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Vocal Tone & Jazz Technique
20%
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20 分值
Warm, flexible, well-supported jazz tone; vibrato, straight tone and inflection are all controlled and idiomatic....
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15 分值
Attractive tone with solid support; vibrato and inflection are appropriate but less varied....
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10 分值
Tone is inconsistent and support wavers; inflection sounds generic or classically transplanted....
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0 分值
Tone is unsupported or unfocused, with no idiomatic jazz vocal technique....
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Pitch, Harmony & Melodic Accuracy
20%
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20 分值
Impeccable pitch and complete harmonic awareness; alterations and guide tones are heard and sung accurately....
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15 分值
Accurate pitch and clear awareness of the changes; a few uncertain moments on altered harmony....
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10 分值
Pitch and harmonic orientation slip on chromatic or altered passages; the melody is approximated....
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0 分值
Pitch and harmony are not secure; the entrant cannot locate the melody within the changes....
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Swing Feel & Rhythmic Placement
20%
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20 分值
Deep, authentic swing feel with masterful phrase placement and complete rhythmic independence from the rhythm section....
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15 分值
Convincing swing feel and secure time; placement is idiomatic but somewhat on the beat....
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10 分值
Swing feel is stiff or inconsistent; phrases are placed squarely and time wanders....
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0 分值
No swing feel; rhythmic placement is unrelated to the pulse of the ensemble....
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Range, Dynamics & Timbral Variety
20%
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20 分值
Full range used artistically, with a broad dynamic palette and a wide range of expressive vocal colors....
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15 分值
Good range, clear dynamic contrast and some timbral variety....
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10 分值
Limited range and dynamics; tone color stays essentially uniform....
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0 分值
Range and dynamics cannot serve the material and timbre never varies....
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Improvisation, Scat & Interpretation
20%
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20 分值
Inventive, harmonically grounded improvisation and scat vocabulary; the lyric is reinterpreted with real artistry....
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15 分值
Competent, musical improvisation and personal interpretation of the lyric; ideas are somewhat formulaic....
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10 分值
Improvisation is tentative and largely scalar; interpretation stays close to the written melody....
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0 分值
No usable improvisation and no interpretive choices beyond reading the melody as written....
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