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Musical Analysis Final Paper 
Musical Analysis Final Paper
An end of the semester paper incorporating the entire semester's worth of lessons in music theory and appreciation. The purpose is to encourage the students to write about and listen to music intelligently and deliberately.
Rubric Code: M767B8
By despine
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Subject: Music  
Type: Writing  
Grade Levels: Undergraduate

Powered by iRubric Music Analysis Paper
  Poor

5 pts

Fair

10 pts

Good

15 pts

Excellent

20 pts

Structure

(grammar, spelling, citations, references)
Poor

The essay has no structure, there are more than 12 grammatical/spelling errors, most of the references and citations are inaccurate.
Fair

The essay has an unclear structure, there are 12 or less grammatical/spelling errors, at least half of the references and citations are accurate.
Good

The essay has a notable structure, there are 8 or less grammatical/spelling errors, the references and citations are mostly accurate.
Excellent

The essay has a clear and cohesive structure (opening, body, closing), there are 5 or less grammatical/spelling errors, the references and citations are totally accurate.
Musical Content

(Elements of theory: harmony, melody, rhythm, instrumentation, orchestration, tempo, dynamics)
Poor

The essay includes content on 4 or less of the 7 listed elements of theory, the content is mostly incorrect.
Fair

The essay includes content on 5 of the 7 listed elements of theory, the content is half correct.
Good

The essay includes content on 6 of the 7 listed elements of theory, the content is mostly correct.
Excellent

The essay includes content on all 7 listed elements of theory, the content is totally correct.
Descriptive Vocabulary

(new musical terms and your own individual descriptive language; creativity)
Poor

The essay uses less than 10 new musical terms and does not use individual descriptive language.
Fair

The essay uses at least 10 new musical terms as well as some individual descriptive language.
Good

The essay uses at least 15 new musical terms as well as fairly significant amounts of individual descriptive language.
Excellent

The essay uses 20 or more accurate musical terms as well as significant amounts of individual descriptive language.
Composer Content

(personal background, musical style and tendencies, noted contributions and relevance)
Poor

The essay has a weak amount of content about the composer, and does not attempt to tie it into the other aspects of the essay.
Fair

The essay has fairly accurate content about the composer in some of the listed elements, and attempts to tie it into the other aspects of the essay.
Good

The essay has somewhat accurate content about that composer in most of the listed elements, and ties it into the other aspects of the essay.
Excellent

The essay has thorough and accurate content about the composer in all of the listed elements, and appropriately ties it into the other aspects of the essay (history/theory).
Point of View

(a reason for writing the paper)
Poor

The essay has no point of view/thesis statement.
Fair

The essay has a point of view/thesis statement that is unsupported by data/examples within the paper.
Good

The essay has a point of view/thesis statement which is mostly supported by data/examples within the paper.
Excellent

The essay has a clear and original point of view/thesis statement that is supported by data/examples within the paper.



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  • music, appreciation, listening, analysis

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