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Band Playing Test Rubric

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

Rubric Code: XXBCC26

By agosnell

Draft

Public Rubric

Subject: Music

Type: Exam

Grade Levels: 6-8

Individual performance rubric JH Band Playing test rubric
	Needs Improvement Significant work still needed. 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent Performance ready! 4 pts	Score Individual Criteria Score. (N/A)
Pitches 20 % -Playing accurate notes	Needs Improvement Pitches performed inaccurately. Mistakes detract from many areas of the performance	Fair Pitches performed somewhat accurately. Mistakes detract from some areas of the performance.	Good Most pitches performed accurately. Mistakes do not severely detract from the performance.	Excellent All pitches performed correctly.	Score
Rhythms 20 % -Playing accurate rhythms in relation to the Tempo	Needs Improvement Rhythms performed inaccurately. Mistakes detract from many areas of the performance	Fair Rhythms performed somewhat accurately. Mistakes detract from some areas of the performance.	Good Most rhythms performed accurately. Mistakes do not severely detract from the performance.	Excellent All rhythms performed accurately.	Score
Timing 20 % -Keeping a steady Pulse Metronome (may \| may not be used for this assignment)	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 (e.g., more difficult rhythms are played at a slower tempo), which detracts from the performance.	Good A consistent underlying pulse is present throughout most of the performance with minor flaws, that do not detract from the performance.	Excellent A consistent underlying pulse is present throughout the performance.	Score
Tone 10 % -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
Dynamics 10 %	Needs Improvement Printed dynamics are not performed accurately, and these mistakes detract from many areas of the performance.	Fair Printed dynamics are performed somewhat accurately, and these mistakes detract from some areas of the performance.	Good Most printed dynamics are performed accurately, and mistakes do not severely detract from performance.	Excellent All printed dynamics performed accurately.	Score
Marked Tempo 10 %	Needs Improvement Piece performed drastically slower or faster than marked tempo.	Fair Piece performed somewhat slower or faster than marked tempo.	Good Piece performed close to marked tempo.	Excellent Piece performed at the marked tempo.	Score

Keywords:

Band, Playing test, music

Subjects:

Music

Types:

Exam

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