Criteria Not Achieving Standards Working Towards Meeting Standards Exceeding Standards

Standards
Tone The tone is often not Tone is often, focused Tone is focused, clear and Tone is consistently
Quality focused, clear or clear and centered, but centered through the focused, clear and
centered regardless of sometimes the tone is normal playing range of centered throughout the
the range being played, uncontrolled in the normal instrument. Extremes in range of the instrument.
significantly detracting playing range. Extremes in range sometimes cause Tone has professional
from the overall range are usually tone to be less controlled. quality.
performance. uncontrolled. Occasionally Tone quality typically
the tone quality detracts does not detract from the
from overall performance. performance.

Rhythm The beat is usually The beat is somewhat The beat is secure and The beat is secured and
erratic and rhythms are erratic. Some rhythms are the rhythms are mostly the rhythms are
seldom accurate accurate. Frequent or accurate. There are a few accurate for the style of
detracting significantly repeated duration errors. durations errors, but music being played.
from the overall Rhythm problems these do not detract from
performance. occasionally detract from the overall performance
the overall performance
Note Wrong notes consistently A few inaccurate notes are An occasional inaccurate Notes are consistently
Accuracy detract from the played, detracting note is played, but does accurate.
performance. somewhat from the overall not detract from overall
performance. performance.

General Play the instrument with The technique in the Play the instrument with Play the instrument
Technique a technique significantly instrument has errors that a good technique. There (Metalfono, keyboard,
detracting from the affect occasionally the are few errors that does violin, etc) with a
overall performance. overall performance. Little not affect the result. correct instrument.
Note concentrate or focus and not relaxed. Student is focus but not Focused and relaxed
relaxed. fully relaxed. posture towards the
instrument.