Opening a learn to play lesson in garageband, Getting additional learn to play lessons – Apple GarageBand '09 User Manual

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Chapter 4

Tutorial 2: Learning to Play Guitar and Piano

Both guitar and piano lessons include Automatic view. In Automatic view, the notation
and appearance change automatically, depending on the content of the lesson. In
most cases, you can leave Automatic view selected unless you specifically want to see a
different view.

The setup window also shows keyboard shortcuts for different notation and
appearance options. You can use the keyboard shortcuts to change the appearance of
the lesson without opening the setup window.

Opening a Learn to Play Lesson in GarageBand

You can open a lesson in the GarageBand window. When you open a lesson in
GarageBand, each track, including the teacher’s voice, the teacher’s instrument, and
any recordings you made with your own instrument, appears as a separate track in the
timeline. You can arrange, mix, and make other changes in the GarageBand window as
you would with any GarageBand project.

To open a lesson in GarageBand:

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Click the “Open in GarageBand” button in the control bar.

Note: Some Artist Lessons cannot be opened in GarageBand. If a lesson cannot be
opened, the “Open in GarageBand” button will appear dimmed in the control bar.

Getting Additional Learn to Play Lessons

GarageBand comes with several basic Learn to Play basic lessons. You can download
additional basic lessons for both guitar and piano, and purchase Artist Lessons
featuring songs taught by the artists who made them famous. You download basic
lessons and purchase Artist Lessons from the Lesson Store in the New Project dialog.
For more information about downloading and purchasing lessons, refer to the
“Learning to play guitar or piano” section of GarageBand Help.

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