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Musical Analysis Final Paper 
An end of the year paper incorporating the entire years worth of lessons in music appreciation. The purpose is to encourage the students to write about and listen to music intelligently and deliberately.
Rubric Code: P28235
By megschaper
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Subject: Music  
Type: Writing  
Grade Levels: 9-12, 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.
Historical Context

(musical and non-musical)
Poor

The essay includes a few pieces of musical or non-musical historical content, and does not attempt to use it to highlight the chosen piece of music.
Fair

The essay includes either musical or non-musical historical content, and attempts to use it to highlight the chosen piece of music.
Good

The essay includes somewhat relevant musical and non-musical historical content, and uses it to highlight the chosen piece of music.
Excellent

The essay includes relevant musical and non-musical historical content, and uses it to appropriately highlight the chosen piece of music.
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).
EXTRA CREDIT

Attend a concert or view a live video where they are performing your chosen piece of music. Include a one page performance summary/analysis of the event.
Poor

The summary/analysis of the live concert attempts to describe at least 1 of the listed aspects of the concert.
Fair

The summary/analysis of the live concert includes creative descriptions of 2 out of 4 listed aspects of the concert.
Good

The summary/analysis of the live concert includes creative descriptions of 3 out of 4 of the listed aspects of the concert.
Excellent

The summary/analysis of the live concert includes creative descriptions of the musical, performance, atmospheric and audience aspects of the concert.



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  • music, appreciation, listening, analysis

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