iRubric: Instrumental Music Performance Assesment - Individual rubric

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Instrumental Music Performance Assesment - Individual

Rubric for individual performance of band literature

Rubric Code: Y7AXX8

By PBassW

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Public Rubric

Subject: Music

Type: Assessment

Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12

Basic Technique
	Superior 10 pts	Excellent 8 pts	Good 6 pts	Fair 3 pts	Needs Improvement 1 pts
Tone Quality	Superior Tone Quality is consistently clear & mature and warm throughout the range of the instrument. Lapses are infrequent and minor in nature.	Excellent Tone Quality is clear & mature through the normal playing range. Some notes are not as supported as they should be in extreme ranges.	Good Tone Quality is mostly clear and focused, but sometimes the tone is uncontrolled in the normal playing range & inconsistent in extreme ranges.	Fair The tone is often not clear or focused regardless of the range, detracting from the overall performance. (The tone lacks practice)	Needs Improvement There is a lack of understanding of good tone quality. Notes are overblown causing distorted sounds in all ranges and registers. There is a lack of proper air support.
Notes/Pitches	Superior Virtually no errors. Pitch is very accurate. Tuning is excellent throughout the range of the instrument. The student knows the music well.	Excellent An occasional isolated error, but most of the time pitch is accurate and secure. Occasional does not distract from the performance.	Good Some accurate pitches, but there are frequent and/or repeated errors. There are many intonation problems.	Fair Very few accurate or secure pitches	Needs Improvement There are no accurate pitches performed. The student shows a lack of knowledge of the instrument.
Rhythms, Precision, and Tempo	Superior The tempo is consistent and rhythms are accurately performed	Excellent The tempo is consistent and rhythms are mostly accurate. There are a few duration errors, but these do not detract from the overall performance	Good The tempo is somewhat erratic. Some rhythms are accurate. Frequent or repeated duration errors. Rhythm problems occasionally detract from the overall performance.	Fair The tempo is usually erratic and rhythm is seldom accurate, detracting significantly from the overall performance.	Needs Improvement There is little or no rhythmic accuracy. Little or no attention is paid to the tempo. There is a lack of internal pulse.
Fingering / Articulation	Superior Student fingers all notes correctly and articulates all notes correctly.	Excellent Student fingers most notes correctly and performs most of the articulation correctly - only a few errors	Good Student fingers some notes correctly and occasionally uses the correct articulation.	Fair Student rarely fingers notes correctly and rarely uses the correct articulation.	Needs Improvement Can not hear to evaluate. No credit given.
Musicianship
	Superior 5 pts	Excellent 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Needs Improvement 1 pts
Dynamics and Expression	Superior Performs with creative interpretation of the style of music in response to the core. Uses accurate dynamic levels.	Excellent Typically performs with an interpretation and style suggested by instructor. Most dynamics are observed.	Good Dynamic levels & style are inconsistent and performed with some interpretation, but not consistently.	Fair Attention to dynamics is lacking from the performance. Expression, style and dynamics are not observed. Student "just played the notes."	Needs Improvement The performance lacks little if any dynamic differences. There is little or no phrasing used in the performance.

Keywords:

Band, Instrumental

Subjects:

Music

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