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Playing Test Rubric

Student name: ______________________________________________________ Date: _________________

Description of test: _________________________________________________________________________

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Tone - Student demonstrates - Student demonstrates - Student’s tone is mostly - Student’s tone is - Student’s tone is
exceptional tone acceptable tone acceptable and often mostly unacceptable totally unacceptable
characteristic of their characteristic for their uncharacteristic for their - Notes are often not and not
instrument instrument instrument heard or clear characteristic for
- Notes are clear and - Notes are clear and - Notes are mostly clear their instrument
easily heard easily heard and heard
Tempo and - Student plays in a - Student plays in a - Student’s tempo - Student’s tempo is - Student cannot hold
rhythm consistent and clear consistent and clear sometimes fluctuates unclear and irregular a tempo
tempo tempo - Some rhythms are not - Rhythms are not at - All rhythms are
- All rhythms are - Most rhythms are accurate nor precise all accurate inaccurate
accurate and precise accurate and precise
Accuracy - Student plays all the - Student misses 1-3 - Student misses 4-5 notes - Student misses most - Student plays
(notes) right notes notes - Student often misses the notes (over 6) almost all wrong
- Student plays the key - Student plays the key key signature and - Key signature and notes
signature and all signature but misses accidentals accidentals are rarely - Key signature and
accidentals accidentals observed accidentals are never
observed
Posture - Student demonstrates - Student demonstrates - Student’s posture is - Student’s posture is - Student doesn’t
correct posture correct posture mostly correct sloppy and incorrect demonstrate correct
- Student demonstrates - Student’s playing - Student’s playing - Student’s playing posture
correct playing position has minor position is unacceptable position is incorrect - Student doesn’t
position for their flaws demonstrate correct
instrument playing position
Style - Student demonstrates - Student mostly plays - Student makes an - Appropriate style is - No attempt to play
(including perfect style with appropriate style attempt to play with style rarely heard with appropriate style
dynamics) appropriate for the - All dynamics are - Most dynamics are - Dynamics are not - No attempt to play
selection adhered to adhered to heard using dynamics
- All dynamics are - Student is mostly - Student makes an - No attempt at - No attempt at
adhered to expressive attempt to be expressive expressivity expressivity
- Student is expressive

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