Volume: (Comm) How
well has the player controlled the volume of their instrument?
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Poor: The player is
either far too loud or far too quiet throughout the
majority of the performance.
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Satisfactory: The player
is too loud or too quiet for large sections of the performance.
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Good: The player is
only moderately too loud or quiet and for only small
sections of the performance.
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Excellent: The player
is perfectly positioned in terms of volume. Their instrument
can be heard, but it does not overwhelm other instruments.
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Instrument control.
How well has the student kept the tone of their instrument
under control? Are there unwanted ringing notes? Is
the sound too harsh? To muffled? Are there mis-hits?
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Poor: The student is
little tonal control of their instrument, and is not
able to control unwanted ringing notes.
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Satisfactory: The student
is getting some tonal control of their instrument, but
still has large lapses in concentration.
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Good: The student usually
is getting a good tone from their instruments and usually
plays it carefully.
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Excellent: The student
is getting a good tone from their instrument, and is
playing it carefully.
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12 Bar Blues: How
well does the student know the structure/pattern of
the 12-bar Blues?
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Poorly: The student
gets lost frequently and makes frequent chord changes
too soon or too late, causing the group to restart.
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Satisfactory: The student
makes enough mistakes in the pattern to create group
confusion, with quick restarts needed.
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Good: There are only
minor deviations from the pattern that do not terribly
disrupt the group.
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Excellent: There are
no deviations from the pattern.
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