![]() All you have to do is play the right notes, play them at the right time, and play them the right way. (Another feature called Flex Time allows you to change a real instrument track’s “feel” but it’s obscure enough that I’m not going to get into it.) Fixing rhythm You can, for example, split, trim, and rearrange them. You can also edit “real instrument” tracks (tracks where you record an instrument or microphone connected to your Mac). Just follows the dots to edit GarageBand’s software instruments. Just hold down the Command key and click in the grid where you’d like to place your notes. And if you’d like to add notes, you can do that as well. You might do this, for example, if the organ chord that ends your piece holds out longer than the other instruments. You can additionally change a note’s length by dragging on its right edge. You can move selected notes not only up and down to change their pitch (so correct that Eb you played instead of a D) but also change their timing by moving them to the left or right. So, if you’ve recorded a piano track, click on a note pitched at Middle C and that’s exactly what will emerge from your Mac’s speakers or headphones. When you click on a dot, that note will sound using the instrument assigned to the track. ![]() The horizontal span of the grid represents time (and you can see that time divided into bars and beats at the top of the grid). The longer they are, the longer their duration. The higher the dots on the grid, the higher pitched the notes are. GarageBand is a music processor meaning that, like a word processor, you have the ability to correct your mistakes. Thankfully we’re no longer living in the days of tape where you either played every note and chord perfectly or relied on a very talented engineer with a box of razor blades. ![]() And while I expect that many of you have done so perfectly, there may be a person or two who has hit a clunker. How to “play” GarageBand’s instruments with an external keyboard, onscreen keyboard, and even the Mac’s keyboard. Given that, I’d like to wrap up my look at the application by pointing out a few of its nuances that the majority of would-be GarageBand users will find helpful. Features that I find fascinating may appeal to only a few of you and I’d rather not tax your patience. As a writer/musician who’s spent a lot of time with GarageBand over the years, I must resist the temptation to explore its every nook and cranny simply because I’m enthusiastic about it.
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