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Kit Technique & Stroke Control
20%
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20 Pontos
Relaxed, powerful technique with fully controlled hand and foot strokes; doubles, heel-toe and ghost notes are all clean....
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15 Pontos
Solid technique with good stroke control; one limb is slightly less developed at speed....
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10 Pontos
Technique is tense or uneven; stroke heights and foot control are inconsistent....
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0 Pontos
Technique cannot support the material; strokes are uncontrolled....
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Groove Execution & Fills
20%
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20 Pontos
Grooves are locked, stylistically ideal and impeccably consistent; fills are creative, clean and always land on time....
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15 Pontos
Grooves are accurate and consistent; fills are clean though somewhat stock....
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10 Pontos
Grooves shift or lose consistency and fills disturb the time or over-run the phrase....
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0 Pontos
Grooves cannot be sustained and fills derail the performance....
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Time, Pocket & Click Accuracy
20%
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20 Pontos
Metronomic time with a deep pocket; sits perfectly with a click or track and holds tempo through every section....
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15 Pontos
Steady time and good pocket; slight drift at section changes or after fills....
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10 Pontos
Time fluctuates noticeably and the pocket does not settle; the click is fought rather than followed....
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0 Pontos
Cannot hold tempo or play with a click; time is unusable....
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Tone, Backbeat Power & Dynamics
20%
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20 Pontos
Draws a big, recorded-quality sound with a commanding backbeat and precisely controlled dynamics including ghost notes and accents....
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15 Pontos
Good tone and a strong backbeat; dynamic contrast is clear but the quietest playing is less controlled....
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10 Pontos
Tone is inconsistent, the backbeat is weak or overplayed, and dynamics stay flat....
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0 Pontos
Tone is poor and dynamics show no control; everything is played at one volume....
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Style Versatility & Performance Energy
20%
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20 Pontos
Authentically covers rock, pop, funk and shuffle feels with commanding energy and complete professional polish....
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15 Pontos
Handles the main styles convincingly with strong, consistent performance energy....
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10 Pontos
One or two styles are approximated and performance energy fluctuates....
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0 Pontos
No stylistic versatility and no performance energy or commitment....
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