Piano Playing Test Rubric

Category 5 4 3 2 1
Posture Student posture is
excellent: head is
up, shoulders are No effort is given
back, wrists are At least 3 of 5 At least 2 of 5 At least 1 of 5 towards
straight, fingers maintaining
curled, back is good posture
straight.
(At least 4 of 5)
RH & LH RH or LH is
Technique positioned Both hands are
Hand are perfectly awkwardly or Both hands are positioned
positioned. improperly; positioned improperly to No effort is given
Student however, awkwardly; the point of towards using
consistently student is able Student makes inhibiting a good hand
employs correct to employ some errors in good technique
hand techniques correct RH RH technique performance
techniques
Rhythm The beat is
somewhat
The beat and erratic, though There is no sense
rhythms are some rhythms The beat is of beat and all
The beat is secure mostly secure; are accurate; usually erratic rhythms were
and the rhythms a few duration frequent or and rhythms inaccurate,
are accurate errors, but they repeated are seldom leading to the
do not detract duration accurate musical being
from errors; unrecognizable
performance problems
detract from
performance
Note All notes were Frequent errors
Accuracy played Some mistakes with notes and Student unable
All notes were correctly, in the notes fingerings to finish piece
played correctly however and fingerings, causing student due to inability
and with all the occasionally but was easily to stop and to accurately
proper fingerings the wrong able to recover correct play notes or use
fingerings were themselves proper fingerings
used
Musicality Student is
hesitant while
Student plays the Student plays playing, and Student is
piece confidently the piece with some musical hesitant while Student is clearly
and follows all confidence, but directions were playing, and unprepared and
musical directions; some musical ignored; most musical is able
hands are well markings were balance directions were
balanced ignored between hands ignored
needs
improvement