Music teacher gave me wrong mark. What do you think?

[tangtangtatang]

For a music assessment, we had to compose a piece in a 20th century style for a small ensemble. I chose the style "Primitivism" and my friend chose the same style as me.

The mark I got for fulfulling the stylistic criterion was either a B+ or B; however, my friend got an A-.

I believe my composition is quite Primitivism-sounding and that the mark I got for this particular criterion isn't a true reflection of my composition. I would be very appreciative if I could get your opinion on this matter.

(piece1 is mine, piece2 is my friend's.)

<a href='http://media.putfile.com/piece1'>Click here to watch 'piece1'</a>
<a href='http://media.putfile.com/piece2'>Click here to watch 'piece2'</a>

[jbuck919]

Welcome to the board. I think both pieces are outstanding examples of primitivism in music.

I hope your teacher made comments. It is really wrong to assign a creative exercise and return only a bare grade. Most grading is quite subjective, you know, this notion of "grading rubrics" notwithstanding. Good luck with your continued studies.

[Ralph]

Welcome and good luck with your future assignments.

[Teresa B]

Hi and welcome! I thought yours was just as good as your friend's. I noticed his/hers was a lot longer--maybe the teacher gave more points for that? Agree with jbuck on the difficulty of assigning a grade based on such a subjective thing.

Teresa