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Guitar Performance Rubric:

  4 Points   3 Points   2 Points   1 Point  

1.Pitch No more than 2 errors.   There are 3 or 4 pitch There are 5 to 7 pitch There are more than 8
Accuracy   errors.   errors.   pitch errors.  
2. Rhythm No more than 2 errors, There are 3 or 4 There are 5 to 7 There are more than 8
Accuracy   steady tempo maintained rhythmic errors, pulse rhythmic errors; sense of rhythmic errors and meter
throughout, all note is maintained meter is still present.   is no longer apparent.  
values are of appropriate throughout.  
length.  
3. Posture   Guitar is on left leg, Guitar is on left leg. Guitar is on left leg. Guitar is on the right leg.
facing forward, and Student is sitting Student is slouching in Student is slouching and
slightly diagonal. Student forward in seat and seat. Right hand wrist right hand wrist is in
is sitting forward in front not slouching. Right distance between extension, diminishing
half of seat and is not hand wrist is mostly soundboard is distance between the
slouching. Right hand neutral.   inconsistent due to soundboard.
wrist maintains a 3-finger excessive extension.  
distance from
soundboard.  
4. Tone   Tone is round and robust Tone is clear and full, Tone is harsh or thin Tone is harsh and thin, and
throughout aside from and there are few and there are few buzzed playing is marred by
moments of timbral buzzed notes and little notes and little fret pervasive buzzes and fret
contrast, free of fret fret noise.   noise.   noise.  
noise.  
5. Left Hand Thumb remains poised Thumb remains Wrist extends bringing Wrist extends bringing the
Technique   behind neck. String is poised behind neck. the palm to the neck of palm to the neck of the
pressed by fingertip String is pressed the guitar and guitar and protruding
behind the fret. Knuckles mostly by fingertips protruding thumb above thumb above the neck.
are perpendicular with the behind the fret, the neck. String is String is pressed mostly by
neck of the guitar. Wrist occasionally finger pressed mostly by finger pads.  
remains in neutral pads are used. Wrist fingertips.  
position without remains neutral
extension.   without extension.  
6. Right Hand String is activated by large String is activated by String is activated by String is activated by
Technique   knuckle joint. Fingers large knuckle joint. middle joint. Fingers middle joint. Fingers rarely
alternate consistently. Fingers alternate, but alternate, but alternate. Fails to
Makes appropriate use of inconsistently. Makes inconsistently. Makes distinguish between rest
rest and free stroke.   appropriate use of rest poor use of rest and free and free stroke.  
and free stroke.   stroke.  
7. Dynamics   All dynamic markings are Most dynamic Some dynamic markings Dynamic markings are
observed and executed markings are observed are observed and ignored or executed with
with contrast. Dynamic and executed with fair executed with poor contrast.
gradations draw attention contrast. Dynamic unsatisfactory contrast.
to important musical gradations are used to
lines.   draw attention to
important musical
lines.
8. Phrasing   Performs with fluency Performs with fluency Mostly fluent, allowing Phrasing lacks fluency and
and uses articulation and and most articulations only few lapses in no discernable articulations
rubato to shape phrases are observed. musical flow. Most are heard.
naturally.   articulations present.  
9. Musical All left hand and right Most musical Few musical instructions Left and right hand
Instruction hand fingerings are instructions and and fingerings are fingerings are ignored.
observed. Score fingerings are present but defined in Score indications not
instructions are defined observed, defined, and score.   defined, marked, or
and followed.   integrated.   integrated.  
 
Selection: _______________________________ Total Points Received _______/36 Points