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Music Reading Ability 
Music Reading Ability
This rubric assesses the students' ability to read and notate musical notes and symbols on a musical staff.
Rubric Code: L2352C8
By DFlemming
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Subject: Music  
Type: Reading  
Grade Levels: 9-12

Powered by iRubric Reading and Notating Music
Ohio Standards:
Read, write, improvise, compose and describe varied types of musical repertoire using vocabulary that demonstrates an understanding of the language of
music appropriate to the genre and culture. 2CE, 6CE, 7PR, 3PR
  Not Learned

The student has not yet gained any understanding of this skill.

0 pts

Developing

The student has a start on understanding this skill but is in the beginning stages of acquiring new knowledge and needs a lot of help and support from the instructor.

1 pts

Intermediate

The student is gaining confidence to begin working more independently on this skill and demonstrates progress toward proficiency.

2 pts

Proficient

The student shows evidence of experience in this skill and illustrates clear knowledge of this skill in a manner that allows them to work independently.

3 pts

Accomplished

The student successfully applies this skill in a manner that shows their ability to independently manipulate the skill that results in a finished or perfected outcome.

4 pts

Score:

Insert score for each skill assessed in this column

0 pts

Student Name & Cohort:
________________________________________________________________________

Date: ___________________
Grading Period: ____________________
Assessment Cycle: _________________
Identifies Notes on the treble staff

Not Learned

Student is unable to read notes on the treble staff
Developing

Student occasionally reads notes on the treble staff or is able to identify pitches with help or prompting.
Intermediate

Student reads notes on the treble staff most of the time and shows continued progress toward proficiency in reading and notating on the treble staff.
Proficient

Student always reads notes on the treble staff without assistance.
Accomplished

Student Reads notes on the treble staff and can apply the skill to the piano, other instrument, or the singing voice.
Score:

Score ______________
Identifies Notes on the bass staff

Reads the bass clef and can apply musical notation on the bass clef.
Not Learned

Student is unable to read notes on the bass staff
Developing

Student occasionally reads notes on the bass staff or is able to able to identify pitches with help or prompting.
Intermediate

Student reads notes on the bass staff most of the time and shows continued progress toward proficiency in reading and notating on the bass staff.
Proficient

Student always reads notes on the bass staff without assistance.
Accomplished

Student reads notes on the bass staff and can apply the skill to the piano, other instrument, or the singing voice.
Score:

Score ______________
Identifies Accidentals, Flats, Sharps and Naturals

Reads and understands how to apply musical symbols flats, sharps and natural signs.
Not Learned

Student does not identify accidentals.
Developing

Student recognizes what accidentals are and can apply them correctly part of the time but requires some assistance with the understanding of the concept.
Intermediate

Student reads and recognizes accidentals and understands the concepts.
Proficient

Student knows how to read and notate accidentals and is able to independently use them in their own writing.
Accomplished

Student has advanced skills in understanding how to apply accidentals in musical notation.
Score:

Score ______________
Identifies Time Signatures

Has a clear understanding of how time signatures work, what each of the numbers represent and how to apply them in their own writing.
Not Learned

Student has no knowledge of Time Signatures
Developing

Student identifies basic time signatures and can articulate an understanding of what the numbers represent.
Intermediate

The student reads and responds appropriately to time signatures in applied contexts.
Proficient

The student shows experience in having worked with the concept of time signatures in both simple and complex meter and can use them correctly in written and performed applications.
Accomplished

The student has advanced skill in understanding how to apply time signatures to their own writing and demonstrates a command of writing both simple and complex time signatures.
Score:

Score ______________
Identifies Key Signatures

Reads and understands what key signature are, understands the order of sharps or flats in a key signature, and can apply key signatures in their own writing.
Not Learned

Student has no knowledge of Key Signatures
Developing

Student identifies some key signatures (i.e. primary keys C, F and G) and can place some of the sharps or flats in their correct order for major keys on both the treble and bass clef, but needs assistance to develop a clearer understanding with all of the key signatures.
Intermediate

The student identifies key signatures and has a working knowledge of how to figure out what key signature is and has a working knowledge of how to figure out the placement of sharps and flats in the correct order.
Proficient

Student easily identifies most key signatures and can place the sharps and flats in the correct order in all major and minor keys on the staff in both treble and bass clef.
Accomplished

Student has a command over the use of time signatures in both major and minor modes and utilizes them to create their own work.
Score:

Score ______________
Identifies Note Values

Reads and notates the correct duration of notes in two ways: Identification & Application
Not Learned

Student is unable to identify note values
Developing

Student identifies basic note values and can write them on the staff correctly, but still needs assistance to make corrections o to learn complex note values and notation devices (beams, flags and dots)
Intermediate

Student is able to identify note values and is beginning to independently write rhythm using their knowledge of note values.
Proficient

Student is able to use note values in the context of writing music independently most of the time, and has the ability to navigate rhythmic issues with problem solving skills to self-correct errors such as in a rhythm dictation exercise.
Accomplished

Student has a command over the use of note values and notation devices used to write them in various contexts. Utilizes correct beaming and flagging of notes and applies these skills to rhythm notation.
Score:

Score ______________
Musical Notation Drawing

Writing or applying musical notation in the correct manner: Clear line or space notes, stem placement, spacing, use of bar lines and other stylistic symbols and vocabulary, neatness (easy to ready).
Not Learned

Student is unable to notate music correctly.
Developing

Student has a basic knowledge of how music notation works and is able to write musical notation on both the treble and bass staves in a basic manner
Intermediate

Student is able to correctly notate music on the staff that begins to look compositional.
Proficient

The student correctly notates music and is able to apply understanding of how music notation is supposed to be written and the student is able to work independently to practice the skill of writing musical notation in a compositional manner.
Accomplished

The student has a strong command of the language of music and can manipulate the skills needed to create a cleanly written manuscript and write a composition correctly.
Score:

Score ______________




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