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12 Bar Melody Composition

Students will compose a 12 bar melody using the A blues scale. The notes available to use are A,C,D,Eb,E,G

Rubric Code: MXX572B

By jeremie79

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Subject: Music

Type: Assessment

Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12

12 Bar Melody
	High Quality 5 pts	Good 4 pts	Fair 3 pts	Poor 2 pts
Melody	High Quality The composition uses a large variety of notes taken from the blues scale over 2 octaves	Good The composition uses a large variety of notes taken from the blues scale over 1 octave	Fair The composition uses a limited variety of notes taken from the blues scale over 1 octave	Poor The composition uses very few notes taken from the blues scale over 1 octave
Rhythm	High Quality A strong rhythmic flow is present and the rhythm flows well with the melody.	Good A stable rhythmic flow is present and the composition makes musical sense.	Fair A rhythmic flow is apparent, but needs more development.	Poor The rhythm is either unsynchronized or doesn't make musical sense.