How To Use Garageband On Ipad With Guitar

 

GarageBand User Guide for iPad

  1. How To Use Garageband On Ipad With Guitar Chords
  2. How To Use Garageband On Ipad With Guitar

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The first time you open GarageBand, you see the Sound browser, where you can choose a Touch Instrument to play. There are Touch Instruments for keyboard, guitar, bass, drums, strings, and more, designed to help you make music easily. In the Sound browser you can also open the Sound Library, where you can download additional Touch Instruments, sounds, and loops.

Choose a Touch Instrument

  • In the Sound browser, swipe left or right to view the instruments, and tap the one you want to play. Tap More Sounds to see additional sounds for that instrument.

The Touch Instrument opens. To choose another instrument, tap the Browser button on the left side of the control bar to return to the Sound browser, then tap a different instrument. You can also touch and hold the Browser button, and choose another instrument from the list.

Each Touch Instrument has a play area and a controls area. You play melodies, chords, and sounds by touching the keys, strings, or other elements in the play area, and change the sound of the instrument using the knobs, buttons, and other controls in the controls area.

At the top of the screen is the control bar, featuring navigation, playback, and volume controls. Below the control bar is a ruler that shows musical time in bars and beats. The playhead moves across the ruler to show what part of the song is currently playing.

After the Touch Instrument opens, you can start playing. The following sections give specific information about each type of Touch Instrument:

  • May 06, 2017 The free option is GarageBand for iOS, which features a section dedicated to amps and guitar effects. It is also a bit complex to set up, so we’ll choose a dedicated app that’s just plug and play.
  • I’ve had GarageBand installed on one iPad or another for five years, and because my BR800 came with a 120-page book telling me how to work it while GarageBand didn’t, I’ve been somewhat scared of it all this time. Now I’m finding that all I needed was an iRig and a likeable Scottish chap explaining what stuff does.
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You can tap the Live Loops button to start working in the Live Loops grid.

You can also tap the Info button in the upper-right corner to show the coaching tips overlays, which contain helpful information about the current instrument or Tracks view. You can play the instrument and use all its controls while the coaching tips are visible. Tap the Info button again to hide the coaching tips.

GarageBand User Guide for iPad

Using the Guitar, you can play notes, chords, and strumming patterns. You can choose from acoustic or electric guitar sounds, and turn on stompbox effects to customize the sound.

Choose the sound of the Guitar

  • Tap the guitar icon in the upper-left corner, then tap the sound you want to play. You can also swipe left or right to change to the previous or next sound.

Play chords

  1. Tap the Chords/Notes switch on the right to switch to Chords view.

  2. Do any of the following:

    • Strum a chord: Swipe across the strings in one of the chord strips. You can also tap strings to play individual notes of a chord.

    • Play the full chord: Tap the top of a chord strip.

    • Mute the strings: Touch and hold the fretboard to the left or right of the chord strips as you play.

You can add your own custom chords to play.

Play a strumming pattern

  1. Turn the Autoplay knob to one of the numbered positions.

  2. Tap a chord strip. Tapping a different chord strip plays the same pattern with the notes of that chord, while tapping with two or three fingers plays variations of the pattern.

  3. Tap the chord strip again to stop the pattern playing.

Play individual notes

  1. Tap the Chords/Notes switch on the right to switch to Notes view.

  2. Tap the strings on the fretboard to play notes. You can also bend strings vertically to bend the pitch of a note up.

  3. To play notes of a particular scale, tap the Scale button, then tap the scale you want to play.

    The fretboard changes to show note bars. Tap the bars to play the notes of the scale.

Turn stompbox effects on or off

When you choose an electric guitar sound, stompbox effects appear above the Guitar fretboard. You can turn on the effects to change the sound.

  • Tap the round On/Off button in the lower part of a stompbox. A red light indicates that the stompbox is on.

Play the Retro Wah guitar with Face Control

If your iPad supports facial recognition, you can move the wah pedal on the Retro Wah guitar by moving your mouth while you play. When you record, any pedal movements you make with Face Control are also recorded.

How To Use Garageband On Ipad With Guitar Chords

  1. Tap the guitar icon in the upper-left corner, then tap Retro Wah.

  2. Hold your iPad 10–20 inches (25–50 cm) away from your face, then tap the Face Control button .

    The first time you use Face Control, GarageBand asks for permission to access the camera on your iPad.

  3. As you play, open and close your mouth to move the wah pedal up and down.

  4. To turn Face Control off, tap the Face Control button again.

How To Use Garageband On Ipad With Guitar

Note: GarageBand uses ARKit face tracking features to translate your facial expressions into instrument effect controls. Your face information is processed on device, and only music is captured during your performance.