Apple GarageBand '09 - Manual (Page 88)

88 Chapter 8 Tutorial 6: Arranging and Editing Your Music
Renaming Regions
You can rename a region in the editor. Naming a region can help you remember when
you recorded it, where in the project it belongs, or what feeling you want it to have.
To rename a region:
1 Double-click the region in the timeline to open it in the editor.
The content of the region appears in the editor. For Real Instrument regions, an audio
waveform appears. For Software Instrument regions, the piano roll display shows the
notes in the region.
2 Double-click the name at the top of the region, then type a new name.
Transposing Regions
When you add a region to the timeline, the region is matched, or transposed, to the key
of the project. In most situations, you’ll want regions to be in the same key as the
project. You can transpose a region to a different key when you want the project to
temporarily move to a new key, or to create tension between the region and the rest of
the project (called dissonance).
To transpose a region:
1 Select the region in the timeline.
2 Drag the Pitch slider to transpose the region higher or lower.
A semitone is the smallest distance between two musical notes.
Try adding a new bass loop after the one that you already dragged to the timeline, and
then transposing it. The most common transpositions are five and seven semitones up
or down, but feel free to try whatever sounds good.
Drag the Pitch slider,
or type the number of
semitones in the field.