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Basic Playing Test (Beginning Band Book) Basic Playing Test (Beginning Band Book) Rubric Code: B869BW By mjmateo Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Music Type: Quiz Grade Levels: (none)

Playing Tests
	Poor 10 pts	Fair 13 pts	Okay 15 pts	Good 18 pts	Excellent 20 pts
Tone	Poor Tone is not well supported and airy. Notes are not clearly produced. Percussionists do not perform with a consistent sound.	Fair Tone is not well supported, but notes are all audible. Percussion sound demonstrates great variation.	Okay Tone is fairly supported with moments of breathiness. Percussion sound demonstrates some variation.	Good Tone is consistantly supported. Percussion sound is consistent with minor variation.	Excellent Tone is well supported and clear on all notes. Percussion sound is consistent throughout the exercise.
Notes	Poor Majority of fingerings are not known, and the student cannot change between notes.	Fair Fingerings are sometimes correct, but student cannot change between notes without hesitation.	Okay Fingerings are mostly correct, but changes between notes are mostly muddy.	Good All fingerings are correct but changes are not all clean.	Excellent All fingerings are correct, and changes between fingerings are clean.
Rhythm	Poor Majority of the rhythms are not known.	Fair Rhythms are sometimes correct, but there is hesitation.	Okay Rhythms are mostly correct with few variations.	Good Rhythms are generally correct with some discrepancy is releases and/or rest length.	Excellent All rhythms are performed correctly.
Articulation/Sticking	Poor Notes are not tongued and have no definite start or end. Sticking is not followed.	Fair Notes are not appropriately tongued. Sticking is rarely followed.	Okay Notes are tongued invariably, and do not match the written musical articulation. Sticking is followed the majority of the time.	Good Notes are tongued clearly and regularly, but do not match the written musical articulation. Sticking is followed almost always, with few mistakes.	Excellent Notes are tongued consistently according to the written musical articulation. Sticking is followed completely with no mistakes.
Posture/Positioning	Poor Student is slouched and/or rests his/her instrument or arms on his/her lap. Feet are not flat on the floor.	Fair Student is slouched. Feet are flat on the floor sometimes.	Okay Student begins sitting up straight but slouches as he/she plays. Feet are flat on the floor the majority of the time with some variation.	Good Student is a little slouched as he/she plays. Feet are flat on the floor the majority of the time, with few variations.	Excellent Student sits up straight through the entire exercise/piece. Feet are flat on the floor.