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Mallet Technique & Stroke Quality
20%
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20 Punti
Efficient two- or four-mallet technique with a relaxed, piston-like stroke; intervals and independence are fully controlled....
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15 Punti
Secure technique and stroke quality; interval changes are handled with minor hesitation....
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10 Punti
Stroke is stiff or uneven; interval changes and mallet independence are unreliable....
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0 Punti
Mallet technique is not established; strokes are uncontrolled and inconsistent....
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Note Accuracy & Sight-Reading
20%
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20 Punti
No wrong notes at tempo; sight-reading is fluent and accurate with confident eye-to-keyboard coordination....
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15 Punti
Accurate playing with isolated wrong notes; sight-reading is solid with minor errors....
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10 Punti
Wrong notes recur and sight-reading is halting; tempo drops to manage the keyboard....
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0 Punti
Note accuracy and reading fail; the written material cannot be performed....
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Rhythm & Pulse
20%
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20 Punti
Rhythms are exact with a rock-solid internal pulse through subdivisions, hemiola and meter changes....
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15 Punti
Accurate rhythms with slight tempo drift in technical passages....
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10 Punti
Rhythmic errors and uneven subdivision recur; tempo is unstable....
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0 Punti
Rhythm and pulse collapse; the written figures cannot be identified....
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Tone, Dampening & Dynamic Range
20%
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20 Punti
Beautiful, centered tone with ideal mallet choice and beating spots; dampening and pedaling are clean and the dynamic range is wide....
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15 Punti
Good tone and mallet selection; dampening is effective and dynamics are clearly contrasted....
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10 Punti
Tone is inconsistent, beating spots wander, dampening is late, and dynamics are compressed....
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0 Punti
Tone is poor, dampening is absent, and dynamics show no contrast or control....
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Phrasing, Musicality & Interpretation
20%
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20 Punti
Sings through the instrument with sophisticated phrasing, direction and stylistically informed nuance....
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15 Punti
Clear, appropriate phrasing and evident musical intent; shaping is solid if predictable....
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10 Punti
Phrasing is literal and expressive markings are only partially observed....
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0 Punti
No phrasing or interpretation; the performance is note-by-note and expressively flat....
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