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Heart and Soul arrangement

Using GarageBand, students will record bass, chords and melody of "Heart and Soul," add drums, and improvise a melody in the C pentatonic scale. The arrangement will be in ABA form with an intro and outro.

Rubric Code: T2WWAX3

By pbropp

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Subject: Music

Type: Assessment

Grade Levels: 6-8

"Heart and Soul"
	Poor 2 pts	Fair 4 pts	Good 6 pts	Excellent 8 pts
Bass line	Poor Bass is not recorded accurately, tempo is not steady, and is not present from beginning to end.	Fair Bass is recorded somewhat accurately, at a fairly steady tempo, and is present through most of the arrangement.	Good Bass is recorded mostly accurately, at a steady tempo, and present from beginning to end.	Excellent Bass is recorded accurately, at a steady tempo, and present from beginning to end.
Chords	Poor Chords are not recorded accurately, tempo is not steady, and are not present throughout the arrangement.	Fair Chords are recorded somewhat accurately, at a somewhat steady tempo, start after bass plays one time and are present throughout most of the arrangement.	Good Chords are recorded mostly accurately, at a mostly steady tempo, start after bass plays one time and are present throughout the arrangement.	Excellent Chords are recorded accurately, at a steady tempo, start after bass plays one time and are present throughout the arrangement.
Melody	Poor Melody is not recorded accurately, tempo is not steady, and/or melody is not present.	Fair Melody is recorded somewhat accurately, at a somewhat steady tempo, and present in one A section.	Good Melody is recorded mostly accurately, at a mostly steady tempo, and present in both A sections.	Excellent Melody is recorded accurately, at a steady tempo, and present in both A sections.
Improvised Melody	Poor The improvised melody is not performed musically and uses notes not in the C pentatonic scale.	Fair The improvised melody is performed somewhat musically and/or uses some notes not in the C pentatonic scale.	Good The improvised melody is performed mostly musically using mostly notes in the C pentatonic scale.	Excellent The improvised melody is performed musically using only the notes in the C pentatonic scale.
Dynamics	Poor Dynamics are not adjusted well so all parts can be heard and melody does not stand out.	Fair Dynamics are adjusted somewhat well so most parts can be heard with melody somewhat standing out.	Good Dynamics are mostly adjusted well so all parts can be heard with melody standing out.	Excellent Dynamics are adjusted well so all parts can be heard with melody standing out.
Form	Poor ABA form is not used with intro or outro missing, melody is not in both A sections and/or improvised melody is not in B section.	Fair ABA form is used with intro or outro missing, melody one A section and improvised melody in B section.	Good ABA form is used with intro or outro missing, melody in both A sections and improvised melody in B section.	Excellent ABA form is used with intro and outro, melody in both A sections and improvised melody in B section.

Keywords:

GarageBand, form, improvise

Subjects:

Music

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