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Music Composition 
Build a musical composition 8 measures long by going to each station and completing your composition on Noteflight.
Rubric Code: S23BBX9
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Subject: Music  
Type: Quiz  
Grade Levels: (none)

Powered by iRubric Music Composition
  Excellent

4 pts

Good

3 pts

Fair

2 pts

Poor

1 pts

Grand Staff

Excellent

Student has included all of the parts of the grand staff including: treble and bass clef, time signatures, and key signatures.
Good

Student has made an attempt to include most of the elements of the grand staff: treble and bass clef, time signatures, and key signatures.
Fair

Student has included less than half of the elements of the grand staff.
Poor

Student has made little or no attempt to include any of the parts of the grand staff.
Melody

Excellent

Student has used solfege only within the key signatures- no chromatic solfege. Student has created a melody/harmony line that creates a music phrase (start/ending on do, 8 measures long, no clashing harmonies for more than a few notes).
Good

Student has used most of the solfege correctly within the key signature. Student has created a melody/harmony that somewhat creates a musical phrase (start/ending on do, 8 measures long, no clashing harmonies for more than a few notes).
Fair

Student has used a variety of solfege, some of which are outside of the key signature and are instead within the chromatic scale. Student has created a melody/harmony that does not make a musical phrase.
Poor

Student has made no effort to use any of the correct solfege within the key signature, and the melody/harmony does not make a musical phrase.
Rhythm

Excellent

Student used only rhythms that were given by instructor and used them in a varied way within the context of the time signature provided.
Good

Student used specified rhythms but had a few rhythmic errors (too many beats in one measure, too few beats in a measure, not enough measures, too many measures).
Fair

Student did not use specified rhythms or may have used them incorrectly within the context of the time signature. Student had several rhythmic errors (too many beats in one measure, too few beats in a measure, not enough measures, too many measures).
Poor

Student did not make an attempt to use any right rhythms in any sort of correct order. Student did not make an attempt to pay attention to the time signature.
Expression

Excellent

Student used the dynamics, articulation, and tempo markings provided to add to the musicality of the composition. Student used the elements of expression in a way that still made the composition possible to be performed.
Good

Student used most of the dynamics, articulation, and tempo markings correctly to add to the musicality of the composition. Student used the elements of expression in a way that made the composition difficult to perform.
Fair

Student less than half of the dynamics, articulation, and tempo markings provided to add to the musicality of the composition. Students' use of the elements of expression made the composition nearly impossible to perform.
Poor

Student makes little or no attempt to add any elements of expression to the composition.




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