iRubric: Keyboard Performance Rubric

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Keyboard Performance Rubric Keyboard Performance Rubric Students demonstrate their ability to play the piano/keyboard using repertoire of various styles, genres, and degrees of difficulty. Rubric Code: ZA8775 By mgalardy Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Music Type: Assessment Grade Levels: 6-8

Piano Performance
	Advanced 5 pts	Proficient 4 pts	Basic 3 pts	Poor 0 pts
Technique Posture, hand placement, finger technique.	Advanced Excellent posture and bench placement, Excellent finger technique/hand placement.	Proficient Very good posture, very good finger technique/hand placement, minor problems with technique.	Basic Posture acceptable, technique acceptable. Sounds better than it looks.	Poor Poor posture and technique. Maybe better to play with only one hand.
Accuracy Notes, rhythms, musical signs, sound quality.	Advanced No audible mistakes, clear and accurate sound, good musicality.	Proficient Minimal mistakes made but with quick recovery.	Basic Some mistakes, slow recovery, audience may be aware of mistakes, good effort.	Poor Major mistakes, causing problems, poor performance attitude.
Tempo and Dynamics Steadiness of tempo, use of appropriate musical expression.	Advanced Great rhythm and tempo right on, very expressive, correct use of dynamics.	Proficient Decent rhythm and tempo, few errors, pretty good use of dynamics.	Basic Average rhythm and tempo, average dynamics, non-expressive.	Poor Very poor rhythm, tempo and dynamics.
Effort	Advanced Great effort in learning piece, polished and prepared to perform.	Proficient Good effort, but not as polished, not totally prepared to perform.	Basic Learned piece with insufficient practice, but decently played.	Poor Poorly played, very unprepared to perform.