made no rhythmic errors.	3 Student maintained a steady tempo throughout minus one or two hesitations. Student made couple small rhythmic errors.	2 Student stopped playing at one point. Student hesitated multiple times. Student made many rhythmic errors.	1 Student stopped or paused multiple times. Tempo was extremely inconsistent because of hesitations. Rhythm was unrecognizable.	0 Student was unable to complete the piece.
Pitch	4 Student performed all pitches correctly.	3 Student made couple minor pitch errors.	2 Student made 3+, or repeated pitch errors.	1 Student performed piece with mostly incorrect pitches.	0 Student performed no correct pitches at all.
Dynamics/Articulation	4 Dynamics & articulation were played correctly and expressively throughout.	3 Student plays dynamics and articulation correctly with few small errors.	2 Some effort at dynamics & articulation. Missed few dynamic markings & articulations.	1 No variety of dynamics or expression, although some awareness indicated. No variety of articulation.	0 No apparent attempt to use dynamics or articulation.
Technique	4 Student used proper finger placement, posture.	3 Student performed with mostly correct fingerings and posture, didn't detract from overall performance.	2 Student made several fingering errors, that detracted from overall performance. Student performed with poor posture.	1 Student used few correct fingerings, and incorrect posture. Detracted from overall performance.	0 No effort to use proper fingers, or correct posture.