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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
12 criteria
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 →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.
The five levels →