MUE 6080 Module 7: Student Objectives and Assessments

Jazz Band Objective – Given the sheet music with chord changes for “C Jam Blues”, the student will determine and notate at least 3 pitches that would properly fit in each chord change.

Marching Band Objective – Given a metronome marking of 88 bpm, the student will march in a parade block with proper horn carriage, while using a glide step, and properly guiding their lines.  

Concert Band Objective - Given the sheet music for “Air for Band”, the student will label where each section of the A-B-A1-Coda form begins.

Beginning Band Objective (WW, Brass, and mallet percussion) – Given a fingering chart for the first five notes of the Bb scale, the student will create for beat phrases by improvising.

To assess each of these four objectives, the teacher could use a rubric.

Jazz Band “C Jam Blues”	3	2	1
	Student identifies 3 or more notes for each major that will fit in the chord structure	Student identifies 2 notes for each major that will fit in the chord structure	Student identifies 1 note or no notes for each major that will fit in the chord structure
	Student notation is neat and legible		Student notation is messy and illegible

Marching Band – Parade Block	3	2	1
	Student consistently pulls the toes up, creating a strong glide step	Student mostly pulls the toes up, creating an intermittent glide step	Student rarely pulls the toes up, and lacks a  strong glide step
	Student consistently guides their lines side to side and covers down front to back	Student mostly guides their lines side to side and covers down front to back	Student rarely guides their lines side to side and covers down front to back

Beginning Band – 5 notes	3	2	1
	Student uses all five notes to create a short improvised melody	Student uses 3 or 4 notes to create a short improvised melody	Student uses 1 or 2 notes to create a short improvised melody
	Student maintains a consistent tempo throughout the melody		Student does not maintain a consistent tempo throughout the melody

Concert Band – “Air for Band”	3	2	1
	Student labels all 4 sections correctly	Student labels 2 or 3 sections correctly	Student labels one or none sections correctly