1. 3- and 4-voiced sections: normal spacing, doubling, and voice-leading rules observed?

2. 2-voiced sections: predominantly 3rds and 6ths, dissonances sparing and treated with stepwise resolution?

3. Harmonic direction at cadences clear? Predominance of strong functional progressions?

4. Are vocal ranges used appropriately? Are the upper 3 - 5 notes of each range only used for intense moments?

5. Where words are used apart from the original melody, do stressed syllables fall on stressed beats or stressed parts of the beat?

6. Where both piano part and chorus have bass line, do they agree? (Piano part will rarely not have the bass notes).

7. Does the piano part conflict with the chorus parts? Does it support the phrasing and rhythmic character of the vocal parts? Is it primarily harmonic (chordal)?

8. Do all of the elements have an interesting dramatic shape, and does the character and mood suit the material?

Checklist for score mechanics

1. Closed score: use treble and bass clefs, break barlines, put words between (unless rhythms differ). Soprano-Alto and Tenor-Bass may be stemmed together unless rhythms differ.

2. Open score: use treble clef for soprano, treble for alto, treble for tenor (but write pitches an octave higher than they sound), and bass for bass. Break barlines between staves. Write words below staff, dynamics and expression marks above.

3. Tempo indications are written once at the top of the system.

4. If a syllable is sustained under more than one note, slur the notes and use hyphens (if between syllables) or underline (if at the end of the word) in the text underlay:

Run - - ning a- round the town

5. Make sure that vertical alignment is maintained.

6. Voice parts and piano need to be completely edited for slurs, marks of expression, articulation, dynamics, and tempo