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The Rubric Bank — with all five levels
234 written Arabic criteria, each with five anchors describing exactly what separates one level from the next. These are the same criteria your work is measured against — open to read before you pay anything.
Having your own work read against one criterion (optional):
Price: 7 SAR · Included in Pro & Artist Plus · First one free — Pricing details
21 criteria
Maintaining a consistent and continuous tempo throughout the performance
The five levels →Accuracy in playing notes and avoiding deviation from correct pitches
The five levels →Controlling and varying volume level in a deliberate manner
The five levels →Conveying a feeling or meaning to the listener through musical performance
The five levels →Accuracy of note timing and sequence within the rhythmic framework
The five levels →Sound cleanliness from noise and interruption, and recording technical quality
The five levels →Adhering to chosen musical scale or modulating to it intentionally
The five levels →Controlling sound quality and color to serve musical expression
The five levels →Constructing performance with cohesive structure: intro, development, climax, outro
The five levels →Ability to create music spontaneously within a musical framework
The five levels →Musician's ability to choose the right complexity level for each context
The five levels →Musician's complete presence in the moment during performance
The five levels →Musical taste in making decisions that beautify performance
The five levels →Musician's ability to create genuine dialogue with their listeners
The five levels →Mastering advanced instrument or voice techniques and using them expressively
The five levels →Hitting the Arabic neutral note (quarter-tone) precisely in cents, not rounding it to the nearest Western semitone.
The five levels →Executing the Arabic rhythmic cycle's structure (dum/tak) at its correct time positions (Maqsūm, Maṣmūdī…).
The five levels →Identifying the maqām from playing or singing (Rāst, Bayātī, Ḥijāz…) and separating those sharing a root jins.
The five levels →Building the maqām's sayr: opening from the root, expanding toward the octave, and closing on the tonic.
The five levels →Using vocal/instrumental ornaments (vibrato, glides between quarter-tones, repeats) at climax and tonic points.
The five levels →Building a coherent improvised maqām taqsīm that develops the sayr, builds tension to the octave, and closes convincingly.
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