Apple GarageBand '09 - Manual (Page 64)

64 Chapter 6 Tutorial 4: Playing and Recording Software Instruments
Viewing Note and Chord Names As You Play
When you play a Software Instrument, GarageBand can automatically display the
names of the notes and chords you play.
To view Software Instrument note and chord names while you play:
1 Select the header of the Software Instrument track you want to play.
2 Click the icon on the left side of the LCD, then choose Chord from the menu that
appears (or click the up or down arrow in the LCD until you see the chord display).
Chord names (also called “chord symbols”) include a capital letter for the root note of
the chord, the chord quality (in most cases “ma” for major or “m” for minor), and
numbers that indicate added notes, such as sevenths, ninths, or suspended fourths.
Working in Score View
You can view and edit Software Instrument regions in standard music notation format.
In score view, you can edit notes and other musical events, including adding pedal
markings.
 View Software Instrument regions as music notation
 Choose the note value for score view
 Add, select, and edit notes in score view
 Add pedal symbols
 Change the clef sign
 Print music notation
About Score View
In addition to the editor’s graphic piano roll view, you can view Software Instrument
regions (both those you record and those from loops) in score view. In score view, the
notes in a region are shown as musical notes. Score view includes other musical
symbols such as rests, staves, clef signs, time signatures, key signatures, and pedal
markings. This section briefly describes some of these symbols, for users unfamiliar with
music notation.
 Notes: A musical note has several parts, including the note head and stem. The note
head (the round part of the note) indicates the note’s duration (how long the note
lasts). Notes of shorter duration (shorter than a quarter note) have flags, and
sometimes these notes are joined together by beams. Each note shown below is half
as long as the note to its left (from left to right, the notes are whole note, half note,
quarter note, and eighth note).