iRubric: 12 Bar Blues rubric

Used one of the following elements of music discussed in class such as duration, pitch, dynamics and other expressive controls.

Used a small variety of elements of music discussed in class such as duration, pitch, dynamics and other expressive controls.

Used a variety of elements of music discussed in class such as duration, pitch, dynamics and other expressive controls.

Used a wide variety of elements of music discussed in class such as duration, pitch, dynamics and other expressive controls. Phrasing was creative and interesting.

Performed with poor posture, did not apply articulation or phrasing, did not keep instrument or mouth in proper playing position, did not use proper breathing control.

Performed with fairly poor posture, applied very little articulation and phrasing, sometimes kept instrument hand or mouth in proper playing position, infrequently used proper breathing control.

Performed with fairly straight and relaxed posture, applied some articulation and phrasing, kept instrument hand or mouth in proper playing position, used some proper breathing control.

Performed with straight and relaxed posture, applied different articulation and phrasing, kept instrument hand or mouth in proper playing position, used proper breathing control.

Did not play the melody from either song, played the roots to the chords out of time and incorrectly, used no notes from the G blues scale to play an improvised solo.

Played melody of song with some confidence and a few correct notes, played few roots to the chords in time and correctly, used few notes from the G blues scale to play an improvised solo.

Played melody of song with confidence and mostly correctly, played most roots to the chords in time and correctly, used some notes from the G blues scale to play a fairly creative improvised solo.

Played melody of song with confidence and correctly, used notes from the blues scale/ pentatonic scales to play a creative improvised solo.