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iRubric: Songwriting rubric

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Songwriting Songwriting Students write their own lyrics and create their own music in Garageband for this project. They must have a song, complete with lyrics, original music and performance. Rubric Code: V22X58C By beeeerad13 Draft Public Rubric Subject: Music Type: Project Grade Levels: 6-8

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	Needs Improvment 4 pts	Work in Progress 6 pts	Decent 8 pts	High Quality 10 pts
Melody Does your music sound like it all belongs together? Do the notes and tones flow?	Needs Improvment Notes and tones vary and even clash. The song has no flow.	Work in Progress The song has a basic flow, yet notes and tones clash occasionally.	Decent The notes, tones, and keys flow. The types of tunes enhance the song.	High Quality The notes, tones and song keys are polished. Each track brings meaning to the overall song.
Lyrics A set of words, phrases or sounds that make up a song	Needs Improvment Lyrics clash with the melody and have little meaning to the writer.	Work in Progress Lyrics are starting to flow with the melody.	Decent Lyrics are meaningful and connect to the music.	High Quality The lyrics are meaningful to the artists, flow with the melody and connect to the overall song.
Tempo and dynamics Tempo is how fast or slow the song moves and dynamics describe the way the song ebbs and flows in relation to volume etc.	Needs Improvment The song is choppy with a unnatural mix of tempo. It has no change in dynamics.	Work in Progress Tempo and rhythm are coming together. There is more than one tempo that doesn't distracts the song. Two dynamics are present, but there are choppy transitions.	Decent Tempo and rhythm are consistent. The dynamics flow, but could be used more fluently.	High Quality The tempo, rhythm and dynamics complete the overall song and experience. Smooth transitions and the use of volume is present.
Loops A loop is a sample that is repeated. An example is a drum beat.	Needs Improvment Song has only one basic loop.	Work in Progress Two loops are used, but song is rough.	Decent 3-4 loops are starting to add more character to the song.	High Quality A complex flow of loops are used creating subtle changes, accents and highlights in the song.