Garageband Tutorial 1

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Garageband

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Garageband is a softwareapplication that allows users tocreate music or

. It isdeveloped by Apple as a part ofthe

software package.

To start Garageband on yourcomputer click on the guitar iconin the dock

What is Garageband?

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You are now onto themain GarageBand menu!As you can see it defaultsto the Piano setting.Thats ne - just leave itthere and click on

Choose

on the bottomright of the window. Youare now ready to exploreGarageBand!

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Let the music take controlThe first time you start GarageBandit asks you to provide certain detailsabout your first song. A name, achosen tempo, time signature, andkey. This can be a little scary to thebeginner! You may know that thekey makes a difference to a song,but you cant tell what a particularkey sounds like. Dont worry -

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Real time or Step Time?

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_loophttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_loop


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RecordRewind

Fast ForwardPlay

This little screen allowsyou to see the bar and beatnumber. Also, if you click onthe quaver note, you canchange it to view key andtime signature



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Make music!The screenshot on the right shows theloops menu in detail. Click on . Youwill now see the list of drum loops appear

starting with .Click that loop (it will highlight in blue),hold the mouse button and drag it into theblank section in the middle of your screen.Now release the mouse button and heypresto, youve now created a drum beat toget your piece of music started!

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Getting started...

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Making your loop longer...

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Click on theloop here and drag to the

right

Loop now becomes 8 bars long



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Adding another track

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The window on the left will thenappear. Select Software Instrument, then Create



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Adding another track

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What if I make a mistake?

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This will open up the NotationView window. Then click on theScore tab ( ) andvoila, you will now see the musicyou have just recorded! If youhave played a wrong note, simplyclick on that note,

and movethe note up or down in pitchuntil you reach the correct one.



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Changing note durations

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To change the duration of anote :1. Select the note.2. Drag the right edge of theduration bar left (to shorten thenote) or right (to lengthen thenote). Duration bars work just likethe notes in graphic view.



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Deleting notes

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Now well look at how to change the velocity of a note.



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Changing velocity

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What is note velocity? Well, in simple terms, velocity is a measure of the speed with which akey on your keyboard is pressed. It can be used to adjust volume levels of a note or group ofnotes.

To adjust note velocity inGarageband, you simply follow thesame process for

. When you click on thenote, the Velocity slider on the left willbecome active. Simply click on it anddrag it to the right for a highervelocity (louder), or left for a lowervelocity (quieter).



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