Playing Test Rubric
Playing Test Rubric
Playing Test Rubric
Tone is developed and Tone is developed and Tone is developing. Not the Tone is developing. The
Tone mature. The student has a mature. The student has a most mature sound. The student has a concept of
concept of sound concept of sound student has a concept of sound that is somewhat
characteristic of their characteristic of their sound that is mostly characteristic of their
instrument. The sound is instrument. The sound is characteristic of their instrument. The sound is
steady, clear and has a steady, clear and has a instrument. The sound is sometimes steady, clear
consistent quality. consistent quality. mostly steady, clear and and can have a consistent
usually has a consistent quality.
quality.
The tuning is consistently The tuning is consistently The tuning is mostly The tuning is somewhat
Intonation accurate. The student accurate. The student tunes accurate. The student accurate. The student
adjusts based on the key the notes but only sometimes tunes the notes but does sometimes tunes the notes
and tendencies of the seem to be relating them not seem to be relating and does not seem to be
accidentals to highlight the back to the tonal center. them back to the tonal relating them back to the
tonal center. center. tonal center.
Rhythm is perfectly Rhythm is almost perfectly Rhythm is mostly accurate Rhythm is somewhat
Rhythm accurate and a steady accurate with 1-2 mistakes. A with 3-4 mistakes. A steady accurate with 5+ mistakes.
pulse is maintained the steady pulse is maintained pulse is maintained most of A steady pulse is
whole time with no lapses almost the entire time with 1- the time with 3-4 lapses in maintained some of the
in pulse. 2 lapses in pulse. pulse. time with 5+ lapses in
pulse.
The student makes The student makes The student sometimes The student does not make
Expression intentional, expressive expressive choices in makes expressive choices expressive choices in
choices in performance performance such as vibrato, in performance such as performance. Their playing
such as vibrato, phrase phrase shaping, and note vibrato, phrase shaping, takes away from the overall
shaping, and note shapes. shapes. These choices are and note shapes. These performance.
These choices are somewhat obvious, mostly choices are not obvious,
obvious, make musical make musical sense, and mostly do not make musical
sense, and enhance the enhance the overall sense, and do not enhance
overall experience of the experience of the the performance.
music. performance.
The piece is played with The piece is played with The piece is played mostly The piece is played
Style appropriate style, correctly appropriate style, correctly with appropriate style, with somewhat with appropriate
observing all markings on observing all markings on the some parts lacking in style, with many parts
the page. The performance page. appropriate character. The lacking in appropriate
is well informed with student correctly observes character. The student
careful attention being paid most markings on the page. correctly observes some
to established performance markings on the page.
practices.
Student makes no note Student makes 1-2 note Student makes 3-4 note Student makes 5+ note
Note errors. There are no fracks errors. There are very few errors. There are some errors. There are many
at the beginnings of or in fracks at the beginnings of or fracks at the beginnings of fracks at the beginnings of
Accuracy between notes. in between notes. or in between notes. or in between notes.
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