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Band Scale Test Rubric

Band Playing Test Rubric

Adapted from Scott Rush's Habits of a Successful Middle School Band Director

Rubric Code: VXCBBXA

By agosnell

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Public Rubric

Subject: Music

Type: Exam

Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12

Individual performance rubric
	Needs Improvement Significant work still needed. 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent Performance ready! 4 pts	Score (N/A)
Pitches 30 % -Playing accurate notes	Needs Improvement More than 4 incorrect pitches	Fair 3-4 incorrect pitches	Good 1-2 incorrect pitches	Excellent All pitches performed correctly.	Score
Timing 30 % -Keeping a steady Pulse See PT instructions for whether a metronome may be used for the test.	Needs Improvement A consistent, underlying pulse is not present throughout, which severely detracts from performance	Fair A consistent underlying pulse is not present throughout much of the performance	Good A consistent underlying pulse is present throughout most of the performance with minor flaws	Excellent A consistent underlying pulse is present throughout the performance.	Score
Tone 20 % -Sound quality	Needs Improvement Uncharacteristic sound that lacks fundamentals (e.g., full breath support, good embouchure, etc...) throughout range and registers of instrument.	Fair Partially characteristic sound that lacks full breath support throughout the range and registers of the instrument.	Good Full characteristic sound that lacks some control in one or more registers of the instrument.	Excellent Full characteristic sound that is controlled and mature in all registers of the instrument.	Score
Articulations 10 % -Tonguing, slurring, accents, staccatti, etc...	Needs Improvement Printed articulations are not performed accurately, and these mistakes detract from many areas of the performance.	Fair Printed articulations are performed somewhat accurately, and these mistakes detract from some areas of the performance.	Good Most printed articulations are performed accurately, and mistakes do not severely detract from performance.	Excellent All printed articulations performed accurately.	Score
Tempo 10 %	Needs Improvement Piece performed drastically slower than marked tempo.	Fair Piece performed somewhat slower than marked tempo.	Good Piece performed close to marked tempo.	Excellent Scale performed at tempo practiced in class or faster.	Score