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iRubric: 8th Grade General Music rubric

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8th Grade General Music 8th Grade General Music Final Assessment In this GarageBand project, you will create a new song, using the following guidelines: - 24-32 measures in length - a minimum of 8 tracks - the Form must be A-B-A and properly labeled - use "loops" in at least 4 tracks - use the piano keyboard to play in one melody line and one harmony line using contrasting sounds - you must choose a musical genre or style of your liking and the song must fit that genre or style Rubric Code: M8XXCX By ggiglio2 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Music Type: Assessment Grade Levels: (none)

GarageBand Project
	Highly Effective (excellent) 4 pts	Effective (good) 3 pts	Developing (fair) 2 pts	Ineffective (poor) 1 pts
Song Length 24-32 measures	Highly Effective (excellent) The song is 24-32 measures in length.	Effective (good) The song is 24 measures long.	Developing (fair) The song is 16-23 measures long.	Ineffective (poor) The song is less than 16 measures long.
Number of Tracks Minimum of 8 tracks	Highly Effective (excellent) The song has 8 or more tracks.	Effective (good) The song has 6-7 tracks.	Developing (fair) The song has 4-5 tracks.	Ineffective (poor) The song has less than 4 tracks.
Form A-B-A Form	Highly Effective (excellent) The song is composed using A-B-A Form properly and the Arrange Track is properly used.	Effective (good) The song is composed using A-B-A Form and the Arrange Track is used, but one of these were used improperly.	Developing (fair) The song is NOT composed using A-B-A Form OR the Arrange Track is NOT used.	Ineffective (poor) The song is NOT composed using A-B-A Form AND the Arrange Track is NOT used.
Loops	Highly Effective (excellent) Loops were used in at least 4 tracks.	Effective (good) Loops were used in at least 3 tracks.	Developing (fair) Loops were used in at least 2 tracks.	Ineffective (poor) Loops were used in at least 1 track.
Keyboard Input	Highly Effective (excellent) The keyboard was used to play at least 1 melody track and 1 harmony track using 2 contrasting sounds.	Effective (good) The keyboard was used to play only either 1 melody track or 1 harmony track using 2 contrasting sounds.	Developing (fair) The keyboard was used to play at least 1 melody track and 1 harmony track, but the sounds were the same.	Ineffective (poor) The keyboard was not used to play at least 1 melody track and 1 harmony track using 2 contrasting sounds.
Musical Style Choose a musical style for the song	Highly Effective (excellent) 1 musical style was chosen throughout the entire song.	Effective (good) Various musical styles were chosen throughout the entire song.	Developing (fair) Various musical styles were thought about in the song.	Ineffective (poor) No musical style was chosen for the song.