middle school fall assessment

Technical Accuracy Quality of Sound Musicality, are all areas assessed during a solo Where does Note Accuracy belong under these broad categories

• Technical Accuracy
• Quality of Sound
• Musicality

What category would include dynamics

• Technical accuracy
• Quality of sound
• Musicality

What category would include Tone Quality

• Technical Accuracy
• Quality of Sound
• Musicality

What is Technique ?

• The way approach playing or singing in music
• How you use the tools around you
• Where you make something easier through practice

What is one way to increase your accuracy of notes

• Practice
• watch a video
• stay away from the music and play by ear

What are Dynamics in music

• The shortness of notes
• The amount of notes in a pice of music
• The volume of a note or phrase

What does it mean to play or sing with rhythmic precision in an ensemble

• Playing in the same tempo
• Making sure your beats are the same
• playing together at the same time
• The ensemble must play with each other and stay together

What is phrasing in music?

• The same as a sentence , keeps breathing in time
• How quickly you play an idea
• A musical idea

What is interpretation and style?

• The way we hear a piece of music
• the way we communicate the ideas of the composer of the music
• How we understand the musical idea related to style

Does Appearance of the ensemble make a difference in how you are perceived as a performer in a Festival Performance?

• Yes, because any one out of uniform could be a distraction
• No because the audience is blocked and only interested in the sound