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Musical Composition Project 
Musical Composition
Rubric Code: UXBC53B
By Scrapsomusic
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Subject: Music  
Type: Assessment  
Grade Levels: 9-12

Powered by iRubric Musical Composition
  Needs Improvment

1 pts

Fair

2 pts

Good

3 pts

Exceeds Expectations

4 pts

Setup/Mechanics

Needs Improvment

Followed the directions, missing more than one of the following: the use of a title, grand staff, key signature, time signature, bar lines

OR

measure count is less than 24
Fair

Followed the directions, only missing one of the following: the use of a title, grand staff, key signature, time signature, bar lines

OR

measure count between 24-31
Good

Followed the directions, including the use of a title, grand staff, key signature, time signature, bar lines, and a minimum of 32 measures.
Exceeds Expectations

Followed the directions, including the use of a title, grand staff, key signature, time signature, bar lines, and a minimum of 32 measures, but also included dynamics, articulation, tempo markings, and/or more than the min 32 measures.
Rhythm/Meter

Needs Improvment

The rhythm patterns created are missing more than one of the following: use a variety of note and rest values, include at least one rhythmic motif (use of a repeated rhythm)

OR

There is more than one measure with an incorrect number of beats.
Fair

The rhythm patterns created are missing one of the following: use a variety of note and rest values, include at least one rhythmic motif (use of a repeated rhythm)

OR

There is a measure with an incorrect number of beats.
Good

The rhythm patterns created use a variety of note and rest values, include at least one rhythmic motif (use of a repeated rhythm), and create the correct number of beats in each measure.
Exceeds Expectations

The rhythm patterns created use a variety of note and rest values, integrating multiple rhythmic layers and/or motives and ostinatos. The composition also may have incorporated a meter change at least once.
Melody

Needs Improvment

The melody created does not uses a combination of various intervals and melodic direction, does not maintain a sense of tonal center (the listener is not always aware of where do is).
Fair

The melody created is missing one of the following: uses a combination of various intervals and melodic direction, while maintaining a sense of tonal center (the listener is always aware of where do is).
Good

The melody created uses a combination of various intervals and melodic direction, while maintaining a sense of tonal center (the listener is always aware of where do is).
Exceeds Expectations

The melody created uses a combination of various intervals and melodic direction, while maintaining a sense of tonal center (the listener is always aware of where do is), and includes a use of melodic motif/sequence and/or an appropriate key change.
Harmony

Needs Improvment

The harmonization created does not use the tonic/dominant (or leading tone) relationship with enough frequency to maintain tonal center and non-chord tones (either in the melody or in the harmonization) are not used appropriately to support the composition in an expressive way.
Fair

The harmonization created is missing one of the following: The tonic/dominant (or leading tone) relationship is included with enough frequency to maintain tonal center. Non-chord tones (either in the melody or in the harmonization) are used appropriately to support the composition in an expressive way.
Good

The harmonization created support the melody while moving the entire composition forward. The tonic/dominant (or leading tone) relationship is included with enough frequency to maintain tonal center. Non-chord tones (either in the melody or in the harmonization) are used appropriately to support the composition in an expressive way.
Exceeds Expectations

The harmonization created support the melody while moving the entire composition forward. The tonic/dominant (or leading tone) relationship is included with enough frequency to maintain tonal center. Non-chord tones (either in the melody or in the harmonization) are used appropriately to support the composition in an expressive way, while there is appropriate exploration with a few unexpected chords within the progressions and/or variety of types of non-chord tones used.
Form

Needs Improvment

The composition has no clear sections (periods) created by clear phrases that are delineated by cadences that occur in the melody and harmony at the end of each phrase.
Fair

The composition has only one clear sections (period) created by clear phrases that are delineated by cadences that occur in the melody and harmony at the end of each phrase.
Good

The composition has at least two clear sections (periods) created by clear phrases that are delineated by cadences that occur in the melody and harmony at the end of each phrase. The periods and phrases can be repetitive and/or form patterns.
Exceeds Expectations

The composition clearly incorporates an advanced form, with appropriate phrases/periods/cadences (ie: double period, rondo, theme and variations, etc).



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