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Basic Playing Test (Beginning Band Book) Basic Playing Test (Beginning Band Book) Rubric Code: UXWWA53 By ecurtis Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Music Type: Quiz Grade Levels: 6-8

Playing Tests
	Poor 10 pts	Fair 13 pts	Okay 15 pts	Good 18 pts	Excellent 20 pts
Tone	Poor Tone is not well supported and airy. Notes are not clearly produced.	Fair Tone is not well supported, but notes are all audible.	Okay Tone is fairly supported with moments of breathiness.	Good Tone is consistantly supported.	Excellent Tone is well supported and clear on all notes.
Notes	Poor Majority of fingerings are not known, and the student cannot change between notes.	Fair Fingerings are sometimes correct, but student cannot change between notes without hesitation.	Okay Fingerings are mostly correct, but changes between notes are mostly muddy.	Good All fingerings are correct but changes are not all clean.	Excellent All fingerings are correct, and changes between fingerings are clean.
Rhythm	Poor Majority of the rhythms are not known.	Fair Rhythms are sometimes correct, but there is hesitation.	Okay Rhythms are mostly correct with few variations.	Good Rhythms are generally correct with some discrepancy is releases and/or rest length.	Excellent All rhythms are performed correctly.
Articulation	Poor Student does not use tongue to articulate notes and air support is not maintained.	Fair Student uses tongue to articulate notes, but air support is not maintained.	Okay Student uses tongue to articulate notes, but the attacks are muddy and the air support is inconsistent.	Good Student maintains steady air support and uses the tongue to articulate each note, but the attacks are inconsistent.	Excellent Student creates a clean break in the sound using the tongue while maintaining steady air support. Beginning of notes (the attack) are consistent and uniform.
Posture/Positioning	Poor Student is slouched and/or rests his/her instrument or arms on his/her lap. Feet are not flat on the floor.	Fair Student is slouched. Feet are flat on the floor sometimes.	Okay Student begins sitting up straight but slouches as he/she plays. Feet are flat on the floor the majority of the time with some variation.	Good Student is a little slouched as he/she plays. Feet are flat on the floor the majority of the time, with few variations.	Excellent Student sits up straight through the entire exercise/piece. Feet are flat on the floor.