1. In performing music with a level of difficulty of 3, the student can play the correct pitches with no technical difficulty. In more difficult music, problems may be apparent in technically challenging passages.

2. In performing music with a level of difficulty of 3, the student can play the rhythms accurately. The beat is steady. In more difficult music, the rhythm may be somewhat inaccurate, and the beat somewhat unsteady on occasion.

4. In performing music with a level of difficulty of 3, the student appears to be familiar with the major stylistic characteristics of the literature performed and makes an obvious effort to perform each work in an idiomatically appropriate manner.

5. The student's tone quality is generally good, though occasionally harsh, breathy, or not sufficiently characteristic of the instrument.

7. The student demonstrates familiarity with the repertoire performed, including knowledge of the composers and knowledge of how some of the elements of music are used in each work.

2. The student can usually identify the melodic lines, but is sometimes unable to recognize countermelodies and is sometimes unable to detect melodies when they occur in inner voices.

3. The student can identify the basic features of the rhythm or meter.

4. The student can identify the key throughout. The student can analyze some chords correctly but has difficulty with others.