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Table Of Contents
- Getting Started
- Contents
- Welcome to GarageBand
- GarageBand at a Glance
- Working With Projects
- Using Apple Loops
- Working in the Timeline
- About Regions
- Selecting Regions
- Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Regions
- Looping Regions
- Resizing Regions
- Moving Regions
- Transposing Regions
- Splitting Regions
- Joining Regions
- Fixing the Timing of Software Instrument Regions
- Setting Real Instrument Regions to Keep Their Original Tempo
- Renaming Regions
- Using the Grid
- Using Undo and Redo
- Working With Real Instruments
- Working With Software Instruments
- Working in the Editor
- Working in Notation View
- Mixing and Adding Effects
- Creating Podcasts in GarageBand
- Creating a Musical Score for an iMovie or Video
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Connecting Music Equipment toYour Computer
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7 Working With Software
Instruments
GarageBand includes an extensive set of Software
Instruments, including drums, guitars, pianos, organs,
and synthesizers.
You can play and record Software Instruments using the onscreen music keyboard in
GarageBand, or by connecting a MIDI-compatible music keyboard to your computer.
You can add effects to a Software Instrument, and edit Software Instrument regions in
the editor.
In this lesson, you’ll learn how to:
 Play and record Software Instruments using Musical Typing, the onscreen keyboard,
or a connected music keyboard
 Change Software Instrument settings
Using Musical Typing
Using Musical Typing, you can play and record Software Instruments using your
computer keyboard. When you show the Musical Typing window, you can play the top
and middle row of your computer keyboard just like the keys on a music keyboard to
play notes.
To show the Musical Typing keyboard:
m Choose Window > Musical Typing (or press Command–Shift–K).