hello it's Patrick here from the GarageBandGuide.com in this video I'm
gonna share my top tips to get you started with GarageBand for iPhone and
iPad
the first time you open GarageBand for iOS or when you open a new project
you'll be taken directly to the sound browser this is where you can choose a
touch instrument to play add more sounds or record an external instrument through
your I devices built-in microphone or via an audio interface swipe left or
right to view the different instruments available then tap the one that you want
to play the options in the lower part of the instrument card take you directly to
chord strips notes view scales or you can tap more sounds to see additional
sounds for that instrument
each touch Instruments has a play area and a controls area the play area is
where you can play melodies chords and sounds by touching the touch instruments
keys strings or other playable elements you can change the sound of the
instrument using the knobs buttons and other controls in the controls area
here's a closer look at GarageBand guitar touch instruments using the touch
Guitar you can play notes chords and strumming
patterns you can choose from acoustic or electric guitar sounds and add stompbox
effects to customize its and tap the guitar icon in the top corner and select
the sound that you want to play
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tap the chord slash note switch to change to the chords view you can strum
a chord by swiping across the strings in one of the strips
you can tap the top of the cord strip to play a full chord
and you can mute the strings by touching and holding the fretboard to
the left or right of the chord strips as you play there's also an autoplay
function that you can use by turning the autoplay knob to one of four positions
tapping a chord strip will play a pattern with the notes of that chord tap
a different strip to change the notes that are played
know that you know how to play touch instruments here's how to record them
when you record the touch instruments it appears and a region in the instruments
track in the tracks view when you're ready tap record in the control bar
recording will start at the current position of the playhead the ruler shows
the area being recorded in red any notes you play as well as any changes to
sliders knobs or other controls are recorded to
when you're done recording tap the play button in the control bar your recording
will then appear in the tracked view as a region
GarageBand includes a set of Apple loops which are pre-recorded audio files that
you can use to easily add drum beats bass lines rhythm parts and other stones
to your project loops contain musical patterns that can be seamlessly repeated
or looped over and over you can quickly find loops and the loop browser and
preview them to find the ones that you want to use in your song all of the
loops that you'll find and GarageBand are available for use on a royalty-free
basis so you can use them in any of your projects commercial or otherwise without
having to worry about any copyright issues tap the loop browser button in
the control bar the looper browser button is available only in the tracks
view just keep that in mind the first time you open the loop browser
it shows the instrument grid now here you can search by instrument
you can search by genre and you can search by description and the results
list shows loops that match your search criteria
drag a loop from the results list to an empty part of the tracks view screen and
then align the left edge of the loop with the bar orbit where you want it to
start playing there you have it that's my top tips to get you started
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